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Eligibility Unclear for Indiana’s Perea and Jurkin

After Indiana University’s exhibition win over Indiana Wesleyan, IU head coach Tom Crean addressed the eligibility of Hanner Mosquera-Perea and Peter Jurkin: “What I can say about that is that we go through a lot in a program,” he said. “There’s situations that are always going to arise and every one of them has got […]

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Further Interpretation Needed For a Penn State Foreign Tour

Earlier this week I explained why Ohio State could not be let back into the Big Ten Championship Game this year because the NCAA’s postseason ban covers the game. That case was pretty clear given the wording the NCAA used in sanctioning the Buckeyes. Penn State head football coach Bill O’Brien brought up a murkier […]

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Hotel Ballroom Discount Resulted in Violation for UNM’s Fenton

New Mexico men’s basketball student-athlete Jamal Fenton was recently suspended for three games for an NCAA violation. Yesterday details of the violation were obtained by the Albuquerque Journal. The violation stemmed from a discount Fenton received while renting out a ballroom for his 21st birthday party: “Not knowing I already got the discount, (the hotel […]

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DIII Baldwin Wallace Self-Imposes Department-Wide Postseason Ban

Baldwin Wallace, a Division III school in suburban Cleveland, has self-imposed a postseason ban for all 23 of its varsity teams due to financial aid violations involving “a small percentage” of its athletes. From Baldwin Wallace’s president Dr. Robert C. Helmer: “The University is obligated as an NCAA member to examine any possible failure to […]

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NCAA, Not Big Ten, Keeping Ohio State Out of Title Game

Brian Bennett of ESPN is suggesting the Big Ten take a drastic step given how the football season has gone in the Leaders division: If ever there were a year for a league to think radically about its championship game, this was the one. In fact, I’ve got an even more radical idea: Why not […]

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Wisconsin On Top of Secondary Infractions

The periodic human interest story on compliance and secondary violations has landed on Wisconsin this time. Wisconsin reported 22 secondary infractions last year, and 150 over the last six years. Wisconsin AD Barry Alvarez contrasted that with another Big Ten school: Alvarez said another Big Ten Conference school self-reported two NCAA violations, which he interprets […]

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The NCAA Does Not Think Maryland is Invisible

There are a lot of conspiracy theories about why the NCAA makes a decision or not, but this one is really out there: The Maryland program has been out of the spotlight of being among the nation’s elite teams long enough that few outside College Park are paying close attention to either of the decisions, […]

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SEC Coaches’ Complaints on Waivers Ring Hollow

At SEC Basketball Media Days, coaches sounded off about the growth of NCAA transfer waivers, which in football and basketball (among other sports) are the most likely way a student-athlete can play without spending a year in residence. Here is Tennessee head coach Cuonzo Martin: Martin, having come to UT from mid-major Missouri State, takes […]

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Towson Football Players Allege Practice Violations

In the wake of the release of emails shedding light on Billy Gillispie’s practice violations at Texas Tech, Towson football players are making similar allegations against the head coach, Rob Ambrose. This is the strongest evidence on the player’s side: Ambrose submitted CARA logs to the Office of Compliance over the summer that show discrepancies […]

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NCAA Taking Interest in High School Transfer

Darius Paige’s transfer from Washington High in Florida to Foley High in Alabama rankled most non-Alabama SEC fans when it was alleged that a coach at Alabama pushed Paige to transfer and that the prospect would “be taken care of academically” at Foley High. Now the NCAA has taken an interest: Sources close to the […]

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