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Saint Leo Penalized for NCAA Violations
The NCAA Division II Committee on Infractions has penalized Saint Leo University for impermissible benefits and ineligible participation in its cross country and swimming programs. This case also involves unethical conduct by the former and current head cross country coaches.
Penalties in this case include two years of probation, recruiting restrictions, eliminating the cross country nonchampionship...
Judge Rules NCAA investigation records are public records
In a closely watched case, a Leon County, Florida trial court judge held in August 2009, that records concerning an NCAA investigation into possible academic cheating by athletes at Florida State University were public records subject to disclosure. A coalition of media organizations had filed suit under Florida's public records law, seeking the release of transcripts from a 2008 NCAA hearing in which school and NCAA officials discussed the allegations of cheating.
The factual wrinkle...
Rocky Long Resigns, Blames Community for His Failures
Now that Rocky Long has resigned from New Mexico, and blamed the people of Albuquerque for not supporting the team,. let us revisit an oldie but goody.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The NCAA put New Mexico's football program on three years of probation Wednesday and cut five scholarships as punishment for academic violations involving two former assistant coaches.
The sanctions imposed by the NCAA's infractions committee went beyond the university's self-imposed penalties, which included...
Five FSU Receivers Suspended For Fighting
Five Florida State wide receivers will miss Saturday night's homecoming game against Boston College for their roles in a midweek campus fight, coach Bobby Bowden said Friday.
Taiwan Easterling, Bert Reed, Corey Surrency, Cameron Wade and Richard Goodman will sit Saturday's crucial Atlantic Coast Conference contest.
"The police report has not been concluded but from the information that I have gathered, I'm suspending five players who were apparently involved," Bowden said.
Maj. James...
NCAA Does the Right Thing for Myron Rolle
Florida State safety, and Rhodes Scholar finalist, Myron Rolle will have a chance to excel both academically and athletically on November 22nd thanks to his coaches, ESPN, and the NCAA.
On the 22nd, he’ll be participating in the finals for the Rhodes Scholarship in Alabama and then he’ll fly to Maryland as his teammates take on the Terrapins in a key ACC game. The winners of the scholarship will be announced at 6pm, which made playing in a college football game on the same day a bit...
University of Richmond Finds New Coaches After NCAA Violations
The men’s basketball coaching staff has welcomed a former Spider back to the University of Richmond.
Peter Thomas, a former Spiders forward who graduated in 2007, has been named director of basketball operations, replacing Rob Jones. Jones will take the place of former assistant coach Carlin Hartman, who resigned after improperly text messaging and calling recruits.
Thomas spent a year at Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond, Ky., as a basketball operations assistant and then director...
Texas Offensive Lineman Kicked Off Team for Obama Remark
Texas offensive lineman Buck Burnette, who was released from the team this week, has apologized to his teammates for posting an inflammatory text message regarding President-elect Barack Obama on his Facebook account.
Burnette, a sophomore from Wimberley, told them he was sorry for making a "racial slur."
"I was communicating on Facebook during the election coverage and I made a terrible decision to post a text message that I received regarding the outcome of the election,"...
Ryan Leaf Suspended as Coach of West Texas A & M.
Ryan Leaf was suspended from coaching duties at West Texas A & M reportedly for asking an active player for a pill.
Gators Dismiss Jacques Rickerson for Battery Charges.
As the No. 4 Gators look to wrap up the Southeastern Conference East title Saturday with a win at Vanderbilt, Coach Urban Meyer has had to kick one player off the team for domestic battery and keep another on hiatus after his third stint with the law.
Florida (7-1, 5-1 SEC) plays a 5-3 Vandy (3-2 conference) team at 8 p.m. on ESPN2.
Cornerback Jacques Rickerson, 20, faces felony charges after a police report stated he hit, choked and stuffed a pillow in the face of his girlfriend early Tuesday...
Five Years of the NCAA Academic Advisor Program . . . A Day in the Life
When academic-support staff members in athletics departments talk about their jobs, they use words such as “passion,” “fulfilling” and “rewarding.”
But lately, they also are using words such as “grind,” “burnout” and “pressure.”
It’s always been like walking a tightrope. Some who work in academic advising lose their footing and drop out of the profession; others find the right balance between the upside...
NCAA Cracking Down . . . Failure to Cooperate with NCAA May Be Made an Independent Violation.
Responding to complaints that it has been too soft, the NCAA's infractions committee is preparing to come down harder on college athletics' serious rules violators — returning to television sanctions, giving closer consideration to postseason bans and widening the use of scholarship cuts.
It also wants to levy monetary fines.
Josephine Potuto, a Nebraska law professor who is the immediate past chairman of the infractions committee, will lay out the recommendations Thursday to the association's...
NCAA Unlikely to Take On Fantasy Site
WASHINGTON — The emergence of fantasy sports leagues using collegiate athletes' names and statistics in apparent disregard for NCAA amateurism principles has the attention of the reform-minded Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics, which debated the topic at Monday's meeting where commission member Nick Buoniconti criticized the NCAA for what he called a "weak response" to the issue.
