TOPIC: NCAA Violations

Oregon released their Notice of Allegations from the NCAA and mostly it was old news. The violations were essentially the same as what was discussed in the summary disposition report. The disagreement over the status of the scouting service violation … [Read More]

The West Virginia University baseball team will have a shorter schedule next year after playing too many games this year. Baseball teams are limited to 56 contests, which includes both the spring and any exhibition games played in the fall. … [Read More]

Georgia reported just one NCAA secondary violation between January 1 and May 13, a minor countable athletically related activities (CARA) violation in the softball program: Head softball coach Lu Harris-Champer reported her team practiced for four hours and 15 minutes … [Read More]

The former head women's basketball coach at Division II Wingate University was cited for unethical conduct in the major infractions case against the school. Most of the violations committed by the coach were relatively mundane. In total, she provided $160 … [Read More]

Both Saint Mary's and its head men's basketball coach Randy Bennett have filed appeals in their major infractions case which was decided in March. Saint Mary's will appeal the loss of two scholarships for two years each as well as … [Read More]

An Oregon legislator has introduced a bill which would shift the costs of an NCAA investigation and violation onto coaches. Here is the summary of the bill from Willamette Week: Provides that coach at public university who intentionally or recklessly … [Read More]

Oregon Missed Out on Favorable Ruling First things first, the document drop which Oregon released yesterday is not huge news. The documents mostly add additional detail to Charles Robinson's report from December that the Committee on Infractions refused to accept … [Read More]

Iowa State has recommended to the Division I Committee on Infractions that it be placed on probation for two years for phone call violations committed from 2008 to 2011. An extensive audit revealed a smattering of impermissible phone calls and … [Read More]

On Thursday, Southeastern Louisiana self-reported the most recent in a string of mass ineligibility violations. SLU announced that from 2005–06 to 2009–10, 137 student-athletes were improperly certified, and thus not eligible for competition. Like many of these violations, the problem … [Read More]