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The University of Houston issued a press release clarifying details of the Michael Young contract, lawsuit, and his son Joseph's transfer and waiver request. For our purposes, there are two key facts in the waiver. First is that Michael Young's contract (the new one) was terminated on June 17, 2013, although he will be paid […]
The NCAA released its latest update to the Guide to International Academic Standards for Athletics Eligibility. This is the definitive resource for any coach looking to recruit internationally, any compliance professional helping international students through the NCAA Eligibility Center, and any international prospective student-athlete who wants to play Division I or II college athletics. Published […]
Rachel Bachmann and Kevin Clark of the Wall Street Journal have an excellent article on the pro bono representation of college athletes. The money quote for our purposes is the statement from the NCAA about the interpretations that allows athletes to receive free legal services: The association had determined “that outside agencies can provide pro […]
Chris Walker, the highly touted men’s basketball prospect who is the centerpiece of Florida’s incoming class, has been fighting to get through the NCAA Eligibility Center all summer. This report suggests that he has lost that fight. But there are a couple of problems with writing off Walker at this point, not the least of […]
Michael Young, who has been with the University of Houston men’s basketball program as a player during the Phi Slama Jama years and more recently as the director of operations is suing the school. That is not in itself odd. What is noteworthy is what Young wants out of the lawsuit. In May, Young was […]
Northeastern State University in Oklahoma was sanctioned by the Division II Committee on Infractions for major NCAA violations in their women’s tennis program. The violations were not that remarkable. The head coach regularly recruited internationally, and gave extra benefits to his athletes in the form of cash when they arrived, paying for textbooks and international […]
Conventional wisdom says that the NCAA applies the same rules to every sport, even to the revenue sports of football and men’s basketball. Slightly less convention wisdom is that the NCAA treats football and men’s basketball different from other sports, but often very similar. While the latter is closer to the truth, there are cases […]
In 2011, the NCAA passed its second shot at sport-specific academic reform. On the heels of the baseball academic reform package a few years earlier, the NCAA adopted a new eligibility rule for football. Starting with Fall 2011, football student-athletes would have to earn nine semester hours or eight quarter hours during that term, up […]
Creighton’s men’s basketball team got a boost today with the news that Grant Gibbs received a sixth-year clock extension waiver from the NCAA. Back in late April I was pretty bearish on the chances of success for Gibbs and Creighton. But this one line from Creighton head coach Greg McDermott might hold part of the […]
Today the Division I Women’s Basketball Committee suspended Baylor head women’s basketball coach Kim Mulkey from the next NCAA tournament game her team participates in, whether at Baylor or some other institution. In addition, the committee issued her a public reprimand for her comments regarding the officiating in Baylor’s loss to Louisville during last year’s […]
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