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The NCAA’s ever-advancing deadline for withdrawing from the NBA draft has entered the category of “be careful what you wish for”. Coaches now dislike the two dates, with the earlier NCAA date rapidly becoming irrelevant: Kentucky coach John Calipari said a year ago that he had his players wait past the deadline to announce a […]
An Oregon legislator has introduced a bill which would shift the costs of an NCAA investigation and violation onto coaches. Here is the summary of the bill from Willamette Week: Provides that coach at public university who intentionally or recklessly commits or causes to be committed major violation of rules of National Collegiate Athletic Association […]
The NCAA’s Football Rules Committee issued a bulletin to football officials that appeared to come through ArbiterSports, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the NCAA which handles official scheduling among other services. The bulletin talks about Rule 1-2-1-(f) Rule 1-2-1-(h) of the Football Playing Rules which covers advertising and has this to say about social media: All other […]
The American Football Coaches Association announced today that they will draft and submit to the NCAA legislation on recruiting communication and limits on noncoaching staff. Of the big three coaching associations (the National Association of Basketball Coaches and Women’s Basketball Coaches Association being the other two), the AFCA is the least active legislatively. While both […]
The NCAA’s most recent Revenues and Expenses of Division I Athletic Departments report was released today. The document is a comprehensive look at athletic department finances across all of Division I, including private institutions which generally release less financial data. Like many NCAA research efforts, this report is released roughly every four years. The highlights […]
Penn State received many penalties from the NCAA last summer. The three penalties that affect Penn State’s on-field performance each run for four years. But all three cover a different four years: Postseason Ban: 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16 Initial Counter Limit (15): 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17 Overall Counter Limit (65): 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18 Penn […]
After an investigation which took almost six months, the NCAA has found no evidence of NCAA violations in the case which questioned how Lance Thomas purchased almost $100,000 worth of jewelry including a $30,000 down payment during his final season at Duke. “The NCAA has found no evidence of a rules violation in this situation […]
In the fall, the NCAA’s long, halting process of transitioning all routine membership business to the internet will be basically complete. What started with LSDBi, Compliance Assistant and the Eligibility Center will conclude when AMA (Academic and Membership Affairs) Online becomes Requests and Self Reports Online (RSRO) this summer. In an announcement to the membership, […]
Last week the NCAA issued four interpretations of Division I rules. None of them are groundbreaking, although one does open up an additional question. The first involved male practice players participating in summer women’s basketball practices: The academic and membership affairs staff determined that male students may participate in summer athletic activities with women’s basketball […]
Grant Gibbs, running mate for All-American Doug McDermott at Creighton, may be seeking a sixth year. But Gibbs will have a challenging and uncertain case, even if the school gets the go-ahead from its law firm to file the case: Gibbs has actually had a rather complex career. He spent two seasons at Gonzaga before […]
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