NCAA opened Ole Miss probe after Dabo complaint
Key takeaways
- The NCAA enforcement staff opened an investigation of Ole Miss football program the same day that Clemson coach Dabo Swinney accused Rebels coach Pete Golding of tampering with linebacker Luke Ferrelli.
- According to documents obtained by ESPN through an open-records request, NCAA associate director of enforcement Scott Mc Donald emailed Ole Miss senior associate athletics director for compliance Taylor Hall on Jan.
- "Thanks for speaking with us earlier today," McDonald wrote in the email to Hall.
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The NCAA enforcement staff opened an investigation of Ole Miss football program the same day that Clemson coach Dabo Swinney accused Rebels coach Pete Golding of tampering with linebacker Luke Ferrelli.
According to documents obtained by ESPN through an open-records request, NCAA associate director of enforcement Scott Mc Donald emailed Ole Miss senior associate athletics director for compliance Taylor Hall on Jan. 23, a couple of hours before a news conference in which Swinney blasted Golding for allegedly tampering with Ferrelli, who had enrolled at Clemson after transferring from California before then leaving for Ole Miss.
"Thanks for speaking with us earlier today," McDonald wrote in the email to Hall. "As we discussed, the enforcement staff is opening an investigation into the football program at the University of Mississippi. Additionally, please let this email serve as a reminder that the institution and its representatives have an affirmative and automatic duty under Bylaw 19.2 to preserve all relevant materials."