NORMAN, Okla. – Three Oklahoma football players, one more than the university has previously acknowledged, may have accepted money for work they did not perform at a local car dealership, according to an NCAA document disclosed Monday.

School officials, including football coach Bob Stoops, will go before the NCAA committee on infractions on April 14 and argue their self-imposed penalties announced Monday are sufficient.

OU spokesman Kenny Mossman said Monday night that the NCAA is alleging three players took money they didn't earn.

But the university maintains that only two players, Rhett Bomar and J.D. Quinn, took excess pay from Big Red Sports/Imports in Norman.

The NCAA, in its notice of allegations, says Oklahoma failed to monitor the working relationship of its players and Big Red, particularly with booster Brad McRae, who used to run the car dealership.

In the preliminary report OU submitted to the NCAA dated Aug. 21, 2006, the university stated that only two players – Bomar and Quinn – were guilty. A third, unidentified player was referenced, but aside from Bomar and Quinn, "all other student-athletes were paid for the number of hours worked."

The university received a notice of allegations from the NCAA on Friday informing OU of the hearing in Indianapolis, according to documents obtained through an open records request.

This would be the second time OU has gone before the committee in less than a year. OU officials were in front of the same panel last April for violations committed by former men's basketball coach Kelvin Sampson and his staff.

"The university diligently investigated this matter and has worked closely with the NCAA throughout this process so there are no surprises," OU athletic director Joe Castiglione said in a statement.

Last August, the school kicked Bomar and Quinn off the football team after the university claimed its athletic department's compliance staff discovered the violations.

Both players lost a year of eligibility and transferred to Division I-AA schools. Bomar, a quarterback from Grand Prairie, and Quinn, a lineman from Garland, had their eligibility restored by the NCAA after agreeing to pay a total of $15,544.05 to charity.

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Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops has a date with the NCAA committe on infractions on April 14.

As part of its self-imposed penalties, OU announced it did not award those two scholarships to anyone during the 2006-07 academic year. The school has essentially banished McRae for five years and banned players from working at Big Red, although the dealership is under new management.

OU will also reduce the number of football coaches who can recruit off campus by one this fall.

The NCAA also alleges that OU failed to adequately monitor its athletes from February 2005 to March 2006 while they worked at Big Red. The school failed to follow internal policies for monitoring athletes' employment by not collecting gross earning statements, the NCAA said.

"From our perspective, any allegation related to our monitoring activities, no matter how limited, is not warranted," Castiglione said. The school maintains that its own compliance staff discovered the violations, and the players were kicked off the team immediately.

Stoops said last August that his coaches go over the rules in clear detail and, at some point, the responsibility falls on the player.

"In the end, players need to be accountable," Stoops told reporters Aug. 3. "We can't spend every minute with them. Our compliance staff cannot spend every minute with them. When are they held accountable?"

Staff writer Gary Jacobson contributed to this report.

Oklahoma officials have informed the NCAA it issued these self-imposed penalties after the Rhett Bomar-Big Red scandal.

•QB Rhett Bomar (Grand Prairie) and OL J.D. Quinn (Garland) were kicked off the team on Aug. 2, 2006.

•OU did not award those scholarships to anyone else during the 2006-07 academic year.

•Athletes are banned from working at Big Red Sports/ Imports until the end of the 2008-09 academic year. (The car dealership is under new management, which had no involvement.)

•OU has banned former Big Red general manager and OU booster Brad McRae from having any involvement with the university until Aug. 21, 2011.

•The school reduced the number of football coaches who can recruit off campus by one during the fall of 2007.

March 3, 2006: An anonymous e-mail tip to OU president David Boren outlines possible rules violations involving the football program.

Aug. 2: OU officials announce that Bomar and Quinn were dismissed from the team for accepting money for work they did not perform at Big Red Sports/Imports, a car dealership in Norman, Okla.

Aug. 24: Bomar writes a letter of apology to the NCAA in hopes of getting his eligibility restored.

Late August: Bomar transfers to Sam Houston State in Huntsville, and Quinn transfers to Montana. Both are Division I-AA schools.

Nov. 1: NCAA determines that Bomar must repay $7,406.88, and Quinn must repay $8,137.17 to a charity of their choice to reclaim their eligibility.

Monday: OU announces its self-imposed penalties and learns it must appear before the NCAA committee on infractions on April 14.

The NCAA's notice of allegations sent to Oklahoma refers to three players who took money from Big Red "for work not performed." Previously, the university had said only two players – Rhett Bomar and J.D. Quinn – received excess compensation. The NCAA documents were obtained from the university Monday through an open records request. OU redacted student information to protect their privacy.