(Tempe, AZ) Regarding ASU’s self-imposed bowl ban, please note the following:
The deadline for ASU undergraduate student athletes to enter the transfer portal was in April 2023.
The NCAA case involving the University of Tennessee, which was particularly relevant to ASU’s case, was pending until the Committee on Infractions announced its decision on July 14, 2023.
In the University of Tennessee case the NCAA Committee on Infractions imposed “an enhanced financial penalty” of $8 million in lieu of a postseason competition ban. It also required enhanced recruiting penalties, e.g., a 120-day reduction of evaluation days (28 fall days and 92 spring days), a 40-week reduction of unofficial visits, a loss of 28 scholarships, and a 28-week “reduction of communications” with recruits, i.e., no communications.
ASU believes that if recruiting penalties of the type set out in the Tennessee case were applied to ASU, such penalties would seriously impair Coach Dillingham’s ability to build ASU’s football program.
ASU self-imposed a postseason ban to help pave the way for program stability and greater clarity going forward.
Press Release courtesy of Sun Devil Athletics – Doug Tammaro
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