The NCAA put Ball State on probation for two years and cut three football scholarships because of misuse by athletes of a textbook loan program. The penalties announced Tuesday by the Division I Committee on Infractions also included a reduction of money available for men's tennis scholarships and a restriction on the number of hours per week allowed for softball practice. The infractions involved 89 athletes in 10 sports from the spring semester of 2003 to the end of the 2004-05 school year.