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Like the coaches involved in the case, Miami will file a “motion” to have the NCAA’s infractions case against the school dismissed. One problem: But according to two sources, the NCAA last week sent a letter to UM and the implicated former coaches with a warning: The infractions committee “does not believe it has the […]
Yahoo! Sports has an in-depth investigative report on allegations of abuse and inappropriate conduct with student-athletes against former Utah swimming coach Greg Winslow. Winslow is also accused of sexual abuse of a swimmer in the Arizona State swim club when he was an assistant coach at ASU prior to his appointment at Utah. After the […]
The NCAA issued a Q&A document which clarifies the recently adopted deregulation proposals. Two of those questions and answers address some of the worst fears regarding the two proposals with the most opposition: Proposal 11–2 which allows any staff to make recruiting calls and Proposals 13–5-A will deregulates mailings. Question No. 2: May an institution […]
Gene Marsh has a long and distinguished career in the area of NCAA enforcement. Marsh was Alabama’s faculty athletics representative during the Albert Means case. His performance there got him a spot on the Committee on Infractions. And now he’s back in front of the COI regularly defending schools faced with major violations. A process […]
Newly unsealed warrants show how the North Carolina Secretary of State’s office is taking on one of the first major criminal investigations into agent conduct: “Austin stated he received cash from Terry Watson,” an affidavit for an Oct. 23 search warrant states. “Austin made the following statement: ‘Terry Watson was a guy who gave me […]
The Dallas News asked around about what type of income a star college football player might receive if the NCAA allowed athletes to have commercial endorsement details. The answer was not entirely positive: “I don’t think it’s an issue where the sky’s the limit,” said David Carter, the executive director of the USC Marshall Sports […]
I am unable to muster the breathless outrage that Dennis Dodd did regarding the latest development in the ongoing saga of how the NCAA built its case against Miami: According to the AP, Ameen Najjar wrote on official NCAA letterhead to a federal judge attempting to reduce Shapiro’s sentence. Not only that, Najjar – since […]
The NCAA has announced to its membership that the recruiting deregulation proposals that were the cornerstone of the Rules Working Group Package passed by the Board of Directors in January will be reconsidered by the BoD at its May meeting. This essentially means that the proposals are overridden, since reconsideration by the Board of Directors […]
Generally NCAA major violation penalties are categorized one of two ways: as ineffective slaps on the wrist or corrupt overreaching not proportional to the violations. But in the case of the NCAA’s sanctions on Saint Mary’s, the Committee on Infractions seems to have found the sweet spot. Even a local writer, generally a tough audience […]
Towson head coach Pat Skerry has reason to be miffed at the Academic Progress Rate and the postseason ban imposed on his program as a result, but his solution leaves something to be desired: “Trust me, we’re all for academic reform,” said Skerry, adding that his scholarship players earned a 2.94 GPA in the fall. […]
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