The Spartans said in a statement that the school hired an "individual associated with a prospect," as determined by the NCAA, for the Michigan State Boys Basketball Camp in June 2010. The individual was paid $475 for five days of work with middle school-aged campers.
"I've always placed a high importance on following the rules and pride myself on adhering to high standards of professional conduct and doing things the right way," Izzo said in a statement released by the school late Friday. "This is an isolated and inadvertent secondary violation of a new rules interpretation. I regret that it happened.
"While I accept the findings that we unintentionally violated the broad letter of the interpretation, we did not violate the intent of the interpretation in that we did not receive any benefit, nor did we attempt to gain an advantage.
MSU athletic director Mark Hollis noted what he deemed the "broad definition" of the term "individual associated with a prospect" led to the violation.
The NCAA defines an individual associated with a prospect as "any person who maintains (or directs others to maintain) contact with prospective student-athlete, the prospective student-athlete's relatives or legal guardians, or coaches at any point during the prospective student-athlete's participation in basketball, and whose contact is directly or indirectly related to prospective student-athlete's: a) athletic skills and abilities; or b) recruitment by or enrollment in an NCAA institution."
The NCAA toughened its enforcement of existing rules governing the funneling of money and hiring of persons associated with prospects in late October, 2009.
Neither the identity of the employee or the recruit were given.
Assistant head coach Mark Montgomery will coach in Izzo's place.
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