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re: In the wake of the UF/Joker 'situation'..this sheds some light re NCAA penalties

Posted on 6/13/14 at 2:10 pm to
Posted by JDHLaw
Member since Jun 2013
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Posted on 6/13/14 at 2:10 pm to
To put this in perspective, Joker was involved in a bump violation during his time at UK, when he accidentally sent a text message to a recruit during a dead period when trying to reply to a text from a friend.

Basically there wasn't even a slap on the wrist. Certainly nothing to resign over.

Joker Phillips did not resign over what amounts to a secondary and minor violation.

The photograph (if it exists) will probably make this a major violation. A sit-down meal with a recruit will be considered an "arranged" meeting and demonstrate a purposeful violation of the rules.

Given that Joker was just popped as UK's HC in 2012 for a 'bump' violation, I think this may be pretty bad for Joker. I don't think it has much effect on Florida, though.

Unless this is just the tip of Florida's dirty recruiting and Joker drops a dime. In which case he'll go from being a Kentucky zero to a Kentucky hero overnight.
Posted by Vette
Member since Aug 2009
178 posts
Posted on 6/13/14 at 2:35 pm to
No insight with this situation,... But I'm certain there is an expectation to self report these types of incidents. The perception of self reporting is that there isn't a lack of control. If Foley finds out about a "bump" violation from Yahoo!, I think it's clear why he was asked to "resign". It makes Joker look sneaky and Foley/Muschamp appear clueless.

Again, no idea if a recruit ran into Joker at Moe's and slipped into his booth, or if Joker was treating someone to a lobster dinner. But, i think things would be different had this been self reported.
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