(8/22) Oklahoma's Big Red Sports and Imports Investigation Report Released
Oklahoma Sooner Football Articles and Notes
No Other Players Found in Investigation: Oklahoma has banned its athletes from working at a car dealership where two football players -- including the team's starting quarterback -- broke NCAA rules by accepting payment for more work than they actually performed. The university, in a report to the NCAA released Tuesday following an open records request by The Associated Press, said it banned athletes from working at Big Red Sports and Imports after Oklahoma's compliance staff received "poor and inappropriate treatment" from the dealership's prior management. In the report, the university said it compared athletes' time cards with class schedules, summer workouts, practice schedules and other time commitments and found no evidence that other athletes were "paid for working during practice or class times." The university report states that Big Red did not maintain consistent, up-to-date records on vehicles, financing and sales and that "the employment records maintained and provided by Big Red for temporary summer employment were also at times incomplete or in conflict with other records they maintained on the same employee." However, the dealership is now under new management and the current owners cooperated with the university's investigation, according to the report. In an interview with Oklahoma investigators, Stoops said he called Big Red manager Brad McRae in either 2004 or 2005 to make sure his players were there and "doing the right things, make sure they're working hard, um, and to make sure things were done right." (In part and more at AP/CNNSI.com)
Middle Tennessee 6:00 kickoff, tickets available: Oklahoma's Sept. 23 game against Middle Tennessee has been set for a 6 p.m., kickoff. The game will be televised on a pay-per-view basis, although details for that telecast are not yet finalized. More information will be released at a later date. Due to returns by the opponent, tickets remain for the match-up between the Sooners and Blue Raiders. Those seats sell for $57 each. They are available online at SoonerSports.com, over the phone at 1-800-456-GoOU or in person at the ticket office located in the Asp Avenue Parking Facility. (SoonerSports PR)
UAB tickets available: AB earlier this week returned another 200 tickets that are now available through purchase from the University of Oklahoma Athletics Ticket Office. The Sooners host the Blazers in the season opener for both squads on Sept. 2 at 6 p.m. Tickets for the UAB game are $57 each and may be purchased online at SoonerSports.com, over the phone at 1-800-456-GoOU or in person at the office located in the Asp Avenue Parking Facility, just east of Gaylord Family --Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. (SoonerSports PR)
Freshman DT Gerald McCoy Q&A: SoonerSports.com
No Other Players Found in Investigation: Oklahoma has banned its athletes from working at a car dealership where two football players -- including the team's starting quarterback -- broke NCAA rules by accepting payment for more work than they actually performed. The university, in a report to the NCAA released Tuesday following an open records request by The Associated Press, said it banned athletes from working at Big Red Sports and Imports after Oklahoma's compliance staff received "poor and inappropriate treatment" from the dealership's prior management. In the report, the university said it compared athletes' time cards with class schedules, summer workouts, practice schedules and other time commitments and found no evidence that other athletes were "paid for working during practice or class times." The university report states that Big Red did not maintain consistent, up-to-date records on vehicles, financing and sales and that "the employment records maintained and provided by Big Red for temporary summer employment were also at times incomplete or in conflict with other records they maintained on the same employee." However, the dealership is now under new management and the current owners cooperated with the university's investigation, according to the report. In an interview with Oklahoma investigators, Stoops said he called Big Red manager Brad McRae in either 2004 or 2005 to make sure his players were there and "doing the right things, make sure they're working hard, um, and to make sure things were done right." (In part and more at AP/CNNSI.com)
Middle Tennessee 6:00 kickoff, tickets available: Oklahoma's Sept. 23 game against Middle Tennessee has been set for a 6 p.m., kickoff. The game will be televised on a pay-per-view basis, although details for that telecast are not yet finalized. More information will be released at a later date. Due to returns by the opponent, tickets remain for the match-up between the Sooners and Blue Raiders. Those seats sell for $57 each. They are available online at SoonerSports.com, over the phone at 1-800-456-GoOU or in person at the ticket office located in the Asp Avenue Parking Facility. (SoonerSports PR)
UAB tickets available: AB earlier this week returned another 200 tickets that are now available through purchase from the University of Oklahoma Athletics Ticket Office. The Sooners host the Blazers in the season opener for both squads on Sept. 2 at 6 p.m. Tickets for the UAB game are $57 each and may be purchased online at SoonerSports.com, over the phone at 1-800-456-GoOU or in person at the office located in the Asp Avenue Parking Facility, just east of Gaylord Family --Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. (SoonerSports PR)
Freshman DT Gerald McCoy Q&A: SoonerSports.com
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