The University of Georgia has self-reported itself for six secondary violations of NCAA rules this year, three involving the beloved football program. The violations, which were reported through May 31, have been resolved to the satisfaction of the NCAA and SEC.
The NCAA defines secondary violations as inadvertent or isolated incidents that don’t produce a significant recruiting or competitive advantage and such violations are commonly self-reported by schools to the NCAA.
One of the football violations involved four Bulldog players receiving four complimentary tickets to an NFL game from a friend playing in the league. As a result, the four players involved were asked to repay the cost of the tickets. As for the two other violations involving football, both concerned the NCAA’s rules limiting phone calls to recruits.
The non-football cases involved women’s basketball, women’s tennis and the track and field program.
In other Georgia football news, it’s getting more and more expensive to schedule the automatic victory in college football. With an eye towards the future, the program has negotiated deals with three non-conference teams over the next four years and, as of now, it looks like scheduling cupcakes is no longer an easy task.
In 2010, Georgia will pay $875,000 to get Louisiana (Lafayette) to Athens. The school will also pay New Mexico State $925,000 for a 2011 showdown and $975,000 to North Texas for a game in 2013.
Peachtree T.V. will no longer be known simply for their relationship with our hometown Atlanta Braves. Why, you ask? Well, as of Tuesday, the broadcast company had worked out a deal to televise both SEC football and basketball next season. Specifically, Peachtree T.V. will provide an SEC football game at noon each Saturday this fall and three SEC men’s basketball games per week, beginning in January.
The games will be produced by ESPN, though announcers have not yet been chosen.
As for which games will be televised, the package does not include the conference’s top football matchups, which will be carried nationally on CBS and ESPN. For the most part, Peachtree TV will knot know the games it will be airing until two weeks in advance. The first of its 13 games this year will air on Sept. 5.
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