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Today is the last day of Florida State’s four year probation imposed by the Committee on Infractions for major violations involving academic fraud. Certainly a big day for Florida State, but what does it actually mean. For starters, this is NCAA’s definition of a probation period from Bylaw 19.5.2.2.1: The committee (or the Infractions Appeals […]
Frank Deford of NPR has another piece of advice for college presidents: But I have a similar quest. I seek one prominent college president to say to her trustees or to the other presidents in his conference: “The NCAA is a sham and disgrace. Let’s get out of it.” We know those presidents who disdain […]
The third edition of Override Watch 2013 is against the backdrop of the Rules Working Group seeking extra feedback from conferences and member institutions about some of the proposals. There is no indication that the request for feedback is anything but sincere, but it could slow down the override process some, if schools believe concerns […]
Saint Mary’s was sanctioned by the NCAA today for a host of major violations. The violations centered around the recruitment of an international prospect in 2009 as well as training activities involving outside consultants in the summers of 2009–2010. On top of the underlying violations, a former assistant coach was charged with unethical conduct, head […]
Orlando Sanchez, on St. John’s third attempt, was granted a waiver by the NCAA to regain one season of competition, which he will use in 2013–14. But exactly one season is a curious decision from the NCAA. Here is Sanchez’s timeline: 2005: Sanchez leaves high school, moves to Spain. 2009: Sanchez, now 21, plays in […]
Class checks for athletes to make sure they are attending classes is nothing new. But North Carolina is now taking that one step further, and checking on classes to make sure the class is there: To prove the legitimacy of classes, administrators have fanned out to hundreds of classrooms to verify that students and professors […]
The Orlando Sentinel is reporting that the family of Ereck Plancher is asking an appeals court to take note of Central Florida’s lack of institutional control charge from its 2012 major infractions case in their wrongful suit against UCF. The reason is not to show that UCF was negligent in Plancher’s death, but because of […]
Miami will go to the Committee on Infractions hearing with a new head of its compliance office: “Craig brings tremendous experience as a compliance professional, having spent several years within the ACC,” Senior Associate AD for Administration and Student Excellence Jennifer Strawley said in the statement released by UM. “He shares our philosophy that compliance […]
As a private institution not subject to open records laws, details about the NCAA case against Miami will not be a matter of public record as quickly and as easily as in other recent cases. With no legal obligation to release the Notice of Allegations and Miami not intending to any time soon, we are […]
As an organization that often has to compromise and find the middle ground between two ideals, the NCAA often finds itself under attack from both sides. Listen to enough people and you will learn that the NCAA is both too commercial and not commercial enough. Or that the NCAA enforces improper academic standards as well […]
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