Alabama athletics releases annual NCAA violations summary

Alabama athletics published its annual self-reported NCAA violations summary Thursday, which included six missteps. None included football or men’s basketball.

Five sports — men’s tennis, baseball, gymnastics, soccer and rowing — got dinged for level three violations (breaches of conduct), which is the lowest level of NCAA violation.

Baseball committed two violations.

  1. A recruit charged high-speed internet to his room during an official visit.
  2. Alabama published a press release mentioning an unsigned recruit. The press release was in relation to players drafted into the MLB.

Other violations include:

  • Tennis: A coach bought a koozie for a recruit during an official visit.
  • Gymnastics: A recruit, while attending a camp, shared with staff members she was committing to UA
  • Soccer: Players got only one required day off during an “out-of-season segment.”
  • Rowing: A portion of the rowers only got 13 days off during 2024-25.

As part of the summary, Alabama noted corrective actions taken. Rules education was always the first step, and sometimes the only step. In the case of the men’s tennis koozie situation, the coach will be issued a letter of admonishment and UA declared the potential student athlete ineligible until the value of the koozie was repaid to a charity.

The same was the case for the baseball player who expensed internet to his hotel room during an official visit.

Nick Kelly is an Alabama beat writer for AL.com and the Alabama Media Group. Follow him on X and Instagram.

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