NCAA: Alabama Must Vacate 10 Football Wins From '05-07

Team can keep scholarships, bowl win
By A Ali,  Newser Staff
Posted Jun 11, 2009 12:35 PM CDT
NCAA: Alabama Must Vacate 10 Football Wins From '05-07
Alabama quarterback John Parker Wilson watches from the sidelines late in this year's Sugar Bowl loss to Utah.   (AP Photo)

The NCAA will require the University of Alabama to vacate at least 10 football victories from 2005-07 over rules violations that saw players arrange free textbooks for friends, the Birmingham News reports. The school will also be placed on 3 years’ probation, but the football program won’t lose any scholarships. Other UA programs received penalties that included vacating individual records.

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