Published: Thursday, July 25, 2013 at 8:07 p.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, July 25, 2013 at 8:07 p.m.
The report, which was posted Thursday on the UA's athletic compliance website, outlines 31 violations in 11 sports from July 1, 2012, to the end of June this year, with seven violations in football and eight in swimming and diving.
Pannunzio, who is identified only as a "staff member" in UA's violations listing, was also required to attend an NCAA rules seminar and prohibited from recruiting communications for 90 days for providing "impermissible benefits to a prospect and his family" and introducing the prospect to a booster while Pannunzio was at Miami.
According to a 2011 report by Yahoo, Pannunzio facilitated a meeting between recruit Matt Patchen and booster Nevin Shapiro at Shapiro's Miami Beach mansion. The report also cites phone records that show 422 text messages between Pannunzio and Shapiro between 2006 and 2010, when Pannunzio was tight ends coach and special teams coordinator for the Hurricanes.
Alabama did not independently investigate the Yahoo allegations against Pannunzio, The Tuscaloosa News has learned. The salary freeze, lack of contract extension, rules education and prohibition against recruiting contact were levied based on the allegations in the Yahoo report. Pannunzio, who has a $170,000 annual salary, was not named in the NCAA's official Notice of Allegations against Miami.
Yahoo also reported that Jeff Stoutland, Alabama's offensive line coach for the past two seasons, was present at the meeting between Patchen and Shaprio. Stoutland, Miami's offensive line coach from 2007-10, took a job with the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League after last season.
One violation involved a swimming team assistant coach posting bond for a swimmer who had been arrested. The coach was ultimately fired over the offense, The Tuscaloosa News has learned.
Other secondary football violations were:
* A player's name was involved in promoting his start-up business. The player was declared ineligible and reinstated.
* A coach exceeded the permissible number of phone calls within a week to a prospect. The coach received a letter of admonishment and was restricted from calling prospects for two weeks.
* A prospect was mailed a recruiting letter prior to the permissible date. UA restricted itself from sending recruiting material to the prospect for 60 days.
* The coaching staff exceeded the permissible number of off-campus contacts with a recruit. The coaches involved were held out of the spring evaluation period for a week and UA reduced its number of recruiting person days in the spring from 168 to 162.
* A first-year junior college player was allowed an unofficial visit. Alabama dropped recruiting activity with the prospect.
* Some football players received impermissible meals. They were declared ineligible and reinstated after donating the value of the meals to charity.
Alabama's track and rowing teams each had three secondary violations. Gymnastics, women's basketball and men's basketball each had two. Cross country, men's golf, volleyball and softball had one violation each. Eight of the violations involved text messages or Twitter, and several others were for sending emails to recruits at impermissible times.
For the full report, go to http://www.rolltide.com/compliance/pdf/VIOLATION-TRACKING-FORM-2012-13.pdf.
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SECONDARY VIOLATIONS SUMMARY
(July 1, 2012, to June 30, 2013)
FOOTBALL
Rule ? 12.4.4
Violation ? Student-Athlete's name was involved in promoting his own newly started business.
Resolution ? Declared SA ineligible and had him reinstated. Provided rules education to SA and entire team.
Rule ? 13.01.2, 13.01.4, 13.1.2.1, 13.2.1, 13.2.1.1 (f), 13.7.2.1.2
Violation ? While at another institution, staff member provided impermissible benefits to a prospect and his family and introduced prospect to a booster while at another institution.
Resolution ? Salary frozen and contract not extended for one year, required to attend an NCAA regional rules seminar, prohibited from any permissible recruiting communications for 90 days.
Rule ? 13.1.3.1.2
Violation ? A football coach exceeded the permissible number of phone calls within a week to a prospective student-athlete.
Resolution ? No phone calls for involved coach for two weeks.
Letter of admonishment.
Rules education.
Rule ? 13.4.1
Violation ? A football prospective student-athlete received a recruiting letter prior to the permissible date.
Resolution ? Rules education.
No recruiting materials for 60 days following first permissible date for PSA involved.
Rule ? 13.1.5.2
Violation ? The football coaching staff exceeded the permissible number of off-campus contacts with a prospective student?athlete.
