This is the second time Missouri has been punished for Haith
Posted on: February 1, 2022 at 18:23:31 CT
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’s actions. The NCAA suspended him for five games in 2013-14 for violations during his time as the coach at Miami.
The list of violations at Missouri is lengthy and includes several Level I and II infractions, which the NCAA judges to be major. The most significant involves a donor paying three players for internships during which they did not work. Another donor also provided housing, iPads, transportation, meals and money for up to 11 players. In another major violation another donor provided reduced rates at a hotel and free rides on a boat. Missouri was also hit hard by the NCAA for not properly vetting the internship program.
The penalties were imposed by Missouri on themselves and will damage the efforts of the current coach, Kim Anderson, who has tried to rebuild the program after most of the team left when Haith took the Tulsa job. They could also affect the team’s pursuit of forward Michael Porter Jr, widely considered one of the top three recruits in the country for 2017. Porter’s father, Michael Sr, is an assistant on Missouri’s women’s team.