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Ok State Camp Loophole Unlikely to Last For Long

The loophole in NCAA rules that allows Oklahoma State to circumvent NCAA regulations on satellite football camps, as reported by Dan Wetzel and Pat Forde, is pretty ingenious. Essentially Oklahoma State farms out satellite football camps in Texas to a Division III school. According to the NCAA’s definition of an “institutional camp or clinic”, these […]

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Important to Know Who Suggested Half-Game Suspension for Manziel

Everyone should have assumed that the Johnny Manziel case was going to end with an unsatisfactory whimper rather than a bang. Too many holes to fill plus an increasingly controversial rule meant the odds of widespread agreement with whatever the NCAA decided was unlikely. But just how dissatisfied we should be rests on parsing this […]

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Chris Walker Runs Out of Time To Join Gators in Fall

Four years ago, Florida men’s basketball signee Chris Walker is probably enrolled in classes right now. But Walker has run out of time to enroll for the fall semester as he tries to sort out his eligibility: Simply put, a source said, he’s yet to finish the coursework and can’t enroll until he does. “But […]

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NCAA Recommendation on Manziel More Important for the School Than the Athlete

According to a Houston radio host, the NCAA will let everyone, not just A&M, know whether Johnny Manziel should be withheld from competition either for a violation or because of an ongoing investigation tomorrow: The NCAA will announce its recommendation on Manziel play or no-play on Wednesday, according to an A&M source. — John P. […]

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Xavier Rathan-Mayes Receives Partial Initial Eligibility Waiver

Xavier Rathan-Mayes, a key incoming basketball recruit for Florida State, will not suit up for the team in games or practice this year after not being cleared by the NCAA Eligibility Center. Rathan-Mayes will be allowed to receive a scholarship though, which means he received a partial initial eligibility waiver. Back in the bad old […]

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Iowa State Waiting on Resolution to Text Messaging Case

Long NCAA investigations are nothing new. But at this point, text messaging and phone call violations are more or less an exact science. The penalties are clear, the process is understood, and most times the cases are handled relatively quickly compared to less common or more complex violations. Not so for Iowa State: “I’m numb,” […]

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DII West Texas A&M Coach Fired Over Unethical Conduct Violation

Division II West Texas A&M, home to the largest collection of artificial fields in North America has fired their all-time winningest football coach, Don Carthel on the eve of the season: WT learned of a NCAA violation. The university would not specify about the specific incident in violation but did tell NewsChannel 10 it was […]

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FSU’s Glauser To Sue NCAA for Final Season of Eligibility

Daniel Glauser, a former member of the Florida State football team, is planning to sue the NCAA for his final season of eligibility. Glauser lost that season under the old version of the delayed enrollment rule that initially tripped up Steven Rhodes, although Glauser’s argument for relief was not nearly as strong: Glauser was denied […]

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Legislative Agenda Short for DII and DIII

Division I will have a short-and-sweet legislative agenda over the next year unless the Rules Working Group rolls out some big changes. Divisions II and III will be equally so except for some major academic changes at the DII level. Division III’s proposed legislation for this year centers around the same health and safety package […]

Aussie Rules Football Shows Pointlessness of NCAA Draft Deadline

Jeff Eisenberg of Yahoo! Sports has a story about an emerging trend in life after college basketball for some players: Aussie rules football. It seems Australia simply cannot produce enough “ruckmen”, players 6’6″ or higher who can win the jump balls that restart play and catch kicks. In response the Australian Football League (AFL) has […]

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