(HT: WBNS-TV Columbus))
Ohio State University officials and former coach Jim Tressel appeared before an NCAA infractions committee for about four hours in Indianapolis, getting the third degree from the Committee on Infractions and defending their life in and around the Tattoo Six...
It'll take about another 8 to 12 weeks for any word to trickle out one way or the other on any kind of punishment. If more charges come to the surface, another meeting could be called by the CoI, but for every subsequent meeting it'll take another 8 to 12 weeks for another judgment to come down from the mountain...
Oh, and Terrelle Pryor testifying...???
tOSU doesn't want that...
Here's AD Gene Smith talking about the day and giving up the one piece of news on the day- the fact that the Buckeyes gave up their Sugar Bowl share...
Why he and Gordon Gee are still employed are anyone's guess...
Hey, did you know we wrote a book...???
Showing posts with label NCAA Committee on Infractions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NCAA Committee on Infractions. Show all posts
Friday, August 12, 2011
Thursday, July 28, 2011
UNC AD Dick Baddour Stepping Down
At the morning press conference explaining the firing of head football coach Butch Davis a week before practice begins, Dick Baddour has asked Chancellor Holden Thorp to start a search for a successor.
The words Baddour used are "as soon as possible" serving out his contract, but will assume duties other than Athletic Director when a successor is named. Baddour wants to have the new AD start a seamless transition for the recruiting process with a new head football coach...
Interviews are this afternoon for the interim head football coach, but sources are telling OSG Sports that the Offensive Coordinator has the inside track for the sake of the athletes on the roster...
Here's coverage from our friends at WRAL-TV and wralsportsfan.com
The words Baddour used are "as soon as possible" serving out his contract, but will assume duties other than Athletic Director when a successor is named. Baddour wants to have the new AD start a seamless transition for the recruiting process with a new head football coach...
Interviews are this afternoon for the interim head football coach, but sources are telling OSG Sports that the Offensive Coordinator has the inside track for the sake of the athletes on the roster...
Here's coverage from our friends at WRAL-TV and wralsportsfan.com
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
LSU Has Sanctions With Self-Imposed Penalties, NCAA Takes No More Flesh... For Now......
((HT: WAFB-TV Baton Rouge))
The penalties, some of which were self-imposed by the university and adopted by the committee, include:
Public reprimand and censure.
One year of probation from July 19, 2011, through July 18, 2012.
One-year show-cause order for the former assistant coach from July 19, 2011, through July 18, 2012. The public report further details these conditions.
A 10 percent reduction in official visits for football during the 2010-11 and 2011-12 academic years (2010-11 self-imposed by university; 2011-12 imposed by NCAA)
A reduction of two initial scholarships (for a total of 23) for the 2011-12 class (self-imposed by the university).
A reduction of two overall scholarships (for a total of 83) during the 2010-11 academic year (self-imposed by the university).
Recruiting telephone call restrictions as detailed in the public report (self-imposed by the university).
The NCAA Committee on Infractions accepted LSU's self-imposed sanctions levied by LSU in a case that centered on the actions of ex-assistant coach D.J. McCarthy when he "improperly arranged for transportation and housing for former defensive lineman Akiem Hicks," then later tried to cover up what he did.
"A situation that could have been much worse was made better by the dedicated work of the LSU athletics compliance staff and I am pleased that the NCAA recognized LSU's effort to cooperate and be proactive," said LSU Chancellor Mike Martin. "With the support of Joe Alleva, the compliance staff led by Bo Bahnsen and Miriam Segar made an exemplary showing of how a university should react when mistakes are made. And I thank the NCAA Committee on Infractions for its work in hearing our case."
Here was the preview before the announcement, thanks to our friends at WAFB-TV in Baton Rouge...
Now, all the HQ is waiting on is the investigation of Will Lyles to see what other hammer will fall in Death Valley...
The penalties, some of which were self-imposed by the university and adopted by the committee, include:
Public reprimand and censure.
One year of probation from July 19, 2011, through July 18, 2012.
One-year show-cause order for the former assistant coach from July 19, 2011, through July 18, 2012. The public report further details these conditions.
A 10 percent reduction in official visits for football during the 2010-11 and 2011-12 academic years (2010-11 self-imposed by university; 2011-12 imposed by NCAA)
A reduction of two initial scholarships (for a total of 23) for the 2011-12 class (self-imposed by the university).
A reduction of two overall scholarships (for a total of 83) during the 2010-11 academic year (self-imposed by the university).
Recruiting telephone call restrictions as detailed in the public report (self-imposed by the university).
The NCAA Committee on Infractions accepted LSU's self-imposed sanctions levied by LSU in a case that centered on the actions of ex-assistant coach D.J. McCarthy when he "improperly arranged for transportation and housing for former defensive lineman Akiem Hicks," then later tried to cover up what he did.
