Ball State University's athletics department has collected $9,137.05 from fines that student-athletes have had to pay for violating an NCAA "extra benefits" rule.
In response to a Freedom of Information Act request, Ball State officials released that total, along with the names of 13 more athletes who have violated the book loan program.
Those athletes include Skip Mills of the men's basketball team, Chantelle Isaac of field hockey, Matthew McCarthy and Ian Peckler of men's volleyball and nine football players: Bryant Haines, Riley Larimore, Kennith Meeks, Ryan Patrick, Jason Sieman, Cole Stinson, Joshua Taylor, Ryan Steele and Adrian Stiffarm.
All 13 had violations of less than $100, meaning they will not serve any suspensions; they will just repay the amounts of their violations.
Athletic Director Bubba Cunningham did not return phone messages left Thursday afternoon.
These 13 names bring the total number of athletes who have violated the policy to 64.
Ball State's football team has been hit hardest by the suspensions, overall 47 football players +â-¡- 10 of whom are no longer part of the team - have been named in the investigation. Altogether the football team has had to serve 50 suspensions.
Five football players will sit out of competition this weekend when the team travels to Western Michigan University, while one player will sit out the following week during Homecoming.
Heather Shupp, executive director of University Communications, said the total amount of money Ball State will receive from the fines is unknown because the investigation is ongoing.
Cunningham said on Tuesday that the money athletes repay will be put back into the Ball State budget, even though NCAA bylaw 15 states that the student-athletes in violation should repay the amount to a charity of their choice. He said he spoke with the NCAA's membership services, and they said it was satisfactory if the athletes repayed the amount to the athletics department.
The athletes who received suspensions still have to give back to the community in one way. Cunningham decided that those serving suspensions should do either 10 or 20 hours of community service, depending on the severity of the violations.
"I just thought it was something that institutionally would be good for us and good for the student," he said.
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