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{West Virginia}...The NCAA Committee on Infractions has placed West Virginia University's football program on two years probation, effective through July 7, 2013 stemming from violations involving out-of-season coaching and the use of non-coaching staff who worked with players. The NCAA report says WVU committed major violations involving failure to monitor by former coaches Rich Rodriguez, Bill Stewart and the university. Penalties in the case include two years probation, coaching and recruiting restrictions and scholarship reductions. The two years probation took away two scholarships for 2010-11 and one scholarship for 2011-12. The program will also eliminate two non-coaching graduate assistant positions. WVU athletic director Oliver Luck says he's pleased the NCAA's infractions committee accepted self-imposed penalties proposed by the university.