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Keith Urgo felt like a weight had been lifted on Tuesday when the NCAA finally revealed the full scope of a yearslong investigation into recruiting violations while was the head men\u2019s basketball coach at Fordham University.<\/p>\n
But the former Fordham coach couldn\u2019t help but feel frustrated over the \u201caggressive\u201d nature in which the NCAA looked into the matter, especially in the current climate of college athletics and considering the relatively small scale by which the Rams basketball program broke the rules.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a sigh of relief for my family and I. It\u2019s been something that\u2019s been hovering over us for almost three years now,\u201d Urgo told The Post in a phone interview. \u201cIt\u2019s been a dark cloud over my family, our program, and just finally closing it and just being able to move on, I think seemed incredibly important for me and my career. Just excited to kind of put it past us.\u201d<\/p>\n
In a release Tuesday, the NCAA said that it found Urgo had \u201cviolated ethical conduct rules\u201d and \u201chead coach responsibility rules\u201d related to a photo shoot in Times Square for prospective recruits and spending $10,736 total on entertainment expenses during eight player visits over two years. <\/p>\n
The NCAA rules allow for programs to spend $75 a day on entertainment expenses during official visits.<\/p>\n
Among those expenses were Jet Ski rentals, tickets to New York Knicks games, tickets to the U.S. Open Tennis Championships and suite tickets for a New York Giants game. <\/p>\n
The overages ranged from as little as $35 to as much as $5,595.<\/p>\n
Nevertheless, the transgressions never extended beyond that, and Urgo felt as the investigation \u2014 which began in 2021 as a result of the program self-reporting an issue \u2014 continued, it took on a more hostile tone.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey were treating me like I was some criminal, literally like I had broken some laws,\u201d Urgo said. \u201cThey were just trying to do whatever they could to pin a Level 1 violation on us and none of it made any sense. We were just all confused, including all the lawyers in the situation, confused as to why they were just being so aggressive and trying to do whatever they could to bury us.\u201d<\/p>\n
The lengthy investigation took its toll on Urgo and on the program, he said during the phone conversation, especially this past season, when the NCAA\u2019s investigation ramped up.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think in this last year, specifically, it was probably the most taxing,\u201d he said. \u201cThis past season was definitely very difficult, because it just seemed like two or three times a week for several months, we were dealing with [the investigation].<\/p>\n
The Rams finished 12-21 last season and 3-15 in the A-10, and the program opted to move on from Urgo after the season came to an end.<\/p>\n
Urgo is still widely respected as a coach and beloved by his players \u2014 as seen by the reaction after his dismissal at Fordham \u2014 and he seemed positive he\u2019ll be back on a sideline soon enough.<\/p>\n
And he\u2019s hoping that the full details being out about the investigation will help.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s why I was so excited when the report came out,\u201d he said. \u201cBecause for so long, people weren\u2019t even sure for so long what was going on. Now they can see some of the ridiculousness.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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