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.
Most of them involved small cash payments to players, allowing players to borrow coaches' and boosters' cars, enabling players to use university credit cards to buy gas and purchasing clothes and other items for players. However, the most serious violations included massive academic fraud. The NCAA discovered 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.