The CBS site Sportsline.com this year introduced a fantasy football game that utilizes...
Big 12 Number 1 and SEC Number 2 in NCAA Infractions.
The Southeastern Conference can boast back-to-back national titles in football and men's basketball, the nation's premier women's basketball program and record attendance in college stadiums every autumn.
But there's one leaderboard the SEC would prefer not to be associated with.
The league's successes run parallel with its excesses. Since the NCAA began tracking major infractions cases in 1953, the SEC institutions have been penalized 48 times, an average of sanctions every 13½ months....
Kelvin Sampson Sanctioned by NCAA
INDIANAPOLIS — In February 2008, the NCAA banned Indiana coach Kelvin Sampson from calling recruits and visiting them off-campus, ruling he "deliberately" broke NCAA rules by making numerous extra phone calls to potential players while coaching Oklahoma.
The decision, announced by the committee on infractions, also requires Indiana to adopt the restrictions Oklahoma placed on Sampson, where he coached before Indiana hired him earlier this year. Sampson would be subject to an...
Texas A & M (Corpus Christi) Accused of NCAA Violations.
DALLAS -- The NCAA has accused Texas A&M-Corpus Christi of nine rules violations, including use of ineligible players, recruiting violations in men's basketball and lack of institutional control.
The alleged violations, eight of them major, occurred mainly between 2004 and 2008 in men's basketball, women's volleyball and men's tennis.
The NCAA's notice of allegations, obtained Saturday by The Associated Press, also accuses athletic director Brian Teter of not reporting to the NCAA his knowledge...
Is This Third Saturday in October Tradition an NCAA Violation?
A tradition that has been carried out for half a century... the victory cigar.
The good news: you don't have to buy a $150 gold-plated Davidoff lighter or a $90 cigar cutter. You don't even have to get a 12-month subscription to Cigar Aficionado.
The bad news: you have to win a football game on the third Saturday of October.
It was the late 1950's and Paul "Bear" Bryant had taken the position at Alabama. The Tide took a six-year drought in favor of Tennessee into...
List of OU Major NCAA Football Infractions
The NCAA list six major infractions by the Oklahoma football team dating back to January 1956.
January 11, 1956 - NCAA found University of Oklahoma football team violated improper transportation; extra benefits; improper recruiting inducements.
Result: 1 year Probation
January 11, 1960 - NCAA found University of Oklahoma football team violated improper financial aid; improper recruiting inducements; outside fund; lack of institutional control.
Result: 1 year Probation, 1 year post...
Memphis Self-Reports to NCAA Possible Violation
The University of Memphis basketball program turned in paperwork Thursday to report a possible minor NCAA violation after learning that Dave Bronczek, president/CEO of FedEx and a prominent Tiger booster, placed a phone call to an employee whose son is being recruited by the school.
Though a FedEx spokesman said the call was "congratulatory" in nature and Memphis athletic director R.C. Johnson characterized it as an "innocent mistake," boosters are prohibited by the NCAA from...
Arizona Basketball Under NCAA Investigation Because of Improper Use of Letterhead
University of Arizona coach Lute Olson is under investigation by the NCAA after a letter bearing his signature and using Arizona Wildcats letterhead was used to solicit money from UA boosters for an elite-level prep basketball tournament.
The UA self-reported the violation, an NCAA infraction, over the summer. Arizona recommended its own punishment to the Pac-10 Conference. The low-level violation is usually for infractions costing less than $100, a UA official said.
NCAA rules state an institution...
Alabama Receiver Has To Sit Out Because He Spent Time With Friend
TUSCALOOSA - Redshirt freshman receiver Brandon Gibson won't be available to play in Alabama's first two games as a result of an inadvertent secondary NCAA rules violation.
The university's compliance department discovered that Gibson, who signed with Alabama out of UMS-Wright, unknowingly committed a violation while still in high school by accepting transportation to a Crimson Tide sporting event with a friend whose father was a UA booster and could be viewed...
NCAA Division I Major or Level 1 Violations
NCAA Division 1 Major or Level 1 Violations: (Effective Dec. 1, 2007):
Level I Secondary Violations for Division I
Level I Violations: Level I violations include (A) the following bylaw
cites, plus:
- (B) Any intentional violations;
- (C) Any similar violations that have occurred in the same sport
during that year;
- (D) Any violations that are not isolated or limited to a single
occurrence.
[Note: The bylaw cites have been...
NCAA Secondary Infractions Division I
NCAA Secondary Infractions: (current 12.1.2007)
Level II Violations: All inadvertent, isolated violations (for violations involving Bylaws 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17) not listed as Level I violations are considered to be Level II violations.
- All Level II violations should be reported to the enforcement staff in summary form on a quarterly basis. Click here for the Reporting Form.
- All Level II...
NCAA Major Infractions Database
The NCAA has provided a major infractions database, searchable by several fields:
https://goomer.ncaa.org/wdbctx/LSDBi/LSDBI.home
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