Actually it may be more than 15 per year.
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"Posted on Sat, Jun. 01, 2002
Clemson reports 15 NCAA violations
The Associated Press
CLEMSON — Clemson's athletic department has reported 15 cases of NCAA rules violations between June and April, including athletes who racked up long-distance charges on a coach's calling card."
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"News & History
2002 ...
02/21 Football - An article on cnnsi.com revealed that Clemson is tied for 8th on the all-time offenders list by the number of violations committed by a football program.
02/08 Track - Clemson's David Collins was arrested for firing a gun on campus.
02/02 Football - Clemson quarterback Willie Simmons was arrested following an incident involving campus police. Simmons was charged with public disorderly conduct.
2001
12/04 Football - Travis Zachery and Akil Smith were arrested. Smith is charged with three counts of sale of marijuana and sale of marijuana within proximity of a school. Zachery faces a charge of distribution of marijuana.
06/19 Football - Alex Ardley Ardley was arrested and charged with drunken driving after crashing a SUV through the living room of a Tallahassee home.
05/15 Football - The NCAA has decided to re-open their investigation into The Gaffney Gate Scandal.
05/11 Football - Clemson officials are scrambling to report secondary violations to the NCAA and discipline themselves in hopes that the NCAA will not decide to launch a thorough investigation into the illegal activities surrounding the football coaching staff.
04/04 Football - William "Refrigerator" Perry has been arrested and charged with criminal domestic violence after asaulting his wife.
03/29 Football - Paul White, Marcus Lewis, and Tyrone Dickerson were dismissed from the team after being charged with five counts each of first-degree burglary, one count each of interference with a fire alarm and one count each of simple larcency.
03/03 Football - Tommy Bowdon's released the Spring depth chart and revealed that the 2 felons from 12/07/2000 case were indeed still on the team.
02/16 Athletics - Clemson University reported 10 NCAA violations between July of 2000 and January 2001 .
01/02 Football - Alex Ardley was kicked off the football team for vialoation of team rules. All he did was get ejected from the Gator Bowl and then told Tommy Bowdon exactly what he thought of him.
2000
12/24 Football - Wells-Scott case is uncovered. South Carolina Grad. Asst. Robby Wells was fired after it was learned he turned over materials sensitive to the USC football program to Brad Scott.
12/07 Football - Four Clemson University students, including two football players, have been indicted by a federal grand jury on felony charges related to counterfeiting. Football player Eugene Koon and Paul White have been suspended from the team.
10/04 Football - The Gaffney Gate Scandal was revealed by an unknown source. What is known is that recuits from Gaffney High School were paid large sums of money to do yard work at Tommy Bowden's new house.
08/30 Football - Recruit Todd McClinton became the second recruit to fail to qualify after it was evident that he had cheated on his SAT.
07/22 Athletics - Clemson released its bi-annual report of NCAA violations. Eleven violations were reported for the period January of 2000 through June 2000. Most infractions were committed intentionally by the football coaching staff knowing that the infractions would not be harsh. Clemson repeats the same violations over and over again, but it's a case where the benefits outweigh the consequences.
07/17 Football - Recruit Brandon Jamison failed to qualify after it was evident that he had cheated on his SAT. "The Clemson Informant" told me Clemson did not assist him, but did put a lot of pressure on the young man.
07/08 Football - Keith Jennings, a former Clemson star and tight end for the Chicago Bears, was arrested and charged with cocaine possession.
06/16 Baseball - Casey Stone has been suspended for his next NCAA Tournament game for his role in the brawl with Louisiana-Lafayette following the Tigers' 5-4, season-ending loss at the CWS.
06/14 Baseball - The Clemson baseball players started a fight following their loss to UL-Lafayette in the CWS. In that moment they managed to sum up Clemson's entire athletic history - classless.
04/30 Football - Brandon Rouse died at a Clemson movie theater after suffering a heart attack caused by a congenital heart defect. "The Clemson Informant" tells me there has been some discussion concerning why the condition was not caught during previous physical examinations. The feeling of some on campus is that a lawsuit should and will be filed against Clemson. The hope is that Clemson will not continue to commit such huge oversights in the future.
03/29 Football - Prospects Cov Woodley(OT), Alvin Young(OT), and Clark Hadley(DL) from Union County High School in north Florida had planned to spend some time visiting Clemson, but left the campus abruptly because they were treated rudely. The 3 stayed there about 15 minutes and left.
03/28 Football - During a local interview session Tommy Bowdon called a DNR official a clown and a bad citizen after he received a $125 ticket for fishing without a license. Tommy Bowdon feels he is above the law and should have received special treatment from the officer.
02/11 Athletics - Clemson reported 9 violations to the NCAA and 4 violations to the ACC for the period of June '99 to January 2000. Most of them were recruiting violations by the football coaching staff.
01/27 Football - In an interview with Rick Dorsey of the Augusta Chronicle, Tony Horne complained that he was a victim of politics, racism and prejudice by the students and fraternities while at clemson.
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1999
11/18 Football - DoMarco Fox intentially broke the jaw of South Carolina's punter Courtney Leavitt. The play was over and the kicker had already made it off the field when Fox speared Leavitt in the chin. It's believed that the hit was ordered from the Clemson staff because Leavitt's poor career was the cause for Brad Scott's firing from University of South Carolina.
11/18 Football - Javis Austin attempted suicide. "The Clemson Informant" tells me that the growing cocaine problem among Clemson football players and the inability to cope with Tommy Bowden's rhetoric may have played a part in Austin's decision.
08/05 Athletics - Clemson Official tells reporters that 20 or more NCAA violations is not unusual for Clemson.
07/27 Athletics - Clemson reports 13 violations for the 1997-98 academic year and 21 violations for the 1998-99 academic year. "
