OU athletic department on probation after NCAA violations

Published: Aug 30, 2024 Duration: 00:02:27 Category: News & Politics

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FORECAST COMING UP. >> THE U.S. MIKE, THANK YOU. AND NOW TO THE BIG NEWS OUT OF NORMAN. JUST DAYS AHEAD OF THE SOONERS. FIRST GAME OF THE SEASON, THE NCAA PUTS THE ENTIRE OU ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT ON A ONE-YEAR PROBATION AND SUSPENDS RUNNING BACK. COACH DEMARCO MURRAY FOR ONE GAME FOR RECRUITING VIOLATIONS AND USE FORCE ON RELEASES. JOINING US LIVE IN NORMAN WITH NEW REACTION FROM THE FOOTBALL PROGRAM AND SOONER FANS. >> UNDERWATER YOUR HAIR. >> KEVIN AND HEATHER, THE NCAA CENTER RELEASED TODAY ABOUT DEMARCO MURRAY CALLING SEVERAL PROSPECTS OUTSIDE OF THE RECRUITING TIME THAT WAS ALLOWED. ALSO FORMER HEAD COACH TIM LANGFORD FOR THE TRACK TEAM ALSO VIOLATED SEVERAL NCAA VIOLATIONS. BUT AS OU PLAYS THEIR SEASON OPENER THIS FRIDAY, THE FANS SAY THIS ISN'T ENOUGH TO STOP THEM FROM GETTING THAT WIN. >> WELL, I MEAN, IT'S DISAPPOINTING TO HEAR COACH VIOLATING RULES LIKE THAT, BUT IT'S ONLY ONE GAME. I THINK WE CAN HANDLE IT. YOU KNOW, GOES OU RUNNING BACKS, COACH DEMARCO MURRAY AND FORMER HEAD TRACK COACH TIM LANGFORD BOTH FOUND TO BE IN VIOLATION OF NCAA RULES. MURRAY ILLEGALLY CONTACTED 17 PROSPECTS OVER 16 MONTHS AND MADE SEVERAL CALLS AND TEXTS OUTSIDE OF RECRUITING TIME. MURRAY SAYS HE WAS UNAWARE RULED PUT INTO PLACE DURING THE COVID ERA WHICH ALLOWED THOSE INTERACTIONS HAD EXPIRED. HE'LL SERVE A ONE-GAME SUSPENSION. THE UNIVERSITY WON'T SAY WHICH GAME WITH ALL THE HYPE AND EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN GOING IN THE SEC SEASON. I DON'T THINK THERE'S A CHANCE THAT. >> ONE GAME ON IT'S GOING TO AFFECT THE WAY WE PLAY TEAMS. GONNA THAT. THEY'RE GOING RUN OFF INTO SOME PUMP TO SEE YOU. >> AND IT'S NOT JUST MARIA WHO VIOLATED RULES. THE NCAA SAYS FORMER TRACK COACH TIM LANGFORD ASKED A FEMALE STUDENT ATHLETE TO GIVE SOME OF HER SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS TO TO MAILTRACK ATHLETES TO PAY RENT LAST APRIL AS A RESULT OF THE USE ENTIRE ATHLETIC PROGRAM IS NOW ON A ONE-YEAR PROBATION AND WAS FINED $5,000. THEY HAD THE VIOLATIONS WERE DISCOVERED THROUGH THEIR MONITORING SYSTEM. AS FOR MURRAY AND OU FOOTBALL FANS DON'T BELIEVE IT WILL IMPACT FRIDAY SEASON OPENER. PRETTY UNFORTUNATE. BUT I MEAN, YOU KNOW, COMA FACTOR WHILE GOING TO THE ICC. I THINK THAT MIGHT BE THE LEAST OF OUR ISSUES. >> I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO BIG BIG GAME ON THIS FRIDAY. HOPEFULLY OUT. >> AND OUR NEWS 4 SPORTS TEAM WILL BREAK DOWN WHAT THIS MEANS FOR THE FUTURE IN

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