The University of Alabama’s athletic department self-reported 13 separate minor NCAA violations between Levels 3 and 4 from July 1, 2017, to June 30, 2018, according to a violations summary posted on the school’s athletics website late Friday afternoon.



The Crimson Tide football team, however, only self-reported one violation -- where an assistant coach responded to an unknown text message, which resulted in impermissible communication with the parent of a 2019 prospective student-athlete. On July 1, 2017, the coach reported the violation to compliance and provided supporting screen shot of text communication.

Alabama’s men’s basketball team also self-reported one violation on March 30 of this year in which a current student-athlete used the Twitter handle of a prospective student-athlete in a tweet on his personal twitter account. The tweet in question was removed.

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Below is a full list of Alabama’s minor NCAA violations and the corrective actions taken:

1. Summary: Football assistant coach responded to an unknown text message, which resulted in impermissible communication with the parent of a 2019 prospective student-athlete. The coach reported violation to compliance and provided supporting screen shot of text communication.

-- Corrective actions taken: Provided rules education to the assistant coach regarding permissible methods and times of communication with PSA’s.

2. Summary: Soccer coach inadvertently pocket dialed the mother of a prospective student-athlete prior to the permissible date to initiate telephone calls.

-- Corrective actions taken: 1. Rules Education provided to the women’s soccer staff. 2. A letter of admonishment issued to soccer coach.

3. Summary: Women’s walk-on rowers participated in practice activities participated in two practices following 14-day tryout period without signing the drug-testing consent form.

-- Corrective actions taken: 1. WCR staff reminded about institutional and NCAA regarding tryouts. 2. Involved walk-ons were withheld from two practices (1-for-1 penalty).

4. Summary: Softball staff member inadvertently hit “reply all” to an email from a prospective student-athlete prior to the date that recruiting materials could be sent to her.

-- Corrective actions taken: 1. Rules education provided to the softball staff. 2. A letter of admonishment issued to the staff member. 3. Prohibit the entire softball staff from sending recruiting materials to PSA for 60 days following when it would otherwise become possible to begin sending her recruiting materials per NCAA rules.

5. Summary: A women’s basketball graduate student manager served in the role while being below full-time status as a graduate student.

-- Corrective actions taken: 1. Provide rules education to the women’s basketball staff member. 2. The manager now meets the requirements. 3. The compliance office staff member will now {B2890660} follow same procedures and verification steps for managers that are done for student-athletes who are in their final semester.

6. Summary: Men’s tennis student-athlete was provided travel expenses to attend an away from home competition while ineligible for competition.

-- Corrective actions taken: 1. Provide rules education to the men’s tennis staff. 2. Issued a letter of admonishment to the tennis coach. 3. Educational reminder to all sports on the restrictions of NCAA bylaw 16.8.1.

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7. Summary: Current men’s basketball student-athlete used the Twitter handle of a prospective student-athlete in a tweet on his personal Twitter account.

-- Corrective actions taken: 1. The tweet in question was removed. 2. Rules education provided to the men’s basketball staff. 3. Rules education provided to all student-athletess on mentioning prospects in their social media posts.

8. Summary: Diving coach allowed enrolled women’s diving prospective student-athlete to participate in tryouts prior to submitting required documentation verifying full-time enrollment and medical clearance.

-- Corrective actions taken: 1. Provided rules education to diving coach. 2. Issued letter of admonishment to diving coach. 3. Compliance staff will address tryout procedures at future rules education meeting.

9. Summary: Gymnastics coach inadvertently pocket-dialed PSA prior to September 1 at the beginning of her junior year.

-- Corrective actions taken: 1. Provide rules education to the gymnastics staff. 2. Issue a letter of admonishment to the gymnastics coach.

10. Summary: Gymnastics coach mistakenly responded to a text message from a PSA who was not old enough to receive general correspondence.

-- Corrective actions taken: 1. Rules education provided to the women’s gymnastics staff. 2. Coach issued a letter of admonishment. 3. The institution prohibited from providing additional recruiting materials to PSA until 60 days following the permissible date for providing recruiting materials.

11. Summary: Soccer coach accidentally replied to an email from a PSA prior to the permissible date of first correspondence.

-- Corrective actions taken: 1. Rules education provided to the women’s soccer staff. 2. Coach issued a letter of admonishment. 3. The institution prohibited from providing additional recruiting materials to PSA until 60 days following the permissible date for providing recruiting materials.

12. Summary: Soccer coach made a call to a PSA’s father whom he believed was old enough to receive telephone calls.

-- Corrective actions taken: 1. Rules education provided to the women’s soccer staff. 2. Coach issued a letter of admonishment. 3. Women’s soccer coaching staff prohibited from making telephone contact with the involved PSA for two weeks after the first permissible date to initiate telephone calls.

13. Summary: On two occasions, the baseball team failed to provide a day off from required and countable athletically related activities during an institutional vacation period.

-- Corrective actions taken: 1. Rules education provided to the baseball staff. 2. Coach issued a letter of admonishment. 3. Applied standard NCAA penalties

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