I am unable to muster the breathless outrage that Dennis Dodd did regarding the latest development in the ongoing saga of how the NCAA built its case against Miami: According to the AP, Ameen Najjar wrote on official NCAA letterhead to a federal judge attempting to reduce Shapiro’s sentence. Not only that, Najjar – since […]
Dennis Dodd of CBS Sports is reporting that federal privacy laws may have been violated in the NCAA’s investigation of Connecticut for violations in its recruiting of Nate Miles: By discussing Nate Miles’ foot surgery and payment details, officials at the Tampa Bay Bone and Joint Center violated the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act […]
Class checks for athletes to make sure they are attending classes is nothing new. But North Carolina is now taking that one step further, and checking on classes to make sure the class is there: To prove the legitimacy of classes, administrators have fanned out to hundreds of classrooms to verify that students and professors […]
Eric Prisbell of USA Today had a tweet with this “innovative” idea from former Houston head coach Tom Penders: Tom Penders: NCAA should be allowed to go undercover, dress up as coaches at AAU event so “wannabe agent will then tell u price for player.” — Eric Prisbell (@EricPrisbell) February 26, 2013 This is […]
Following a major violation involving practice limits, Eastern Michigan realized it needed more help with in-person monitoring of practice. So it enlisted the help of undergraduate interns: The change has allowed the compliance office to monitor each active sport once a week, attending full home games and practices and at least one away game per […]
The misconduct in the Miami investigation certain is a black mark on the history of the NCAA and throws the organization into disarray in the present. The NCAA has made a lot of decisions and rules that people disagree with over the years, but rare are the cases where the conduct of the national office […]
In the wake of the NCAA’s release of the results of its external review, many have called on the NCAA to end its investigation of Miami and essentially settle the case. There are a lot of reasons to recommend this course of action. Miami has already self-imposed penalties. The NCAA would be exposing itself to […]
The NCAA released a public report on the misconduct during the Miami investigation. It is a blow-by-blow account of how an NCAA investigator worked with Maria Elena Perez, Miami booster Nevin Shapiro’s attorney, to gain subpoena power and depose witness as part of Shaprio’s bankrupty case. Four of the principles in the case are no […]
Despite the delay from the NCAA discovering that its own investigators violated NCAA procedure in investigating Miami’s recruiting and extra benefits scandal, that case looks to be headed back on track over the next couple of weeks. But in the meantime, another story broke involving Miami and possible NCAA rules violations. The story involves the […]
Dennis Dodd of CBSSports is reporting that Julie Roe Lach, the vice president of enforcement at the NCAA, approved payments to Maria Elena Perez, the attorney which the NCAA used to sit in on depositions in Nevin Shaprio’s bankruptcy case: Roe Lach approved “a budget line” for Elena Perez that would pay for “legal fees […]