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BYU Receives 6 Sanctions After 4 Boosters Gave CBB Player $12k+ in Benefits

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BYU's basketball program has received six sanctions stemming from an illegal payment from a booster to a student-athlete.

Per Emily James of NCAA.org, the Division I Committee on Infractions panel discovered a booster paid a BYU men's basketball player more than $12,000 in benefits that include cash, vacations, meals and use of a car.

BYU received two years of probation through Nov. 8, 2020, will vacate all records from games in which the student-athlete played and submit to recruiting restrictions. The school also self-imposed sanctions that include loss of one men's basketball scholarship, a $5,000 fine and additional recruiting restrictions.