r/fcs • u/passwordisguest /r/FCS • Gulf Star • Jun 05 '26
News Tampering violations occurred in North Dakota football program
https://www.ncaa.org/news/2026/6/5/media-center-tampering-violations-occurred-in-north-dakota-football-program.aspx21
u/GeneralAcorn Montana State • Boise State Jun 05 '26
Cheaters!
Really rough, in this wild NIL Era of CFB, you can't convince me that this isn't going on all over the place.
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u/damnyoutuesday Montana State • Minnesota Jun 05 '26
Does one year probation mean they're not playoff eligible? Or does that mean nothing except "don't do it again or you will be in actual trouble"?
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u/Tsquared10 Oregon Ducks • Montana State Bobcats Jun 05 '26
Yeah it's basically "Don't fuck up again or we'll have to up it to double secret probation."
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u/passwordisguest /r/FCS • Gulf Star Jun 05 '26
Not a postseason ban. Just means increased scrutiny with additional restrictions.
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u/cbblythe Youngstown State Penguins Jun 05 '26
My question also. One has teeth one is meaningless
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u/damnyoutuesday Montana State • Minnesota Jun 05 '26
NCAA is the king of meaningless punishments or absolutely nuking your program, with no in-between
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u/BurritovilleEnjoyer Southeast Missouri • Missouri Jun 05 '26
If you ask me, MIZZOU deserves the death penalty for this
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u/Trojann2 /r/CFB Pint Glass Drinker Jun 05 '26
The irony of their boosters calling for NDSU’s books and program practices to be reviewed because of the FBS move.
Real talk: this is happening constantly and und decided to tell on themselves
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u/DeerSwimming2336 North Dakota Fighting Hawks Jun 06 '26
Chaves needs to go if he was stupid enough to report this
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u/Ok-Description7073 Montana Grizzlies Jun 05 '26
Cool. Now go for the FBS coaches blatantly tampering with FCS players who are not in the portal. (Looking at you, Indiana coaches who followed Eli Gillman).
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u/AoA_nB1 Penn State • Montana State Jun 05 '26
what happened with Gillman?
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u/Ok-Description7073 Montana Grizzlies Jun 05 '26 edited Jun 05 '26
He ended up staying. Right before the end of our extended portal, the Indiana OL and Running Backs coaches followed Gillman on social media. There were some rumors that he was gone. It only happened after Hauck left, which can hardly be chalked up as coincidence.
And on top of that, we all know what Jimmy Rogers was doing at Iowa State. They’re going for the small fish while letting the big boys get away with whatever (again). Jimmy can build his FCS All-Star team in peace.
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u/dinkytown42069 Minnesota • Oklahoma Jun 06 '26
he was at Wazzu for a year in between. Or did he raid the FCS when he got to Ames?
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u/Top_Judge_1943 Montana State Bobcats • Miami Hurricanes Jun 05 '26
Brother, he was following them too! It wasn’t one sided lol
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u/knook Montana State Bobcats • Big Sky Jun 05 '26
Meh, self reported so honestly they are probably way more above board than every other school doing this and not reporting. Honestly my opinion of them only goes up for this.
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u/DeerSwimming2336 North Dakota Fighting Hawks Jun 06 '26
Athletic director is an idiot for reporting this
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u/Far-Concentrate-460 South Dakota State • Dakota M… Jun 05 '26
“Tampering” (as the rule’s currently are) shouldn’t be illegal from the end of the players season til add/drop day or the first game of the schools season, whichever is first, as it’s not actually tampering.
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u/Badlands32 Montana Grizzlies Jun 06 '26
Oh yeah go after the little guys. Meanwhile Iowa State grabbed half our team and had them in NIL programs before Xmas.
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u/No_Bite_7238 Montana State Bobcats Jun 06 '26
I need some help understanding some of this. Can someone please explain?
-A 3% reduction in official paid visits in football during the 2026-27 academic year.
Im not understanding this one AT ALL. Can someone dummy this down for me?
-Three one-week bans on football unofficial visits during the 2026-27 academic year.
Is this saying that 3 random weeks will be chosen where he's not allowed to have potential recruits visit the University? If so, there's something called planning ahead.
-A one-year show-cause order for Stepps, during which any employing NCAA member school must restrict him from communicating with four-year transfer prospects during the entire January 2027 football notification-of-transfer window.
I think i understand this one. No talking to ANY four-year transfer prospects in January. We will be relying on OTHER coaches from OTHER Programs to tattle on him if he does.
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u/join_the_creed Montana State • Washington Sta… Jun 05 '26
How will Mizzou recover from this?