Resolution ? Rules education.
Letter of admonishment.
Restricted involved coaches from recruiting off campus for the first week of the Spring Evaluation Period.
Reduced recruiting person days in spring from 168 to 162.
Rule ? 13.1.1.2
Violation ? A prospective student-athlete enrolled in his first year at a two-year college was allowed to take an unofficial visit, making contact with football staff members.
Resolution ? Rules education.
Letter of admonishment to asst. coach.
One week ban from recruiting activity for asst. coach.
Cessation of all recruiting activity directed towards involved prospective student-athlete.
Rule ? 16.11.2
Violation ? Some student-athletes received impermissible meals.
Resolution ? Student-athletes declared ineligible and were reinstated after donating the value of the meal to a charity.
Rules Education for student-athletes.
SWIMMING AND DIVING
Rule ? 14.1.4
Violation ? A walk-on was allowed to practice with the team before signing the mandatory NCAA Drug-Testing Consent Form due to an administrative oversight.
Resolution ? Changes were made to our roster management policies to prevent this from occurring in the future.
Rules Education.
Rule ? 13.4.1.2
Violation ? A swimming assistant coach sent two text messages to a recruit while the recruit was on campus for an official visit regarding the logistics of the recruit's return flight home.
Resolution ? No phone calls for 14 days.
Letter of Admonishment.
Rules Education.
No member of the coaching staff may contact the particular recruit for a period of 30 days.
Rule ? 17.02.13
Violation ? The swimming and diving coaches took attendance at voluntary workouts on three separate occasions.
Resolution ? The swimming and diving teams were prohibited from conducting six hours of required practice time.
Letter of Reprimand.
Rules Education.
Rule ? 13.8.1
Violation ? A coach accompanied a prospect's club coach to lunch and our coach paid for the club coach's meal because the two had been friends for a number of years.
Resolution ? Letter of Admonishment to the coach involved.
Rules education.
The involved coach may not recruit off campus for 15 days.
The involved coach may not contact any prospect involved in the subject swim club for 30 days.
Rule ? 13.4.1.2
Violation ? A swimming assistant coach sent three text messages to a recruit while picking up the recruit at the airport for an official visit after the recruit's flight was delayed.
Resolution ? No phone calls for 14 days.
Letter of Admonishment.
Rules Education.
No member of the coaching staff may contact the particular recruit for a period of 30 days.
Rule ? 13.4.1.2
Violation ? A swimming assistant coach sent a congratulatory text message to a recruit who had signed an NLI with the University of Alabama.
Resolution ? No phone calls for 14 days.
Letter of admonishment.
Rules education.
Rule ? 13.1.3.1
Violation ? A swimming coach exceeded the permissible number of phone calls in a week to two prospective student-athletes.
Resolution ? No phone calls for the entire staff for 7 days.
No phone calls to PSA's involved for 14 days.
Letter of admonishment.
Rules education.
Rule ? 16.11.2.3
Violation ? Assistant coach posted bond for a student-athlete.
Resolution ? Letter of admonishment, benefit repaid by student-athlete, education to staff.
TRACK AND FIELD
Rule ? 13.4.1.2
Violation ? A track coach sent a text message to a prospective student-athlete.
Resolution ? Rules education.
Letter of admonishment.
No phone calls for the involved coach for 14 days.
Rule ? 13.02.5.4
Violation ? Track assistant coach met with a prospect during a quiet period. Coach mistakenly thought the quiet period started the next week after he had the contact.
Resolution ? Letter of admonishment issued to coach. Coach prohibited from recruiting off-campus for 60 days.
Rule ? 16.1.4
Violation ? A student-athlete sold an award that was received for participation in intercollegiate athletics for less than $100.
Resolution ? The student-athlete was declared ineligible and was reinstated.
The student-athlete donated the value of the award to a charity.
Rules Education for all student-athletes.
ROWING
Rule ? 13.1.3.1 & 13.4.1
Violation ? A member of the coaching staff misread a recruiting website and mistakenly believed a recruit was a year older than she actually was and based upon that misunderstanding, called and emailed her prior to the allowable date.
