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Rutgers Fines And Suspends Kyle Flood

/ CBS Philadelphia

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — Rutgers has suspended football coach Kyle Flood for three games after he contacted a faculty member over a player's status.

Rutgers President Robert Barchi announced the punishment Wednesday, a day after he said he received an internal investigative report.

Flood was also fined $50,000.

The report found that Flood emailed and met in person with a faculty member even though he knew or should have known of the university's policies prohibiting coach-initiated contact with faculty members regarding students' academic standing.

The report also found that Flood provided grammatical and minor editorial suggestions for a player's paper to complete a course.

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First published on September 16, 2015 / 4:32 PM EDT

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