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Canadian Junior Hockey League Enacts Stiff Amateurism Penalties

The Canadian Junior Hockey League is the highest level of amateur hockey in Canada, at least according to the NCAA. And because players pass through the many leagues and teams of the CJHL on the way to either NCAA or Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) colleges, CJHL is looking to protect their amateur status. And the […]

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Everett Golson and the Five-Year Clock

By all accounts, Everett Golson should lose a season of competition. His dismissal from Notre Dame, combined with his previous redshirt and the five-year clock make it impossible to use his four seasons. And while a combination of NCAA rules are conspiring against him, Golson’s “poor academic judgment”, in his own words, are the proximate […]

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OU Coach Likely Gets Last Break From NCAA

Oklahoma’s Jay Norvell had one of the Sooners’ 35 secondary violations over the last year (April 2012 – April 2013). But his violation should have carried one of the stiffest penalties, a coaching suspension. Lucky for him, Oklahoma took advantage of the Committee on Infractions appeal for Norvell’s violation and the suspension was dropped from […]

Why Football Coaches Want Summer Practice

Summer practice is coming. There’s a rich and lively debate to be had about the year-round student-athlete and whether that is a good thing. But the genie is out of the bottle for men’s basketball and women’s basketball (starting this year). It is only a matter of time before it spreads to all sports. The […]

How Gunner Kiel Could Play for ND This Year

Gunner Kiel was already considered to be “well traveled” by the time he got to Notre Dame. After committing to Indiana and LSU, he eventually signed with Notre Dame. But with Everett Golson looking like he would have the QB reins for the Irish for the foreseeable future, Kiel transferred to Cincinnati where he was […]

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“Noncommitable” Offers Show Why Written Offers Are A Big Deal

There is not as many interesting things to report from the NCAA’s Regional Rules Seminar here in Denver. A lot of it is very technical, not even immediately useful to someone who is no longer working on a campus. But one nugget was interesting. While major violation penalties have gotten the attention, the NCAA is […]

Oregon NOA Reveals Details About Case Timeline

Oregon released their Notice of Allegations from the NCAA and mostly it was old news. The violations were essentially the same as what was discussed in the summary disposition report. The disagreement over the status of the scouting service violation (secondary vs. major) appears to be the sticking point that lead the Committee on Infractions […]

WVU Baseball Exceeds Game Limit

The West Virginia University baseball team will have a shorter schedule next year after playing too many games this year. Baseball teams are limited to 56 contests, which includes both the spring and any exhibition games played in the fall. WVU failed to take into account a fall exhibition and played the normal 56 games […]

Show-Cause for Former Texas Southern Coach Upheld

Johnnie Cole, former head football coach at Texas Southern, was unsuccessful in his appeal of his three-year show-cause order that came from Texas Southern’s 2012 major infractions case. Cole appealed both the show-cause penalty and the findings that he failed to promote an atmosphere of compliance and failed to monitor the football program. Cole’s appeal […]

Blasczyk Needs More Than Missed Seasons for 6th Year

James Blasczyk, who played for Texas A&M and Southern Cal over the last five years, is seeking a sixth year to go play at another California school: Blasczyk started his career at Texas A&M, where he spent two years as a reserve center. During his freshman season in 2008-2009, he appeared in just one game […]

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