Sooners Draw 3 Years’ Probation

Oklahoma’s football program today was placed on three years’ probation, a penalty that might have been less if some people involved in the violations weren’t still at the school, the NCAA said.

Players reacted with surprise at the severity of NCAA sanctions, which besides placing Oklahoma on probation for three years, bar the Sooners from bowl appearances for the next two years and keep them off television next season.

Oklahoma was charged with 20 NCAA violations.

The sanctions also include cuts in the number of recruits Oklahoma can sign in the next two seasons, cuts in the number of paid visits recruits can make to the Norman campus and a reduction in the number of full-time coaches who can recruit off-campus next season.