Ball State athletics put on probation

Football, men's tennis and softball face NCAA sanctions

The NCAA placed the Ball State University athletics department on two years probation Tuesday for infractions of multiple athletics teams.

In addition to two years probation for the athletics department, the softball team lost two hours of practice a week from the normal 20 hours, the football team lost three of 85 scholarships and the men's tennis team lost 400 dollars of a scholarship, according to a press release from the Ball State athletics department.

The softball team was penalized for exceeding practice hours. The football and men's tennis teams were penalized for exceeding scholarship limits in connection with the textbook scandal of 2005, according to the release.

For full coverage see Wednesday's edition of The Ball State Daily News.


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