Ole Miss’ finally received word of its NCAA violations punishment on Friday morning after four long years of investigation. The Committee on Infractions lists, among other sundry penalties, an additional postseason ban for Rebel football in 2018.
In response, Ole Miss chancellor Jeffrey Vitter announced in a written statement that the university will “vigorously appeal” the NCAA’s “excessive” punishment in the form of a second postseason ban. His statement reads, in part:
In the report, the committee disagreed with the institution’s position on most of the contested allegations. In addition to accepting our previously self-imposed sanctions, the committee has imposed a postseason ban for 2018.