LEXINGTON, Ky. — The University of Kentucky and the NCAA reached a settlement Friday over infractions that included 11 football players getting paid for work they did not perform in 2021 and 2022.
The negotiated resolution said the school agreed with the NCAA Committee on Infractions that some football players received impermissible benefits and that rules violations took place in the school’s swimming program.
Kentucky agreed to spend two years on probation, pay an undisclosed fine and vacate records of any games in which ineligible football players competed.
Of the 11 players paid for not working, eight played and received “actual and necessary expenses while ineligible.” The school and the NCAA agreed that no member of the athletic department knew or should have “reasonably” known about the no-show jobs.
Kentucky agreed with the NCAA regarding the swimming infractions, which involved athletes from both the men’s team and the women’s team who weren’t given required days off and who exceeded practice hours for three years.