Maryland has self-reported a series of secondary violations to the NCAA. The violations involve a number of teams, including football, women’s basketball and men’s soccer, but are not considered serious, according to an official with knowledge of the infractions.
Most, if not all, of the violations involved calls or texts to recruits. In some cases, the official said, a coach returned a call or text not knowing they were contacting an unsigned recruit.
The rules governing such communications have been evolving.
Those rules are at the heart of many secondary violations at schools around the nation, including Maryland.
Nine Maryland secondary violations involved football since March 2012, and there were 19 secondary violations overall, according to open-records documents obtained by the Washington Post.
The latest secondary violations are not considered serious enough to warrant the loss of scholarships or practice time, the official said, although there may be temporary restrictions placed on contact with certain recruits.
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