"A situation that could have been much worse was made better by the dedicated work of the LSU athletics compliance staff and I am pleased that the NCAA recognized LSU's effort to cooperate and be proactive," said LSU Chancellor Mike Martin. "With the support of Joe Alleva, the compliance staff led by Bo Bahnsen and Miriam Segar made an exemplary showing of how a university should react when mistakes are made. And I thank the NCAA Committee on Infractions for its work in hearing our case."
Here was the preview before the announcement, thanks to our friends at WAFB-TV in Baton Rouge...
Now, all the HQ is waiting on is the investigation of Will Lyles to see what other hammer will fall in Death Valley...
Friday, July 8, 2011
BREAKING: tOSU Offers To Vacate 2010 Wins
((HT: WBNS-TV Columbus))
Ohio State University officials announced a self-imposed penalty to the NCAA of vacating wins from the 2010 football season, including the Sugar Bowl win over Arkansas, as a penalty for Tattoo-Gate...
The university submitted its response to the NCAA on Friday and it was also announced that former head coach Jim Tressel would appear in front of the committee...
Here's our friends at 10TV with Paul Aker in the newsroom...
The two years probation and the Vest's status going from "resigned" to "retired" are pretty funny if you ask the HQ...
The Columbus Dispatch's Randy Ludlow writes that there are two things missing- the post-season ban and the reduction of schollies...
The fact that the school thinks that no one else should be punished because only Tressel knew of the infractions is laughable at best...
From Ludlow and the response...
"The responsibility is upon Tressel. No other institutional personnel were aware" of the violations, and the former coach failed in his obligation to report them, the response says. "The institution is embarrassed by the actions of Tressel."
Sure... more when we know more...
And, while we're at it, here's NBC4's interview with AD Gene Smith...
Ohio State University officials announced a self-imposed penalty to the NCAA of vacating wins from the 2010 football season, including the Sugar Bowl win over Arkansas, as a penalty for Tattoo-Gate...
The university submitted its response to the NCAA on Friday and it was also announced that former head coach Jim Tressel would appear in front of the committee...
Here's our friends at 10TV with Paul Aker in the newsroom...
The two years probation and the Vest's status going from "resigned" to "retired" are pretty funny if you ask the HQ...
The Columbus Dispatch's Randy Ludlow writes that there are two things missing- the post-season ban and the reduction of schollies...
The fact that the school thinks that no one else should be punished because only Tressel knew of the infractions is laughable at best...
From Ludlow and the response...
"The responsibility is upon Tressel. No other institutional personnel were aware" of the violations, and the former coach failed in his obligation to report them, the response says. "The institution is embarrassed by the actions of Tressel."
Sure... more when we know more...
And, while we're at it, here's NBC4's interview with AD Gene Smith...
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
DEVELOPING: UNC Gets NCAA Notice- And It Ain't Good...
And you know that's never good news...
Here's the Notice of Allegations from the folks at the NCAA...
Basically, it says that UNC, through their relationship with former assistant coach John Blake providing false and misleading information to the NCAA enforcement staff and to the institution and for failure to cooperate with the investigation, steered athletes to agent Gary Wichard, and Blake got paid for things he didn't report to UNC that he got paid on.
Tutor Jennifer Wiley refused to provide information to the NCAA enforcement staff and to UNC and provided extra benefits by paying travel and parking expenses and tutored athletes.
There are also allegations of academic fraud against unnamed student-athletes and Wiley, allegations that student-athletes received preferential treatment and accepted impermissible benefits, allegations against a former student-athlete for unethical conduct, and... the ever popular...
"Failure to monitor" Chris Hawkins, the social media activity of the football team in 2010; and possible extra benefits to a student-athlete triggered by agent legislation connected to Hawkins...
That's a lot...
Quoting Chancellor Holden Thorp:
"I deeply regret that Carolina is in this position. We made mistakes, and we have to face that. When the investigation started a year ago, we pledged to cooperate fully with the NCAA, to go where the facts took us, and to face the issues head on. Our level of cooperation is evident in the allegations, some of which arise from facts that we self-reported to the NCAA. We will emerge with a stronger athletics program, and we will restore confidence in Carolina football."
Quoting AD Dick Baddour:
"We are disappointed to be in this position because it goes against everything we believe in, but we are thankful to get to the next step in the process. These are the issues that we have been dealing with since last summer. We will gather the information the NCAA has requested and prepare to address the notice with the NCAA in the fall. We have a strong staff that will help get us through this and put us in a position where we will be a better athletic department as a result. Our fans have been through a lot this past year, and we appreciate their continued patience and support as we work through these next steps with the NCAA."
And quoting head coach Butch Davis:
"I feel terrible that these allegations occurred under my watch. I especially regret that the university has had to endure this scrutiny because of the football program. The responsibility for correcting any problems that put us in this position is mine, and I take that responsibility very seriously.
