Florida International University Commits Recruiting Violations
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Miami, Florida (PSF) - Florida International University came to an agreement with the NCAA enforcement staff on recruiting violations that occurred within the university’s women’s soccer and softball programs. The agreement includes prescribed penalties for everything violated. FIU, the individual and the enforcement staff also agreed to the prescribed penalties for those violations.
The agreed-upon softball and women’s soccer violations occurred during the 2020-2021 COVID recruiting dead period and involved impermissible contacts and impermissible recruiting inducements.
The parties involved in the agreement will not discuss further details of the case in order to protect the integrity of the ongoing process as the committee’s final decision is still pending. The final decision will include findings and possible penalties for those who has contested the violations or penalties. This is the fourth case where the NCAA committee has used multiple resolution paths.
Some of the penalties — effective immediately — in this case include:
Two years of probation.
A $5,000 fine.
A 10% reduction in official paid visits in the softball and women's soccer programs during the 2023-24 academic year.
A four-week prohibition in unofficial visits in the softball and women's soccer programs. Two of those weeks were completed during the 2021-22 academic year.
A three-week prohibition in recruiting communications in the softball and women's soccer programs. One of those weeks was completed during the 2021-22 academic year.
A three-week prohibition in off-campus recruiting contact and evaluations in the softball and women's soccer programs. One of those weeks was completed during the 2021-22 academic year.
A one-year show-cause order for the individual who agreed to the violations and penalties.
A suspension for the first 10% of the regular-season contests during the first season of the show-cause period for the individual who agreed to the violations and penalties.
