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Clemson reports 13 NCAA secondary violations

By The Associated Press
Posted 5:51PM on Friday 15th February 2008 ( 16 years ago )
CLEMSON, S.C. -- Clemson reported 13 NCAA secondary violations on Friday, including two occasions when a head coach's father provided free chiropractic care for a student athlete.

Those violations happened in April and were reported by the coach, who received a letter of admonishment. The athlete's eligibility was reinstated after the cost of treatment was paid and later donated to a charity.

The infraction was categorized as Level II secondary violation, which are reported to the Atlantic Coast Conference and are defined as inadvertent.

Five of the 13 violations were categorized as Level I secondary violations, which are reported directly to the NCAA.

In an August incident, a coach attended an impermissible nonscholastic event. The coach received a letter of reprimand and his number of recruiting evaluations were reduced by half.

The school does not report the names of any staffer who committed an infraction or the sport involved.

Two of the more serious infractions involved businesses using student-athlete images in advertising or photographs for sale. In both cases, students maintained their eligibility because they received no money from their images being used.

One Level I infraction involved an international student and that student's eligibility. No action was taken by the ACC or the NCAA because ``Clemson made a good faith effort in certifying the student's eligibility prior to enrollment,'' according to Clemson's report.

The last Level I violation involved a head coach who took an injured athlete for care and let the athlete stay at the coach's home in September. The coach received a letter of admonishment and the athlete was declared ineligible until the lodging and transportation is repaid.

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