"I want to thank our fans for the tremendous support we have received. Their loyalty and support has been especially appreciated by our student-athletes. The opportunity I have to serve the University of North Carolina is one that I cherish, and I will continue to focus on improving every aspect of our football program."
UNC has 90 days to provide a response to the NCAA Committee on Infractions. The gets to appear before the committee in Indianapolis on October 28th...
So, who's fired in all of this before we're done...???
Davis...??? Baddour...??? Both...??? None of the above...???
The HQ thinks Davis lasts one more season before he's blown up as a "See...??? See...???" move by the school. Baddour may last. He probably shouldn't...
Here's the early Breaker from our friends at WRAL-TV
((HT: WRALSportsFan.com))
WRAL's wall-to-wall coverage is hyah...
It's a must read...
and all of this leads to deep doodoo...
Here's the Notice of Allegations from the folks at the NCAA...
Basically, it says that UNC, through their relationship with former assistant coach John Blake providing false and misleading information to the NCAA enforcement staff and to the institution and for failure to cooperate with the investigation, steered athletes to agent Gary Wichard, and Blake got paid for things he didn't report to UNC that he got paid on.
Tutor Jennifer Wiley refused to provide information to the NCAA enforcement staff and to UNC and provided extra benefits by paying travel and parking expenses and tutored athletes.
There are also allegations of academic fraud against unnamed student-athletes and Wiley, allegations that student-athletes received preferential treatment and accepted impermissible benefits, allegations against a former student-athlete for unethical conduct, and... the ever popular...
"Failure to monitor" Chris Hawkins, the social media activity of the football team in 2010; and possible extra benefits to a student-athlete triggered by agent legislation connected to Hawkins...
That's a lot...
Quoting Chancellor Holden Thorp:
"I deeply regret that Carolina is in this position. We made mistakes, and we have to face that. When the investigation started a year ago, we pledged to cooperate fully with the NCAA, to go where the facts took us, and to face the issues head on. Our level of cooperation is evident in the allegations, some of which arise from facts that we self-reported to the NCAA. We will emerge with a stronger athletics program, and we will restore confidence in Carolina football."
Quoting AD Dick Baddour:
"We are disappointed to be in this position because it goes against everything we believe in, but we are thankful to get to the next step in the process. These are the issues that we have been dealing with since last summer. We will gather the information the NCAA has requested and prepare to address the notice with the NCAA in the fall. We have a strong staff that will help get us through this and put us in a position where we will be a better athletic department as a result. Our fans have been through a lot this past year, and we appreciate their continued patience and support as we work through these next steps with the NCAA."
And quoting head coach Butch Davis:
"I feel terrible that these allegations occurred under my watch. I especially regret that the university has had to endure this scrutiny because of the football program. The responsibility for correcting any problems that put us in this position is mine, and I take that responsibility very seriously.
"I want to thank our fans for the tremendous support we have received. Their loyalty and support has been especially appreciated by our student-athletes. The opportunity I have to serve the University of North Carolina is one that I cherish, and I will continue to focus on improving every aspect of our football program."
UNC has 90 days to provide a response to the NCAA Committee on Infractions. The gets to appear before the committee in Indianapolis on October 28th...
So, who's fired in all of this before we're done...???
Davis...??? Baddour...??? Both...??? None of the above...???
The HQ thinks Davis lasts one more season before he's blown up as a "See...??? See...???" move by the school. Baddour may last. He probably shouldn't...
Here's the early Breaker from our friends at WRAL-TV
((HT: WRALSportsFan.com))
WRAL's wall-to-wall coverage is hyah...
It's a must read...
and all of this leads to deep doodoo...
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Vols Say NCAA Hearing Was "Fair..."
Whatever that means...
Members of the Tennessee Athletic Department spent more than 10 hours in front of the NCAA Committee on Infractions answering claims on the COI's allegations of 12 major violations committed by the football and basketball programs.
Bruce Pearl spent five hours answering questions from the NCAA and his output was matched by current USC head football coach Lane Kiffin for another five.
“We are glad we had the opportunity to present our case." Chancellor Jimmy Cheek said in a written statement released after the hearing. "We feel it was a fair hearing, and we look forward to the resolution of this matter.”
Here's an interview our friends at VolunteerTV/WVLT had with Bruce Pearl in the hallway...
Tennessee should have its answer from the NCAA in the next few months or so...
The HQ is looking for a few words in particular that will also apply in Columbus...
"Show cause..."
Members of the Tennessee Athletic Department spent more than 10 hours in front of the NCAA Committee on Infractions answering claims on the COI's allegations of 12 major violations committed by the football and basketball programs.
Bruce Pearl spent five hours answering questions from the NCAA and his output was matched by current USC head football coach Lane Kiffin for another five.
