The Iowa Hawkeyes are going to just 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 joyful concerning the NCAA’s conclusion, although.
The NCAA has alleged that Ferentz and assistant Jon Budmayr had 13 telephone calls with McNamara and likewise exchanged two textual content messages with the quarterback, who in the end 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 mentioned, examine this, that’s fascinating,” Ferentz mentioned to Danny Kanell and Dusty Dvoracek on SirusXM (h/t On3) . “It was an fascinating course of, to say the least. Clearly, upset. Strongly really feel it was overly harsh. It was an overreach, I consider. My frustration can be there have been loads of particulars concerned. I feel that, particularly given two-plus years, you’d take into account the info, what actually occurred. I feel what we provided up a yr and a half in the past was greater than ample. It’s what it’s. They made the choice. We’ll dwell with it.”
