Northeastern State University in Oklahoma was sanctioned by the Division II Committee on Infractions for major NCAA violations in their women’s tennis program. The violations were not that remarkable. The head coach regularly recruited internationally, and gave extra benefits to his athletes in the form of cash when they arrived, paying for textbooks and international […]
The University of Wyoming plans to vacate three seasons of volleyball victories along with other corrective actions in an effort to have that program’s extra benefits violations classified as secondary. In addition, the university suspended three members of the coaching staff and was going to require them to attend the NCAA Regional Rules Seminar in […]
NCAA major infractions cases are often made out to be significant moments in NCAA history. When a big program is under investigation or in front of the Committee on Infractions, the NCAA is either going to finally get tough on violators or finally start treating schools fairly. When Yahoo! Sports broke the Willie Lyles and […]
The University of Wyoming announced yesterday that it self-reported violations in its women’s volleyball program to the NCAA: UW Athletics Director Tom Burman says the self-report involves five former members of the women’s volleyball team and their receipt of impermissible benefits during a two-year period. The total value of the impermissible benefits to all five […]
One of the fallouts of the news that a school reported a secondary violation for a women's golfer who used a university hose and water to wash her car has been that the NCAA responded with a determination that it did not consider this to be a violation. That has lead to its brand of […]
The story of a West Coast Conference women’s golfer who committed an NCAA violation by using university water to wash her car looks like a classic case of NCAA overreach. There is a tiny monetary benefit (if any) to the athlete, based on a principle to which the NCAA already has many exceptions (athletes should […]
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 (secondary vs. major) appears to be the sticking point that lead the Committee on Infractions […]
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. WVU failed to take into account a fall exhibition and played the normal 56 games […]
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 on March 5, which is a violation of NCAA’s daily hour limitations. According to NCAA […]
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 in impermissible benefits to four student-athletes and paid $150 of an enrollment fee for a […]