“We are glad we had the opportunity to present our case." Chancellor Jimmy Cheek said in a written statement released after the hearing. "We feel it was a fair hearing, and we look forward to the resolution of this matter.”
Here's an interview our friends at VolunteerTV/WVLT had with Bruce Pearl in the hallway...
Tennessee should have its answer from the NCAA in the next few months or so...
The HQ is looking for a few words in particular that will also apply in Columbus...
"Show cause..."
Thursday, May 26, 2011
DEVELOPING: USC Doesn't Like The Appeal Ruling
((HT: MyFoxLA))
The debilitation of USC stands as called by the NCAA...
Appeal rejected...
USC must serve the second year of its two-year postseason ban. USC also will lose 30 scholarships over the next three years, giving them just 15 scholarships per season until 2015. Most schools get 25 unless you're Houston Nutt or something...
A lot of the NCAA world is saying that life under Lane Kiffin couldn't be any more karmically correct...
Here's Pat Haden pleading his case...
SC's seniors are still allowed to transfer to another school without sitting out a season. Lane Kiffin is referring to that part of the ruling as "free agency."
And, for some strange reason, laughter continues across the country from a boatload of other campuses that have had to see Kiffykin's shenanigans firsthand...
The debilitation of USC stands as called by the NCAA...
Appeal rejected...
USC must serve the second year of its two-year postseason ban. USC also will lose 30 scholarships over the next three years, giving them just 15 scholarships per season until 2015. Most schools get 25 unless you're Houston Nutt or something...
A lot of the NCAA world is saying that life under Lane Kiffin couldn't be any more karmically correct...
Here's Pat Haden pleading his case...
NCAA Rejects USC's Appeal of Sanctions: MyFoxLA.com
SC's seniors are still allowed to transfer to another school without sitting out a season. Lane Kiffin is referring to that part of the ruling as "free agency."
And, for some strange reason, laughter continues across the country from a boatload of other campuses that have had to see Kiffykin's shenanigans firsthand...
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Boise State Cited For Lack Of Institutional Control
((HT: KBOI-TV Boise))
The NCAA has charged Boise State with the dreaded "lack of institutional control" following an alleged major violation in women's tennis and secondary violations in four sports, including football from 2005 to 2009.
The school goes in front of the NCAA's Committee on Infractions on June 10. A final report and penalties will be issued several months after that meeting.
The secondary violations in football involved impermissible housing, transportation and/or meals...
In all, the NCAA found the total value of a little over $4,900 over that five-year period divided among 63 student-athletes. The amounts ranged from $2.34 to $417.55 and have all been paid back to the school since.
The school and NCAA agreed to penalties in 2010 for all the sports that broke the rules: football, men's and women's tennis, and men's and women's track and field. But later that year, Boise State self-reported a major violation in women's tennis.
That led the NCAA to take all the violations and turn them in to one case.
Here's the initial report on the response from Indianapolis...
The NCAA has charged Boise State with the dreaded "lack of institutional control" following an alleged major violation in women's tennis and secondary violations in four sports, including football from 2005 to 2009.
The school goes in front of the NCAA's Committee on Infractions on June 10. A final report and penalties will be issued several months after that meeting.
The secondary violations in football involved impermissible housing, transportation and/or meals...
In all, the NCAA found the total value of a little over $4,900 over that five-year period divided among 63 student-athletes. The amounts ranged from $2.34 to $417.55 and have all been paid back to the school since.
The school and NCAA agreed to penalties in 2010 for all the sports that broke the rules: football, men's and women's tennis, and men's and women's track and field. But later that year, Boise State self-reported a major violation in women's tennis.
That led the NCAA to take all the violations and turn them in to one case.
Here's the initial report on the response from Indianapolis...
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Jackson State Facing Sanctions- Look For A Waiver
The Jackson State University football program is facing possible sanctions from the NCAA, including a ban from postseason play this season, according to the Jackson Clarion-Ledger.
The program's Academic Progress Rate ((APR)), the four-year figure that calculates academic performance, is below a critical benchmark for the third straight year.
In addition to the possible postseason play exclusion, the report said the JSU's NCAA membership may be restricted next year if the NCAA doesn't grant a waiver request from the school pleading for relief.
The report added that Jackson State filed a waiver request back in December seeking relief from the postseason ban and asking for a "slowed progression" toward future restrictions.
The NCAA granted nine waivers to other schools facing similar sanctions last year.
Jackson State, coached by Rick Comegy, finished 8-3 last season.
Ross Dellinger's excellent work is here in full...
And here's a mix of Comegy's big moment from the 2010 season... his rant after the Alabama State game in November...
((HT; youtube))
Conventional Wisdom from the HQ thinks JSU is another school in deep doo-doo...
The program's Academic Progress Rate ((APR)), the four-year figure that calculates academic performance, is below a critical benchmark for the third straight year.
