Memphis placed on probation, fined for infractions

Jul 16, 2025, 04:44 PM ET MEMPHIS, Tenn.– Memphis’ athletic department has been put on probation for 2 years and fined $30,000 by the NCAA after an examination discovered a scholastic counselor paid 2 softball players to assist a guys’s basketball player with schoolwork.The NCAA announced the equally agreed-to punishment Wednesday, saying in a report that previous Memphis academic counselor Leslie Brooks paid 2 unidentified softball players an overall of $550 to offer test answers and complete projects for an unidentified basketball player throughout a duration from Jan. 25 to Feb. 18, 2024. Editor’s Picks In addition to the fine, Memphis was docked 1%of the combined spending plan

of the guys’s basketball and softball programs for breaching seven NCAA laws. The NCAA stated the 3 players included competed in 20 games while disqualified, and the probationary duration starts right away and runs through July 15, 2027.”We are pleased to have actually reached a mutually agreed upon resolution by the NCAA Committee on Infractions and the University of Memphis,”university president Costs Hardgrave said in a declaration. “I wish to thank our personnel who worked promptly and collaboratively with the NCAA to take appropriate action and carry out restorative steps. The University of Memphis is dedicated to a culture of compliance with all NCAA rules and will move our program forward accordingly.”A Memphis athletics spokesperson said the school would not release the names of the players involved.