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Dwight Howard and Public Recruiting of Athletes

One of the more interesting stories of the NBA offseason is whether free agent center Dwight Howard will stay with the Lakers or head for greener pastures elsewhere. Since the end of the season, the Lakers have launched a very public campaign to show Howard that they want him back. Which got me to thinking […]

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Wyoming Worries Volleyball Violations May Be Major

The University of Wyoming plans to vacate three seasons of volleyball victories along with other corrective actions in an effort to have that program’s extra benefits violations classified as secondary. In addition, the university suspended three members of the coaching staff and was going to require them to attend the NCAA Regional Rules Seminar in […]

Even Kyle Wiltjer’s Smooth Transfer Shows Flaws in System

Popular opinion seems to be that Kyle Wiltjer’s departure from Kentucky is how transfers are supposed to work. It was a quick and amicable parting, with both sides wishing each other well. A far cry from some of the more contentious transfers over the last few years. But even a transfer that goes well in […]

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Two of Alabama State’s Four Teams in APR Trouble Cleared for Postseason Play

When APR scores and penalties were released a couple weeks ago, Alabama State stood out with four teams banned from the postseason: football, men’s basketball, baseball and volleyball. But the process is not quite over yet for the Hornets. Waivers of APR penalties can still be filed, and so far ASU is batting .500: The […]

Lame Duck COI Gives Oregon Light Penalties

NCAA major infractions cases are often made out to be significant moments in NCAA history. When a big program is under investigation or in front of the Committee on Infractions, the NCAA is either going to finally get tough on violators or finally start treating schools fairly. When Yahoo! Sports broke the Willie Lyles and […]

WBB Prospect Facing Paperwork Barrier to Eligibility

Aurellia Cammock, who should be smoothly transitioning into her freshman year on the women’s basketball at Iona College, is waiting to be cleared by the NCAA Eligibility Center. Unlike athletes who struggled academically and are sweating out postgraduate courses or extra SAT and ACT tests, Cammock has a much more mundane problem: paperwork. A city […]

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Transfer Issue Needs More Balanced Tools, Not Blanket Rules

The message from the coaches in Rustin Dodd’s article about transfers is one of powerlessness. Players are going to leave and there is nothing coaches can do about it. As a result the normal movement of students between colleges for a variety of reasons gets a negative branding like “free agency” or “waiver wire”. But […]

Scouting Ban Upheld Despite Majority Opposition, Low Turnout

The override of NCAA Proposal RWG–11–3-B, which bans in-person scouting of future opponents, failed on Friday. Voting had been running since Monday. The proposal needed a 62.5% (5/8ths) majority of schools voting but could not quite get there: Of the schools and conferences voting, 55.2 percent (154) voted to override the legislation. A 62.5 percent […]

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Wilson College Adding Men’s Teams to Stay in NCAA

For its first 144 years, Wilson College was an all women’s school. Starting with the 2013–14 school year, the school will become a coeducational institution, admitting men as residential students for the first time. But that means a unique challenge for the Division III school and something almost unheard of in the Title IX era: […]

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Wyoming Self-Reports Potentially Major VB Violations

The University of Wyoming announced yesterday that it self-reported violations in its women’s volleyball program to the NCAA: UW Athletics Director Tom Burman says the self-report involves five former members of the women’s volleyball team and their receipt of impermissible benefits during a two-year period. The total value of the impermissible benefits to all five […]

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