In addition to the possible postseason play exclusion, the report said the JSU's NCAA membership may be restricted next year if the NCAA doesn't grant a waiver request from the school pleading for relief.
The report added that Jackson State filed a waiver request back in December seeking relief from the postseason ban and asking for a "slowed progression" toward future restrictions.
The NCAA granted nine waivers to other schools facing similar sanctions last year.
Jackson State, coached by Rick Comegy, finished 8-3 last season.
Ross Dellinger's excellent work is here in full...
And here's a mix of Comegy's big moment from the 2010 season... his rant after the Alabama State game in November...
((HT; youtube))
Conventional Wisdom from the HQ thinks JSU is another school in deep doo-doo...
DEVELOPING: Allegations Hit Knoxville...
There's only one allegation against the University itself...
The "failure to monitor" was found for basketball...
Nothing really new was found against the basketball program...
Bruce Pearl got the unethical charge we anticipated and also added a "bumping" secondary violation with contact with a junior.
A lot of stuff in the report was blacked out...
Shocking...
Here's coverage from our friends at WBIR-TV
Steve Phillips is front and center...
Young Kiffin had a prepared statement released...
"We have received the notice of allegations. On the advice of my legal counsel, we cannot comment other than to say we look forward to working through the process with the NCAA," Kiffin said.
Bob Ley, Pat Forde, and Andy Katz discuss on ESPN's "Outside The Lines..."
The "failure to monitor" was found for basketball...
Nothing really new was found against the basketball program...
Bruce Pearl got the unethical charge we anticipated and also added a "bumping" secondary violation with contact with a junior.
A lot of stuff in the report was blacked out...
Shocking...
Here's coverage from our friends at WBIR-TV
Steve Phillips is front and center...
Young Kiffin had a prepared statement released...
"We have received the notice of allegations. On the advice of my legal counsel, we cannot comment other than to say we look forward to working through the process with the NCAA," Kiffin said.
Bob Ley, Pat Forde, and Andy Katz discuss on ESPN's "Outside The Lines..."
University of Tennessee: Notice of Allegations expected soon
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The Vols have had a run of trouble over the past couple of years, from the brief tenure of Lane Kiffin to the recent troubles of basketball coach Bruce Pearl. The one new allegation we weren't aware of; the baseball program is being investigated too.
More from the conveniently named "GoVolsExtra" RIGHT HERE
The school is definitely going to get in trouble. However the severity of the punishment, probably won't be known until sometime this summer. On their side, the school has been somewhat proactive with basketball coach Bruce Pearl, terminating his contract and making him work under a Letter of Appointment.
However, they have no control over the actions of Kiffin or the baseball team. It does however, seem like the basketball program is facing the brunt of the charges and probably should. The violations, as they are outlined, will get the team...and the school in trouble, we just don't know how much.....yet.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Does The Hammer Fall On Vols...???
((HT: ESPN/Katz))
We all know that head hoops coach Bruce Pearl has been in deep doo-doo since he apparently misled NCAA investigators during their quest for knowledge and information last year.
He's been working with out a contract and was given a substantial and involuntary pay decrease in Knoxville. Now, he's only part of the story where the folks in Indianapolis are notifying the school of allegations in the basketball, football, and baseball programs very soon.
Basketball... the HQ understands...
Football... the HQ understands...
But baseball...??? Really...???
It looks like Pearl may be given an "unethical conduct" charge by the NCAA- and that's a big no-no. And since more than one program is under investigation, you could hear that phrase that pays: "lack of institutional control."
The hearing is set for mid-June...
More when we know more...
We all know that head hoops coach Bruce Pearl has been in deep doo-doo since he apparently misled NCAA investigators during their quest for knowledge and information last year.
He's been working with out a contract and was given a substantial and involuntary pay decrease in Knoxville. Now, he's only part of the story where the folks in Indianapolis are notifying the school of allegations in the basketball, football, and baseball programs very soon.
Basketball... the HQ understands...
Football... the HQ understands...
But baseball...??? Really...???
It looks like Pearl may be given an "unethical conduct" charge by the NCAA- and that's a big no-no. And since more than one program is under investigation, you could hear that phrase that pays: "lack of institutional control."
The hearing is set for mid-June...
More when we know more...
Thursday, August 26, 2010
UNC Self-Reports Academic Infraction To NCAA
The University of North Carolina self-reported academic infractions involving current football players and a former tutor to the NCAA, school officials said Thursday.
A report is claiming that the tutor is head coach Butch Davis' former nanny. Officials on campus say the tutor is no longer employed with the school. And this is separate from the current NCAA investigation involving eligibility due to possible contact with sports agents.
Here's UNC's presser in full, thanks to our friends at WRALSportsfan.com
Butch Davis did confirm that the tutor in question was hired by his family to tutor his son. During the press conference, UNC Chancellor Holden Thorp gave Davis and AD Dick Baddour his vote of confidence.
