NCAA Infractions thread

[pianoknight]

The problem is discerning between accidental missteps and complete failures. For example:

Nebraska was recently involved in a self-reported textbook "scandal" where student athletes were getting discounts on books. Over the last several years, it amounted to less than $60 per student. The school reported it and corrected the mistake.

Those types of "scandals" are vastly different that widespread lying and cover-up like the whole mess with Tressel and Ohio State. To be fair, the NCAA has some very far-reaching, yet vague regulations and many times there are simple oversights that happen. There's not an attempt to "game" the system or give the school a competitive advantage. It's the equivalent of your bank making a rounding error.

In order for the NCAA to curtail the massive, scandal-level problems, they need better cooperation with member schools and a better way of enforcing the rules. Currently, there aren't really any ground rules for punishment; the NCAA just doles out whatever random punishment they deem acceptable. By having established and communicated rules, the coach who takes money under the table might think twice if he knows he'll face termination, 18 months in prison and a fine of $500,000.

[dfwabel]

And Georgia Tech gets probation

From the NCAA release:

The penalties, some of which were self-imposed by the university and adopted by the committee, include:

• Public reprimand and censure.
• Four years of probation from July 14, 2011 through July 13, 2015. The public report further details the conditions of this probation.
• A $100,000 financial penalty.
• A reduction of two men's basketball recruiting days during the 2011 summer evaluation period (self-imposed by the university).
• A limit of 10 official visits for men's basketball for the 2011-12 and 2012-13 academic years.
• A vacation of all contests won by the football team during the 2009 season after November 24, which is when the university was alerted to the potential eligibility issues.

[RevNet]

An NCAA official told Auburn coach Gene Chizik that it is not done investigating the Tigers' football program and the recruitment of Cam Newton, The New York Times reported Wednesday.

Chizik asked NCAA vice president for enforcement Julie Roe Lach several questions, including why the NCAA had not announced that the Newton investigation was finished, during a presentation at the Southeastern Conference meetings in Destin, Fla., last month.

"You'll know when we're finished," Roe Lach told Chizik, according to several coaches who were at the meeting, the Times reported. "And we're not finished."

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