The NCAA is holding a Zoom press conference at noon CST to answer questions about Auburn’s case. The infractions committee said Auburn will have to vacate any wins and records from when either played in a game during what's deemed to be an eligible period. The release said both Purifoy and Wiley “competed while ineligible,” though it did not specify when and how many games. What follows is the NCAA’s list of penalties for Auburn on Friday. Last season, Auburn voluntarily held itself out of postseason competition in an effort to “put it behind us,” Pearl said at the time. Purifoy also sat out nine games the following year. The players were reported to be Austin Wiley and Danjel Purifoy, both of whom sat out the entirety of the 2017-18 season during the investigation.
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As such, we accept all penalties and are ready to move forward.”Īs part of an extensive FBI probe in college basketball corruption, Person in 2019 pleaded guilty to accepting bribes and giving money to two Auburn players to incentivize them toward a particular financial advisor for their professional endeavors post-Auburn. We have been and will continue to be committed to NCAA rules compliance. “For the last four years, Auburn has been proactive and cooperative with the NCAA enforcement staff and Committee on Infractions. “We are pleased that a conclusion has been reached in this case,” Auburn’s athletic department said in a statement. As part of our penalty, I will begin my two-game suspension tomorrow against Nebraska.”Īuburn’s next two games are against Nebraska in Atlanta on Saturday, and at home against UNA on Tuesday. “We respect the NCAA peer evaluation process and appreciate the panel recognized we took meaningful and contemporaneous penalties. “I’m appreciative of Auburn University, our leadership, the AU family and our current and former student-athletes as we navigated through the challenges of the last four years,” Pearl said in a statement Friday. Bruce Pearl has been suspended two games as part of Auburn’s penalties, which namely included four years of probation, in the NCAA’s ruling on the program’s violations from the 2017 Chuck Person case, the NCAA’s Committee on Infractions announced Friday.