SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) has issued an institutional fine of $25,000 and a public reprimand to Syracuse University for actions it says the university took during Saturday’s football game against Clemson.
The ACC says Syracuse violated NCAA Football Rule 3-3-6-b, which addresses the feigning of injuries by players, declaring it “unethical and contrary to the spirit of the rules.”
The ACC says with 9:25 left in the fourth quarter, two players and a coach in the team area stopped the game in order to secure an injury timeout. The ACC says this time-stoppage was “a clear attempt to gain an unmerited advantage by stopping the game in order to secure an injury timeout.”
In addition to review by the league office, the play was also reviewed by the National Coordinator of Football Officials. That person agreed the action violated the spirit of the injury timeout and fair play and was done in a way to circumvent the new injury timeout rule to avoid the team being charged a timeout.
The funds from the imposed institutional fine, which are the maximum allowed by the league’s bylaws, will be placed into the Weaver-James-Corrigan-Swofford Postgraduate Scholarship account.
The ACC considers this matter closed.
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