Whoops...
Davis canceled his media availability before practice Thursday afternoon after the reports surfaced about the academic issues. North Carolina closed what would have been a previously open practice session Thursday.
All parties and departments on campus waited for the Thursday night presser...
More when we know more...
A report is claiming that the tutor is head coach Butch Davis' former nanny. Officials on campus say the tutor is no longer employed with the school. And this is separate from the current NCAA investigation involving eligibility due to possible contact with sports agents.
Here's UNC's presser in full, thanks to our friends at WRALSportsfan.com
Butch Davis did confirm that the tutor in question was hired by his family to tutor his son. During the press conference, UNC Chancellor Holden Thorp gave Davis and AD Dick Baddour his vote of confidence.
Whoops...
Davis canceled his media availability before practice Thursday afternoon after the reports surfaced about the academic issues. North Carolina closed what would have been a previously open practice session Thursday.
All parties and departments on campus waited for the Thursday night presser...
More when we know more...
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Michigan Self-Reports And Self-Punishes Football
Is this like that old trick bigger kids used to play on us when we were little...???
Grabbing your arm and popping yourself with it...
Stop hitting yourself, stop hitting yourself...
At least, that's what the University of Michigan did with their football team Tuesday.
University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman says the sanction show that "we have said all along, we take full responsibility for knowing and following NCAA rules, and we will address concerns, quickly and head on. We believe the sanctions we have imposed fit the nature of the violations."
Sure...
Here's what they found out about themselves... and how they punished themselves in bold... the release is from their own selves...
The U-M exceeded the limit on the number of coaches allowed. Michigan has reduced the number of quality-control staff members by 40 percent and prohibited them from attending practices, games and coaches meetings for the remainder of 2010.
The U-M violated the restrictions on practice and training time. Michigan self-imposed reductions in practice and training times on a 2:1 basis, for a total of 130 hours during the next two years.
Michigan will issue letters of reprimand to seven individuals who shared in the responsibility for these violations occurring over an extended period, and one dismissal has occurred as a result of an issue of integrity.
The school found no evidence of student-athlete abuse, nor any evidence that its employees disregarded student-athlete welfare.
While Michigan could be considered a repeat violator from 2003 in men’s basketball, the institution does not believe it is warranted in this instance...
The school is recommending two years probation as punishment, but won't know it's sentencing until football season is well underway.
Here's some of what all this led to in 2009, a loss to Ohio State...
((HT: ABC))
mary
And here's coverage from our friends at Fox2 in Detroit...
((HT: MyFoxDetroit.com))
Grabbing your arm and popping yourself with it...
Stop hitting yourself, stop hitting yourself...
At least, that's what the University of Michigan did with their football team Tuesday.
University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman says the sanction show that "we have said all along, we take full responsibility for knowing and following NCAA rules, and we will address concerns, quickly and head on. We believe the sanctions we have imposed fit the nature of the violations."
Sure...
Here's what they found out about themselves... and how they punished themselves in bold... the release is from their own selves...
The U-M exceeded the limit on the number of coaches allowed. Michigan has reduced the number of quality-control staff members by 40 percent and prohibited them from attending practices, games and coaches meetings for the remainder of 2010.
The U-M violated the restrictions on practice and training time. Michigan self-imposed reductions in practice and training times on a 2:1 basis, for a total of 130 hours during the next two years.
Michigan will issue letters of reprimand to seven individuals who shared in the responsibility for these violations occurring over an extended period, and one dismissal has occurred as a result of an issue of integrity.
The school found no evidence of student-athlete abuse, nor any evidence that its employees disregarded student-athlete welfare.
While Michigan could be considered a repeat violator from 2003 in men’s basketball, the institution does not believe it is warranted in this instance...
The school is recommending two years probation as punishment, but won't know it's sentencing until football season is well underway.
Here's some of what all this led to in 2009, a loss to Ohio State...
((HT: ABC))
mary
And here's coverage from our friends at Fox2 in Detroit...
((HT: MyFoxDetroit.com))
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
FSU Loses NCAA Appeal, Bowden Victories Gone...?
((HT: Tallahassee Democrat))
The NCAA's stand can be found here, thanks to our friends at WCTV in Tallahassee...
But the bottom line is that the folks in Indianapolis weren't too keen on the Seminoles point-of-view. FSU had agreed to four years probation and some scholarship reductions, but they didn't want to have any wins taken away- including a national title in track and field.
So much for that idea...
“We are certainly disappointed with the results of our NCAA appeal,” said athletics director Randy Spetman. “We believed that our administration did everything it possibly could to ferret out any and all improprieties in this matter. We were confident that those efforts would have significant sway in the appeal, but they did not.”
Now the university gets to sift through which athletes were involved when and attempt to determine whether or not their direct involvement can be attributed to the academic dishonesty...
