re: SEC Probation Prediction Thread

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Langham's violation occurred right after the 1992 national championship season and he played as an ineligible player during the 1993 season. You have your dates on the first one wrong.

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FOOTBALL; Alabama Gets Probation and Other Penalties In Football
By FRANK LITSKY
Published: August 03, 1995

The National Collegiate Athletic Association, citing "a distressing failure of institutional control," placed the University of Alabama's vaunted football program on probation yesterday for three years. It also banned Alabama from a bowl game after the coming season, took away 25 or so scholarships over three years and forfeited the school's first 11 games in 1993.

Although the N.C.A.A. is allowing Alabama's games to be seen on television, university officials were upset by the sanctions and said they would appeal. While there is almost no chance to overturn the probation or bowl ban, they apparently hope to lose fewer scholarships.

The N.C.A.A. Committee on Infractions cited three principal violations:

*Contrary to N.C.A.A. rules, an Alabama player accepted six loans from boosters in 1989 and 1990. The loans, totaling $24,400, were never repaid.

*Another player was allowed to play in 11 regular-season games in 1993 although he had signed with an agent. The N.C.A.A. said Alabama officials did not pursue the matter diligently and did not notify the N.C.A.A. until almost 11 months after the signing.

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