The Iowa Hawkeyes are going to simply accept the punishment handed all the way down to them by the NCAA for allegedly tampering with quarterback Cade McNamara earlier than he entered the switch portal in 2022.
That does not imply Iowa or head coach Kirk Ferentz is glad concerning the NCAA’s conclusion, although.
The NCAA has alleged that Ferentz and assistant Jon Budmayr had 13 cellphone calls with McNamara and in addition exchanged two textual content messages with the quarterback, who finally transferred from the Michigan Wolverines to the Hawkeyes.
These calls occurred earlier than McNamara entered the switch portal, and as such, Iowa is being punished for tampering.
Whereas he accepts the punishment, Ferentz would not agree with the NCAA’s conclusion on this case.
“Two-plus years to, as you stated, examine this, that’s attention-grabbing,” Ferentz stated to Danny Kanell and Dusty Dvoracek on SirusXM (h/t On3) . “It was an attention-grabbing course of, to say the least. Clearly, upset. Strongly really feel it was overly harsh. It was an overreach, I imagine. My frustration can be there have been lots of particulars concerned. I believe that, particularly given two-plus years, you’d take into account the info, what actually passed off. I believe what we supplied up a yr and a half in the past was greater than ample. It’s what it’s. They made the choice. We’ll reside with it.”
