Athletic Director Jay Jacobs released a statement Thursday, April 4 saying that Auburn was misled by the premise of a Selena Roberts article.
The article, published Wednesday, April 3, contains quotes from former Auburn safety Mike McNeil and others alleging that Auburn committed numerous NCAA violations during its national championship season.
Full statement from Jay Jacobs:
"Anytime accusations are made against Auburn, we take them seriously. We have no reason to believe these allegations are either accurate or credible. However, as a matter of procedure, we are reviewing them carefully.
It is important to note that several of the sources in this story have since indicated they were either misquoted, quoted out of context or denied the allegations.
Unfortunately, the reporter who published this story did not fully represent to us what the story was about when requesting an interview. We were only told that the reporter was working on a story about the alleged armed robbery involving four former football players, which occurred over two years ago.
We were never told the story would include allegations about academic fraud or improper benefits. Had we known that, we would have responded immediately with the statement above."
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