The takeaway from the Mississippi State NCAA infractions case is not an original lesson, but clearly is one schools need to re-learn from time to time. If you have a rules violation, face the problem early and do something about it. Mississippi State’s sanctions stemmed from recruit Will Remond receiving benefits from a booster. (Rivals) The school was dealt only a light blow by the NCAA Committee on Infractions Friday for impermissible benefits received by a Bulldogs football player. The NCAA accepted the school’s self-imposed sanctions, docking the football program two scholarships. Mississippi State also received a two-year probation and some other minor recruiting restrictions. Former assistant coach Angelo Mirando, who was cited for unethical conduct, was given a one-year show-cause penalty, which effectively will keep him out of major-college coaching until 2014 at the earliest. Since Kentucky’s forthright cooperation with the NCAA…
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