Resolution ? No phone calls for 14 days.
Letter of Admonishment.
Rules Education.
No member of the coaching staff may contact this particular recruit via phone or email for 60 days after the dates that those communications would normally become permissible.
Rule ? 13.1.3.1
Violation ? A women's rowing coach returned a phone call to a woman who left 2 prior messages merely identifying herself by her first name and repeatedly asking the coach to return the call. The woman turned out to be a 2014 prospect's mother who intentionally left vague messages for fear the coach would not return them if the coach knew the caller was the mother of a recruit who was not old enough for the coach to permissibly call.
Resolution ? Given the unique nature of the facts, the only penalty was Rules Education.
Rule ? 17.1.6.5
Violation ? The rowing team mistakenly engaged in six days of CARA during a week in their offseason when the rules only allow them to engage in five days of CARA. However, they did not go over the 8 hour maximum for the week, despite using an additional day.
Resolution ? Rules Education.
2-for-1 penalty?the team was prohibited from engaging in CARA for two days when it otherwise was permissible, since it participated in one extra day.
GYMNASTICS
Rule ? 13.4.1.2
Violation ? Two gymnastics coaches replied to text messages that they mistakenly believed were private messages sent by other gymnastics coaches but they were in fact group text messages that also included a prospect in the group.
Resolution ? Rules Education.
Rule ? 13.4.1.2
Violation ? A gymnastics coach sent a ?pocket text? message to a recruit while the recruit was on campus for an official visit.
Resolution ? Letter of admonishment.
Rules education.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Rule ? 13.4.1.2
Violation ? A women's basketball coach mistakenly sent the contact information of a prospect to the prospect via text message, instead of sending the contact information to a fellow coach, which was her intention.
Resolution ? Rules Education.
Rule ? 13.12.1.7.4
Violation ? A skills camp was held on campus and the items provided to the participants (one night in the dorm room, meals, camp apparel) ended up collectively amounting to more value than the cost of the camp to each camper.
Resolution ? Each camper was declared ineligible and may not enroll at UA until she makes restitution for the value of the impermissible benefits she received.
Letter of Reprimand.
Entire staff prohibited from off-campus recruiting for a week.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Rule ? 14.1.4.3
Violation ? A student-athlete who was trying out for the team did not complete the drug testing consent form within the 14 day grace period.
Resolution ? Reviewed internal procedures for roster management with coaching staff.
Rules Education.
Rule ? 13.10.2
Violation ? Several student-athletes who are personal friends with a recruit made public congratulatory Twitter comments about the recruit when the recruit verbally agreed to attend Alabama next year. However, the comments were made prior to the recruit actually signing the scholarship agreement with Alabama.
Resolution ? Rules Education for the student-athletes and coaching staff.
CROSS-COUNTRY
Rule ? 12.1.1.1.3 & 16.8.1.2
Violation ? Two cross-country student-athletes were mistakenly certified for NCAA amateurism purposes and allowed to compete based upon the fact that they had previously been certified for amateurism purposes in the sport of Track & Field. Upon notice of the error, the involved student-athletes requested their cross-country amateurism from the NCAA and were certified the following day with no additional problems.
Resolution ? Both student-athletes were withheld from one competition.
Rules Education was provided to the coaching staff, compliance staff, and athletics certification staff.
MEN'S GOLF
Rule ? 13.4.1.2
Violation ? A men's golf coach sent a text message to a recruit coming to campus for an unofficial visit.
Resolution ? Letter of Admonishment.
Rules Education.
No member of the coaching staff may contact the particular recruit for a period of 30 days.
VOLLEYBALL
Rule ? 13.4.1.2
Violation ? A volleyball coach sent an email to a prospective student-athlete prior to the permissible date. The coach meant to forward the email to another volleyball coach, but accidently hit the reply button instead.
Resolution ? Rules education.
SOFTBALL
Rule ? 16.11.2
Violation ? Some student-athletes received impermissible meals.
Resolution ? Student-athletes declared ineligible and were reinstated after donating the value of the meal to a charity.
Rules Education for student-athletes.
Source: http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20130725/news/130729863
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