CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Miami is tightening its access policy for home football games, part of the university’s plan to minimize the chance of an NCAA violation happening by someone making illicit contact with a player or recruit.
The new policy, obtained Monday by The Associated Press, goes into effect starting with Saturday’s home opener against No. 17 Ohio State.
Going forward, guests may only be on the field if they have an authorized university employee as an escort, and will need to be on the visitors’ sideline.
The changes were completed less than a month after former booster and convicted Ponzi scheme architect Nevin Shapiro said he provided extra benefits to 72 players and recruits from 2002 through 2010. Shapiro had sideline access at times during that span.
