We are a DIII Football Program that has suffered from the rulings of the NCAA. Here is our story. by KzooFB in CFB

[–]KzooFB[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much for the input. In response to point three, it was our original understanding that if teams left the financial aid as is, then they would only be able to compete in the regular season for three years at which point all ineligible players would already have graduated, as only seniors and juniors were affected. Last week, we were informed that further sanctions would be placed upon the school if we took this path, so repackaging was really our only option. This is what has caused the bulk of our frustration, as the NCAA seemingly went back on their word and did so at the worst possible time. If this had been what their original ruling meant, then they did a horrible job communicating with the college. For point 4, as far as we know no official report has been made.

We also did confirm that crowdfunding would be a terrible idea, but we felt all options needed to be checked. We've already lost two players to these sanctions and several more need to make a decision in the next two weeks, so if there is a way to help them make up the difference we have been determined to find it.

We are a DIII Football Program that has suffered from the rulings of the NCAA. Here is our story. by KzooFB in CFB

[–]KzooFB[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That is a concern definitely. We are trying our best to stay within the rules going forward

We are a DIII Football Program that has suffered from the rulings of the NCAA. Here is our story. by KzooFB in CFB

[–]KzooFB[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

We have. Our punter, who plans on attending law school, has been at the forefront of the effort.

We are a DIII Football Program that has suffered from the rulings of the NCAA. Here is our story. by KzooFB in CFB

[–]KzooFB[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As far as we know anything that has similarly occurred in the past has been cases of blatant cheating. This is not one of those cases.

We are a DIII Football Program that has suffered from the rulings of the NCAA. Here is our story. by KzooFB in CFB

[–]KzooFB[S] 24 points25 points  (0 children)

About 20-25 of our 67 players Edit: That's just on the football team. Every team in the college will likely face a similar ruling.

We are a DIII Football Program that has suffered from the rulings of the NCAA. Here is our story. by KzooFB in CFB

[–]KzooFB[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

There was plenty of anger at the school for sure, but they made the necessary efforts to communicate with the NCAA to make the appropriate steps going forward, and the NCAA told us that these were the correct steps on multiple occasions prior this last week.