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Miami Asking For Nonexistent Motion

Like the coaches involved in the case, Miami will file a “motion” to have the NCAA’s infractions case against the school dismissed. One problem: But according to two sources, the NCAA last week sent a letter to UM and the implicated former coaches with a warning: The infractions committee “does not believe it has the […]

Should the NCAA Get Involved at Utah?

Yahoo! Sports has an in-depth investigative report on allegations of abuse and inappropriate conduct with student-athletes against former Utah swimming coach Greg Winslow. Winslow is also accused of sexual abuse of a swimmer in the Arizona State swim club when he was an assistant coach at ASU prior to his appointment at Utah. After the […]

NCAA Q&A Addresses Worst Deregulation Fears

The NCAA issued a Q&A document which clarifies the recently adopted deregulation proposals. Two of those questions and answers address some of the worst fears regarding the two proposals with the most opposition: Proposal 11–2 which allows any staff to make recruiting calls and Proposals 13–5-A will deregulates mailings. Question No. 2: May an institution […]

Not Even Gene Marsh Has Answer for the NCAA

Gene Marsh has a long and distinguished career in the area of NCAA enforcement. Marsh was Alabama’s faculty athletics representative during the Albert Means case. His performance there got him a spot on the Committee on Infractions. And now he’s back in front of the COI regularly defending schools faced with major violations. A process […]

Unsealed Warrants Add Details to UNC Agent Violations

Newly unsealed warrants show how the North Carolina Secretary of State’s office is taking on one of the first major criminal investigations into agent conduct: “Austin stated he received cash from Terry Watson,” an affidavit for an Oct. 23 search warrant states. “Austin made the following statement: ‘Terry Watson was a guy who gave me […]

Experts Do Not See Huge Endorsement Windfall

The Dallas News asked around about what type of income a star college football player might receive if the NCAA allowed athletes to have commercial endorsement details. The answer was not entirely positive: “I don’t think it’s an issue where the sky’s the limit,” said David Carter, the executive director of the USC Marshall Sports […]

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Shapiro Letter Raises Fundamental Questions About Enforcement’s Role

I am unable to muster the breathless outrage that Dennis Dodd did regarding the latest development in the ongoing saga of how the NCAA built its case against Miami: According to the AP, Ameen Najjar wrote on official NCAA letterhead to a federal judge attempting to reduce Shapiro’s sentence. Not only that, Najjar – since […]

Board Will Reconsider Recruiting Proposals

The NCAA has announced to its membership that the recruiting deregulation proposals that were the cornerstone of the Rules Working Group Package passed by the Board of Directors in January will be reconsidered by the BoD at its May meeting. This essentially means that the proposals are overridden, since reconsideration by the Board of Directors […]

Federal Privacy Laws Possibly Violated in UConn Investigation

Dennis Dodd of CBS Sports is reporting that federal privacy laws may have been violated in the NCAA’s investigation of Connecticut for violations in its recruiting of Nate Miles: By discussing Nate Miles’ foot surgery and payment details, officials at the Tampa Bay Bone and Joint Center violated the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act […]

Miami Going Silent Until Formal Reponse

Jeremy Fowler’s report that Miami will go silent as it prepares its response to the Notice of Allegations includes a way for Miami to potentially stick it to the NCAA: From what I’ve gathered after asking around, Miami will likely use most or all of the 90-day window before formally responding to the NCAA’s Notice […]

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