Coastal Carolina Teams Offer Possible Impermissible Benefits
Coastal Carolina, who is having a great year on the field, is now rumored to be under investigation for possibly providing impermissible benefits to recruit players. The article mentions that a former player may have been dissatisfied with his experience at Coastal Carolina and tipped off NCAA investigators. It just goes to show that you never know where the NCAA gets its leads, but when they get a lead, they will follow up on it.
The article also mentions that one recruit recieved a "care package" for signing with CCU, which may have included clothes among other things. Please remember that a violation can be considered major if it provides the school/individual with more than a minimal recruiting or competitive advantage. A care package would certainly be considered an extra benefit, especially if given to a prospective student-athlete, and if that is something that would sway a student into signing with a particular university.
