The University of Washington announced that it will self-report to the Pacific 10 Conference two secondary violations of NCAA rules, which occurred during a football recruiting meeting that was detailed in a story by The Times.
It is the second time is as many weeks that Washington will have self-reported a violation committed by new Coach Steve Sarkisian, USC's former offensive coordinator. Last week, Washington reported that it had committed a secondary recruiting violation related to game-day simulations while recruits are on campus.
The latest violations were committed when Sarkisian and defensive coordinator Nick Holt met last week with Los Angeles Jordan High senior James Boyd, a quarterback and defensive end who has committed to USC, along with Jordan's coach and another senior and junior football player.
Times reporter Ben Bolch detailed the meetings between the Washington coaches and the players and their high school coach at a Los Angeles hair salon and, later, at a coffee house.
In a statement released by Washington, the school acknowledged, "It is not permissible for coaches to have off-campus contact with prospective student-athletes until July 1 prior to their senior year, nor is it permissible to have recruiting contact with prospects in the presence of media."
The school said neither Sarkisian nor Holt was aware ahead of time that the junior or Bolch would be present, and that neither coach "engaged" the reporter or the junior in conversation during the meeting.
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Johnson was diagnosed Monday with a melanoma on his back and has begun radiation treatments.
The tumor on his spine is in the same area where Johnson's skin cancer was diagnosed in 2001, Eagles trainer Rick Burkholder told the Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News.
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