“I could not believe it. I was shocked. I had no indication that the penalties were going to be so severe. This came out of left field. The message that was sent to the membership is kinda of a scary one: telling the truth and cooperating was a bad strategy." -- Missouri Athletic Director, Jim Sterk on the punishment the NCAA handed his athletic program.
Listen to Missouri Athletic Director Jim Sterk Join Outkick The Coverage to talk about the recent punishments the NCAA handed down to Mizzou’s sports programs stemming from accusations of academic fraud against the university.
A former tutor at the school violated NCAA ‘ethical conduct, academic misconduct, and academic extra benefit rules ‘when she allegedly completed academic work for 12 student athletes a part of an online course in a span dating from the summer of 2015 to the spring of 2016.
On January 31, 2019 the NCAA infractions committee hit Missouri’s athletic program with a handful of penalties to the football, baseball, and softball teams, but the one that really stood out was the one-year postseason ban for the football team, who just landed Clemson transfer quarterback Kelly Bryant and was expected to be a dark horse in the SEC East division.
Check out the full interview below as Sterk expresses to Clay Travis how shocked he was when he heard the severity of the the penalties and explains how the NCAA is sending a scary message.
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