European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 13, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                July 2007 stars and stripes Page 39 Mcaa orders of to forfeit wins from 2005 sooner to Appeal ruling caused by two players employment by Murray Evans the associated press Oklahoma City the University of Oklahoma plans to Appeal the Caas Rul ing that the school was guilty of a failure to Monitor the employment of players and must erase eight football victories from the 2005 the Mcaa also said wednesday that the sooner must Cut two scholarships for the 200809 and 200910 school years in the Case involving two players kicked off the team last August for being paid for work they didst perform at a Norman car Oklahoma president David Boren said the University will Appeal the Caas fail ure to Monitor finding and the ruling that Oklahoma must erase the 2005 As of Oklahoma had 14 Days to notify the Mcaa in writing of any such we do not believe that erasing the 2005 season from the record books is fair to the Over 100 student athletes and coaches who played by the rules and worked their hearts out for a successful season that Boren the sooner went 84 and beat Oregon in the Holiday bowl to end the 2005 sea records from that season involving quarterback Rhett Bomar and offensive lineman Quinn must be the Mcaa and coach Bob Stoops career record will be dropping it from 8619 in eight seasons to Oklahoma also will have two years of pro Bation added to an earlier extend ing the sooner probation to May Donna Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops record will be amended from 8619 to 7819 after the Mcaa ruled that Oklahoma must erase eight victories from 2005 As punishment for rules violations by two those sanctions Are in addition to those already self imposed by which has banned athletes from working at the car Dealership until at least the 200809 academic year and moved to prevent the ath letes supervisor at the Brad from being involved with the pro Gram until at least August Oklahoma also will reduce the number of football coaches who Are allowed to re Cruit off Campus this the sooner also dismissed Quinn and Walkon Jer Maine Hardison from the the athletic director at Miami and the interim chairman of the Naadi vision i committee on said Oklahoma will be allowed to keep the Money it received for playing in the 2005 Holiday because the Mcaa does not regulate bowl although this Case entered on a few violations involving three the committee finds this Case to be significant and serious for several the Mcaa report noting the length of time of the violations and the fact that okla homa had appeared before the committee in april 2006 regarding violations in its mens basketball on 3 the Day before the sooner began preseason practice Stoops Dis missed Bomar and Quinn from the team after the University determined they had been paid for work they didst perform at big red sports and that led to an Mcaa which found that Quinn and Hardison had been paid for time they didst work at the Dealership and that Hardison had received payment for time he spent participating in a scrimmage and Spring the players and Mcrae engaged in a deliberate scheme to deceive both the employers payroll system and the universe Tys employment monitoring system in an attempt to violate Mcaa rules of which they were real the report the committee found that Oklahoma demonstrated a failure to Monitor the employment of several including some football players who worked during the academic the Mcaa said that fail ure led to the University not detecting Mcaa rules during the the University disputed that arguing that the Mcaa should not its efforts to Root out violations and noted that Mcaa president Myles Brand told one news outlet that the University acted with integrity in taking Swift and decisive Dee said wednesday that Oklahoma should be praised for quickly dismissing the players from the calling that action very influential on the the committee said Oklahoma should have undertaken More extensive efforts to Monitor the players because the Dealership apparently was the largest employer of Oklahoma Stoops said he strongly supported Borens decision to our current team is focused on the up coming Stoops the University is dealing with a matter that relates to the 2005 this group of players and those that will join our program later have no reason to be concerned about our goals or the direction of our those things remain both Bomar and Quinn lost a season of Al Bomar has been ordered by the Mcaa to pay Back More than in extra benefits to while Quinn was told to pay Back More than both players transferred to division Ian schools Bomar to Sam Houston state and Quinn to Montana where they can resume their careers this through Sam Houston state athletic department spokesman Paul Bomar declined comment when reached on his cell Quinn said he didst pay any attention to the in fractions committees ruling on calling it dumb and referring to it with an i have no Quinn i dont Oklahoma officials also appeared before the committee on infractions in april 2006 following an investigation into hundreds of improper recruiting phone Calls by former basketball coach Kelvin Simpsons Oklahoma escaped major sanctions in that As the infractions committee also found the University guilty of a failure to a less severe ruling than Lack of institutional which had been recommended by the Caas enforcement the committee mostly accepted the University self imposed which included reductions in recruit ing Calls and trips and visits to the school by prospective indians agree to 4year Extension the associated press Cleveland Travis Hafner and the Cleveland Indi ans agreed thursday to a Mil fou year contract Extension through the 2012 the indians designated was making million this year and Cleveland had a 2008 option for a minimum Mil under the new he will receive More Money next the new agreement includes a team option for not Only is Travis Hafner among the elite hitters in major league baseball but he will now have the Opportunity to establish himself As one of the great players in the proud history of the Cleveland indians Organiza indians general manager Mark Shapiro this con tract is both a credit to Traviss offensive performance and a Testa ment to who he is As a his relentless work ethic and his Strong desire to help bring a championship to the 30yearold Hafner is Bat Ting with 14 homers and 57 Bis this season after hitting last year with 42 homers and 117 Angels waive Carrasco Hillenbrand Given release the los Angeles Angels on wednesday re Quested unconditional release waivers on right hander Hector t r is c 0 m Tiunis Falkon my sport av8cs1n zit Tubu l in in i la Fuji to with discount tire direct Envoi of to m azjj5027 Tel 18007078473 who was designated for assignment last the club also announced that infielder designated hitter Shea Hillenbrand was Given his re lease after Clearing unconditional release the 37yearold Carrasco was 21 with a Era in 29 ances spanning los Angeles signed him As a free agent on he was one of their most effective re Lievers last going 73 with a Era in 56 the 31yearold who batted with three Hom ers and 22 Bis in 53 games with the was placed on waivers on monday after being designated for assignment june mets make Henderson hitting coach new Hender son is replacing Rick Down As hit Ting coach of the new York mets starting had been a Spe Cial instructor for the mets this is a 10time Allstar who set career records for stolen bases and runs he was the Al map in the mets decision to make Henderson their hitting coach was first reported wednesday night by new Day on its web new which leads the no East by two games Over is sixth in the no with a team batting former Umpire Crawford Dies longtime major league Umpire shag patriarch of a fam ily of prominent sports died he was born Henry Charles shag called More than games As a National league Umpire from he worked the world series three the no championship series twice and handled three Allstar one of the founders of the umpires ended his Active career in 1975 after getting into a dispute with baseball Over the rotation of umpires in the world backs promote Schu to hitting coach Phoenix the Arizona diamondbacks changed hitting coaches on promoting Rick Schu to replace Kevin Arizona trails san Diego by a games in the no the diamondbacks have stayed in Conten Tion despite a team batting a arizonans batting average is 15th in the and the Diamond backs 371 runs rank