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Antonio Pierce gets show-cause penalty for Arizona St. violations

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Las Vegas Raiders coach Antonio Pierce was slapped with an eight-year show-cause order due to violations that occurred when he was an assistant coach at Arizona State, the NCAA announced Thursday.

Most of the violations were related to what the NCAA referred to as a "scheme" orchestrated by Pierce to circumvent restrictions in place during the COVID-19 pandemic. Pierce facilitated impermissible recruiting contact with 35 prospects, including "tryouts, football facility tours and entertainment." It was also determined he directed an assistant to engage in tampering with a player enrolled at another school and traveled out of state to observe and meet with prospects during a recruiting dead period.