In English, that means: "Were the athletes eligible because of their alleged cheating at the time the wins occurred in FSU athletics? And which wins were they...?" or something like that...
Brenda Monk, the former FSU learning specialist at the center of the case, has filed a defamation suit against the university as a result of all the shenanigans.
FSU would have one of their three track and field titles stripped.
Here's the 2007 championship wrap...
((HT: NCAA))
Next idea is for Spetman and the Seminole front office to try and split hairs on the football side and make sure that Bobby Bowden doesn't lose all 14 victories that are on the table...
Good luck with that one...
The NCAA's stand can be found here, thanks to our friends at WCTV in Tallahassee...
But the bottom line is that the folks in Indianapolis weren't too keen on the Seminoles point-of-view. FSU had agreed to four years probation and some scholarship reductions, but they didn't want to have any wins taken away- including a national title in track and field.
So much for that idea...
“We are certainly disappointed with the results of our NCAA appeal,” said athletics director Randy Spetman. “We believed that our administration did everything it possibly could to ferret out any and all improprieties in this matter. We were confident that those efforts would have significant sway in the appeal, but they did not.”
Now the university gets to sift through which athletes were involved when and attempt to determine whether or not their direct involvement can be attributed to the academic dishonesty...
In English, that means: "Were the athletes eligible because of their alleged cheating at the time the wins occurred in FSU athletics? And which wins were they...?" or something like that...
Brenda Monk, the former FSU learning specialist at the center of the case, has filed a defamation suit against the university as a result of all the shenanigans.
FSU would have one of their three track and field titles stripped.
Here's the 2007 championship wrap...
((HT: NCAA))
Next idea is for Spetman and the Seminole front office to try and split hairs on the football side and make sure that Bobby Bowden doesn't lose all 14 victories that are on the table...
Good luck with that one...
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Welcome to the NFL Dez Bryant
It looks like now former Oklahoma State star receiver Dez Bryant may have played his last game for T. Boone Pickens...oops...I'm sorry Mike Gundy and the Cowboys. The NCAA in its infinite wisdom has officially suspended the Junior Wide Out until October...of 2010. The suspension according to most reports had to do with him lying, not once but twice to the NCAA about his meetings with Deion Sanders this past summer.
More from the Stillwater News-Press RIGHT HERE
More from NewsOK.Com CLICK HERE
And this from one of NewsOK's bloggers RIGHT HERE
The University is obviously appealing the decision and may have an answer as soon as next week. The NCAA however isn't know for being overly lenient or really kind to pretty much anyone other than the TV Networks. Maybe this will be the exception, we don't know. It's unfortunate that a bad decision by a 22 year old who didn't know what he did wrong may result in him not getting to finish his season. The one thing it does do would be to push Bryant to the NFL where he probably will be a First Round pick next season.
Here's how Big Al broke the news last night to the Tulsa faithful
Thanks to our friends at KJRH-TV
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Deion: Agent Not At Dez Bryant Meeting
((HT: Newsok.com/Chatmon))
OSU wideout Dez Bryant lied to the NCAA when asked if he had ever been to Sanders house and was ruled ineligible on Wednesday for violating NCAA Bylaw 10.1.
When asked if his former agent and friend Eugene Parker was present at his house when Bryant was there, Sanders said. “Not whatsoever. His girlfriend was present, my wife was present and we played basketball and had a good home cooked meal.”
Sanders stated that Bryant was ruled ineligible because he was nervous and falsified the information on his own.
Sanders says he talks to Bryant a few times a week, and actually asked the OSU coaching staff if it was okay to talk to him before the relationship evolved into what it is today.
Jason La Canfora "interviewed" Deion Sanders at the NFL Network studio Sunday to "Clarify" what is and/or was going on there at Prime Time's casa.
Here's your update, thanks to our friends at the Oklahoman with Jenni Carlson and Brandon Chatmon sitting indoors...
OSU wideout Dez Bryant lied to the NCAA when asked if he had ever been to Sanders house and was ruled ineligible on Wednesday for violating NCAA Bylaw 10.1.
When asked if his former agent and friend Eugene Parker was present at his house when Bryant was there, Sanders said. “Not whatsoever. His girlfriend was present, my wife was present and we played basketball and had a good home cooked meal.”
Sanders stated that Bryant was ruled ineligible because he was nervous and falsified the information on his own.
Sanders says he talks to Bryant a few times a week, and actually asked the OSU coaching staff if it was okay to talk to him before the relationship evolved into what it is today.
Jason La Canfora "interviewed" Deion Sanders at the NFL Network studio Sunday to "Clarify" what is and/or was going on there at Prime Time's casa.
Here's your update, thanks to our friends at the Oklahoman with Jenni Carlson and Brandon Chatmon sitting indoors...
