Social media reacts to Kirk Ferentz's recruiting violation punishment
Iowa Hawkeyes football head coach Kirk Ferentz had wins vacated because of a 2022 recruiting violation. Social media had some strong reactions.
On Monday, April 14 the NCAA announced its final word over a reported Iowa football recruiting violation from 2022, which involved impermissible contact with Cade McNamara. Head coach Kirk Ferentz and Hawkeyes assistant coach Jon Budmayr were previously suspended for one game that season, but now, wins are vacated for the 2023 games in which McNamara participated. ( Iowa went 4-1 in those games).
More: NCAA vacates Iowa football wins over Kirk Ferentz's 2022 recruiting violation Here's how social media reacted to the additional punishment: Social media reacts to Kirk Ferentz, Iowa football vacated wins The NCAA taking a stand against Kirk Ferentz is certainly a choice — badnewsCATS (@bbnhoopers) April 14, 2026 Is there anything more on-brand for the NCAA than punishing Iowa football and Kirk Ferentz of all programs for this? https://t. co/ODwsUWXAFj — Boilers and Beyond (@BoilersBeyond) April 14, 2026 lol the bad boy of college football: Kirk Ferentz https://t.
co/mUPMtGsIQp — Chris Gogel (@C_Gogel) April 14, 2026 Schools blatantly cheating but the NCAA is worried about Kirk sending a text 5 minutes before the portal opened. https://t. co/Z9aJUcYwKS — Hawks by a Million (@asbraner) April 14, 2026 Are you serious with this @NCAA ?!
Of all the nonsense this is what you choose to focus on?! I wonder, would it have been better if KF hadn’t voluntarily suspended himself for a game? Whatever this was is happening in pretty much every high level portal situation.