The Wisconsin Badgers are being penalized for recruiting violations that occurred back in 2023 by several staffers, according to a report from BadgerExtra’s Colten Bartholomew.
“Nine members of coach Luke Fickell’s staff at that time violated a since-changed NCAA rule by making phone calls to recruits before the recruiting calendar allowed them to be made, according to the NCAA’s investigation into what it deemed a Level II violation,” Bartholomew wrote. “The NCAA’s violation structure lists a Level II infraction as involving significant breaches of conduct that ‘provide or are intended to provide more than a minimal but less than a substantial or extensive recruiting, competitive or other advantage.