Tag Archives: NCAA Violations
#Miami Internal Investigation: 8 Football Players, Including QB #JacoryHarris Believed to Have Committed #NCAA Violations
Sources are saying those eight players have been declared ineligible, but could still play for the Hurricanes this season. How? The NCAA can start the reinstatement process almost immediately (think how fast they moved on Auburn’s Cam Newton last season) … Continue reading
SI Column: Fix “Miami” Problem by Putting Compliance Officers Under NCAA Control
Right now, each university has an NCAA regs compliance officer that reports to the school. You can sorta see why they might have a conflict of interest if they find something bad is going on. But what if those compliance … Continue reading
#SportsByBrooks.com: Alabama Booster Scandal Deepens — Where is the #NCAA or SEC?
Brooks has gone WAY deeper on this one than we could ever hope to get, but if you visit his website, the trail of evidence linking current and past players with a suit-store owning booster who displayed signed ‘Bama memorabilia … Continue reading
Jailed University of #Miami Booster Claims He Gave Cash, Prizes to 72 #Hurricane Players Since 2002
You have to give credit to #YahooSports for breaking a big story AGAIN! The question now: will the NCAA be able to take action against players who are already in the NFL? How do you punish one of the most … Continue reading
Say It Ain’t So! Did #Duke’s #CoachK Violate NCAA Rules With Scholarship Phone Call? #Krzyzewski
I’m not expert on the massive bible of regulations known as the NCAA Bylaws, but it certainly appears that Duke’s long time basketball coach may have crossed the line when he offered 2012 recruit Alex Poythress a scholarship over the … Continue reading
#Vols Slap Themselves w. Two-Year Probation for #NCAA Violations – #Tennessee
Another day, another major university thinks it can punish itself enough to fend off more damaging NCAA sanctions. We’ll see about that.
#NCAA to #GeorgiaTech: Failure to Cooperate During Investigation Will Cost You 2009 #ACC Title
Kevin Scarbinsky, of the Birmingham News, has a great article about how the boys at the NCAA always claim they’re not “sending a message” when they hand out sanctions, but the reality is that they really, really do. Latest case … Continue reading
#LSU’s Les Miles Talks to #NCAA About “Prospect Scout” #WillieLyles
Today’s sports question: How many Division 1 football programs can one “scout” bring down? So far it looks like only one, but we have a late report that the coach of the LSU Tigers, Les “Is More” Miles, has also … Continue reading
#NCAA Slaps #WestVirginia #Hillbillies Football Program With Two Years Probation for “Failure to Monitor”
Did we say Hillbillies? We meant Mountaineers. Sorry. Anyway, the UWV program got two years probation for not one, but two, past coaches for failure to monitor, and violations including “involving out-of-season coaching and the use of non-coaching staff who … Continue reading
#Huskers Snitch on Themselves to #NCAA: We Gave Textbooks to Jocks, Some May Have Been Inadvertantly Read!
Only at the University of Nebraska: The school actually self-reported to the NCAA that it bought books for athletes. And not just any books: RECOMMENDED class books. Not REQUIRED class books. Apparently, you can’t do that. To which many people … Continue reading
