According to the NCAA, a former student athletic trainer for Notre Dame violated NCAA ethical conduct rules. She committed academic misconduct for two football players and provided “impermissible academic benefits.”
On top of those one football player had committed academic misconduct himself.
Because of the misconduct, athletes competed during the 2012-13 and 2013-14 season while being considered ineligible.
The athletic trainer is claimed to have provided academic assistance while she attended the University and after she graduated.
We do not have the full details of what happened and we probably never will, but this sounds as if the athletic trainer was only helping the students with school work.