Ohio State self-reports 22 NCAA violations

Ryan Day is already paying for the actions of the past before he embarks on his own first full season as Ohio State’s head football coach.

Day and his coaching staff were told not to speak with any 2020 recruiting prospects on the phone from Feb. 6-18 as a result of punishments levied against the program by the NCAA after OSU self-reported seven impermissible phone calls in 2017 and 2018, according to Eleven Warriors.

The athletic department self-reported 22 NCAA violations in total both in football and basketball between May 1, 2017 and May 22, 2019, 16 of which were related to the football team and six in basketball.

Ohio State submitted violations to the NCAA including: impermissible text messages, impermissible phone calls, impermissible promotion, preferential treatment, one assistant was recruited before passing a recruiting exam, student-athlete reinstatement, impermissible publicity, promotion using a student-athlete’s image, impermissible publicity and inducement, an impermissible tweet, impermissible electronic correspondence, impermissible text messages, use of image/name/likeness, use of an outside consultant, Big Ten tender filing deadline missed, and financial aid coverage.

Most of the violations are minor in scope and are the kind routinely reported to the NCAA, but some did compromise Ohio State’s football recruiting efforts after the NCAA’s intervention.

Eleven Warriors reported that the Buckeyes’ football team exceeded its scholarship limit in 2017 because of a compliance issue, and the program had a reduction of one scholarship at what the NCAA would determine is the next available opportunity.