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Adam WellsDecember 10, 2021.
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The basketball program at auburn was punished by the NCAA due to former assistant coach Chuck Person's involvement in a bribery scandal.
The NCAA accepted the self-imposed ban on the team from last season and Bruce Pearl will be suspended for two games.
The university and Pearl issued statements about the NCAA's decision.
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Bruce Pearl made a statement about the NCAA decision. Pearl will miss games against Nebraska and North Alabama because of his suspension.
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In addition to that, the team records of ineligible student-athletes must be erased.
The FBI arrested 10 people, including four assistant coaches, three athlete advisors and three Adidas employees, in the college- basketball corruption scandal.
In February of last year, Pat Forde and Pete Thamel of Yahoo Sports obtained federal documents that tied programs like Duke, North Carolina, Texas, Kentucky, Michigan State, USC and Alabama to potentially giving "impermissible benefits and preferential treatment for players and families of players."
In November 2020 the university announced a one-year ban for the 2020-21 season due to Person's role in the scandal and arrest.
Person was hired as a head coach by Pearl. He was going into his third season with the program when he was arrested.
The 57-year-old was sentenced to 200 hours of community service after pleading guilty to a charge of bribery conspiracy.