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
FSU Issues Rebuttal To NCAA
((HT: CBSSports))
Florida State says it's unfair to take wins off the individual records of football coach Bobby Bowden ((pictured, thanks Marc Serota/Getty)) and other coaches and athletes who had no role in an academic cheating scandal.
In an appeal to the NCAA Wednesday, the university argued that a proposal to strip the school, its coaches and athletes of victories in several sports is too harsh and should be reversed.
If not, the penalty would cost Bowden up to 14 wins. Taking that many victories off his personal record would give Bowden little chance of catching Penn State's Joe Paterno in their race to be major college football's winningest coach. Paterno has 383 wins, just one more than Bowden, who is entering his 34th season at Florida State.
The appeal cites Florida State's cooperation with the NCAA and self-imposed penalties including the loss of athletic scholarships and the suspension of those who cheated on an online music history test.
Florida State's backup argument is that even if wins should be stripped from the school's record, the individual records of innocent coaches and athletes should not be docked. Under that scenario Florida State would still lose its 1997 national championship in track and field and the football team would lose victories but Bowden would not.
The 20-page appeal says it serves no valid purpose to rewrite the won-loss records of a coach or a baseball or softball pitcher who did not cheat because of violations committed by others. It also notes that athletes whose accomplishments are measured by other factors such as touchdowns or rushing yards would not be punished.
"The NCAA should protect -- and not penalize -- those who play by the rules," wrote Florida State's legal team headed by William E. Williams.
The NCAA's Infractions Committee in March added the loss of wins to the penalties Florida State imposed on itself last year. The case next goes to an infractions appeal committee, which is expected to hold a hearing later this year.
The university issued a statement saying there would be no comment on the appeal.
Florida State itself reported the violations to the NCAA, which then found 61 Seminole athletes had cheated on the test in 2006-07 or received improper help from staffers who provided answers or typed papers for them.
The NCAA's Infractions Committee decided that "vacating," or giving up wins -- technically not forfeits because opponents' records would remain unchanged -- was justified because "what happened in that course was simply a symptom of a much larger disease -- a systemic, 'environmental' problem among a large group of student-athletes and three staff members."
The appeal says there's no evidence to support that conclusion.
"This is mere hyperbole," the lawyers wrote. "It is unquestioned that virtually all of the violations at issue are associated with a single, online music course."
If academic fraud have been pandemic, there would have been violations in other courses, but that didn't happen, the university argues.
The appeal traces the cheating to academic adviser Brenda Monk's zeal in helping student-athletes with learning disabilities and her erroneous belief the music test was an "open book exam." As soon as she realized her mistake, she reported it, the appeal says.
Florida State also argues the infractions committee broke precedent by failing to explain what weight it gave to the university's cooperation and self-imposed sanctions, citing prior cases involving Alabama State, Howard, Alabama, Kentucky and Oklahoma.
That failure will discourage other schools from cooperating in the future and undermines the legitimacy of the penalties, the appeal states.
"It also compels reversal," the lawyers wrote. "If the committee in fact weighed those factors, it did so in a black box that denies the university and this committee a meaningful opportunity to review the appropriateness of its logic and its decision."
Finally, Florida State argues it never would have entered an agreement with NCAA staffers for the self-imposed penalties if officials had known the school also would lose wins.
FOSG Lee Gordon plays lead-off for John Rogers on the Tallahassee side of the issue, thanks to our friends at WCTV...
Thursday, June 18, 2009
NCAA Documents Released, FSU's Response Due July 1
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The NCAA's response to Florida State's appeal was made public on Thursday (6/18).
Florida State's attempt to secure wins in ten different sports was fully denied.
The 21 page document cuts Florida State University no slack and fully upholds all original penalties, hammering down on the seriousness of the cheating scandal.
While the NCAA Committee on Infractions did commend Florida state for going the extra mile to uncover the truth and discover other infractions, the committee did not belief the corrective actions were enough to relieve the university from a vacation of wins.
The document goes on to say, "a vacation of wins is unique in its fairness because it takes away wins from athletes who should not have been competing in the first place."
It also says, the most severe penalties are appropriate when the "academic mission of the university is compromised."
The Committee on Infractions summarizes its response to FSU's appeal by writing the "vacation of records penalty should be upheld."
It's going to be a battle for Coach Bobby Bowden to keep his wins, but this isn't over.
Florida State still has to submit its response.
These documents make it clear however that the NCAA isn't budging so far.
Florida State's response is due July 1st.
The document says the victories were tainted because they were played with ineligible athletes. It goes on to say it would be unfair to take the victories away from innocent athletes who played with their ineligible teammates and not take them away from coach Bowden.
The NCAA says, he has to be placed in the same category as the other innocent parties.
Here's the document in question from the NCAA...
Here's the story from our friends at WCTV...
Lauren Searcy has your early details...
Steve Ellis report from the Tallahassee Democrat is in black. It's a lot longer...
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