Quarterback Ben Mauk ((pictured, thanks Cincinnati Enquirer and Cincinnati.com)) has one last chance to retain his position with the University of Cincinnati for the 2008 season. It's an appointment with the NCAA Reinstatement Committee under the format of a direct appeal.
Mauk's legal machinations have been reported before here at OSG HQ, and he will talk to the committee Thursday afternoon in the hopes of a decision before the Bearcats' season opener against Eastern Kentucky that night. A decision is hoped for either late Thursday or Friday.
“We were hoping they would find in our favor, but I think it’s the reinstatement committee that we really need to talk to,” said Kevin Murphy, who is Mauk’s lawyer. “The staff pretty much did what it has done in the past in this case, but the reinstatement committee has the authority to make its own decision. So that’s where our hope lies.”
Mauk had been turned down on three previous attempts, but filed suit in an Ohio court for a temporary restraining order. The NCAA decided to think it over- again. They still came up with the same answer.
Bill Koch's blog on the Bearcats for the Cincinnati Enquirer lies within
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