Most of them involved small cash payments to players, letting players borrow coaches' and boosters' cars, letting players use university credit cards to buy gas and buying clothes and other objects for players. However, the most severe violations involved massive academic fraud. The NCAA found that one of Shipley's assistants had altered a recruit's high school transcript and forged the principal's signature, and others close to the program had arranged for surrogates to take college entrance exams for prospective recruits.
The majority of the violations involved small cash payments to players, allowing them to borrow coaches' and boosters' cars, use university credit cards for gas purchases, and buy clothes and other items. However, the most serious offenses included significant academic fraud. The NCAA found that one of Shipley's assistants had altered a recruit's high school transcript and forged the principal's signature, while others involved in the program arranged for surrogates to take college entrance exams on behalf of prospective recruits.