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Eric Prisbell of USA Today had a tweet with this “innovative” idea from former Houston head coach Tom Penders: Tom Penders: NCAA should be allowed to go undercover, dress up as coaches at AAU event so “wannabe agent will then tell u price for player.” — Eric Prisbell (@EricPrisbell) February 26, 2013 This is […]
In what has to be a bad sign for the future of the proposals, the NCAA Division I Rules Working Group is requesting feedback regarding three of the most controversial deregulation proposals adopted by the Division I Board of Directors last month. Those proposals are: Proposal 11–2, which allows any staff member to make recruiting […]
Following a major violation involving practice limits, Eastern Michigan realized it needed more help with in-person monitoring of practice. So it enlisted the help of undergraduate interns: The change has allowed the compliance office to monitor each active sport once a week, attending full home games and practices and at least one away game per […]
Another week has passed, so it is time to check in on the override process for the Rules Working Group proposals. RWG Proposal 11-2 – Noncoaching Staff May Recruit: 12 requests This proposal has gained steam in the last week, now with 12 requests and still a long way to go before time is up. […]
Twitter was abuzz after Darren Rovell reported last night that the NCAA will allow Johnny Manziel to keep the proceeds of a trademark lawsuit he has filed against a vendor who used the “Johnny Football” trademark without authorization. This is not entirely inconsistent with NCAA amateurism principle. Manziel is not making the choice to use […]
The NCAA fired back at the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, which is already suing the NCAA to have the Penn State sanctions overturned, with a lawsuit that challenges a proposed law in Pennsylvania which would require the NCAA to spend PSU’s $60 million fine in the state: The actions, the lawsuit said, would disrupt interstate commerce […]
Joel Bauman, a wrestler for Minnesota, is quitting the sport to pursue his music career which the NCAA says he cannot do in tandem with being a student-athlete: “I feel like I have a calling,” Bauman said. “I feel like I was put here to make the world a better place. My calling is bigger […]
Add Georgia and potentially the SEC to the list of schools that will oppose some of the key proposals in the NCAA’s first package of deregulation proposals. Unlike the Big Ten’s objections, Georgia’s seem to come from its athletic director Greg McGarity, who saw his coaches eyeing the new rules like sharks before a feeding […]
Texas A&M will have enough issues with Johnny Manziel and handling his eligibility over the next year or more, but luckily they have a tool to keep some of the mania down: online classes. According to Brent Zwerneman of the San Antonio Express-News, Manziel will take all of his classes this semester online and venture […]
The Las Cruces Sun-News did a relatively standard profile of New Mexico State’s compliance office. But within the Sun-News profile was a discussion about this secondary violation: Doña Ana County Detention records show the assistant, Paul Weir, made the $500 payment to bail [Tyrone] Watson, a former starter he recruited to NMSU five years ago. […]
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