Via Kami Mattioli of Sporting News, Southern Mississippi football head coach Todd Monken purchased interview suits for his 17 seniors: And no, the gifting of suits is not an NCAA violation. The players have all exhausted their eligiblity [sic] and did not receive the suits until after their last game of the season at the […]
In another article on Wichita State baseball’s apparel investigation, Paul Suellentrop of the Wichita Eagle gets the other side of the story, from the administrative assistant at the center of the allegations: Randy Rathbun, [Shelley] Wombacher’s lawyer, said he is angry that the university is using her as a scapegoat after her 20-plus years of […]
New interpretation from the NCAA regarding when coaches may follow or friend student-athletes on social networking services: The academic and membership affairs staff determined that an institutional staff member is permitted to initiate or accept a “friend” or “follow” request to a prospective student-athlete (or his or her parents or legal guardians) through a social […]
The NCAA issued a new official interpretation on receiving extra information from a scouting service: The committee confirmed that an institution is not permitted to subscribe to a recruiting or scouting service that provides information in any form (e.g., oral reports, electronic messages, etc.) about prospective student-athletes beyond the standardized, consistent information that is provided […]
Paul Suellentrop of the Wichita Eagle following up on yesterday’s news about Wichita State investigating potential violations in its baseball program: Wichita State baseball players purchased Under Armour apparel, not related to baseball, at a discount through administrative assistant Shelley Wombacher, according to several sources who spoke on the condition of anonymity. As many as […]
The Reno Gazette-Journal’s Chris Murray on Nevada basketball student-athlete AJ West: The junior-college transfer, who has yet to make his Nevada debut, appears unlikely to get clearance to play for the Wolf Pack this season. West transferred to Nevada from Monroe College (Bronx, N.Y.) this season but the NCAA has ruled that he is not […]
Paul Suellentrop of the Wichita Eagle: Wichita State has hired an Overland Park law firm that specializes in NCAA rules compliance to help investigate members of the school’s baseball team receiving improper clothing and apparel benefits. Two things stand out about this investigation. First is that the violations were discovered by a new coaching staff […]
The Charlotte News and Observer’s Dan Kane: An Orange County grand jury Monday morning accused former UNC-Chapel Hill African studies chairman Julius Nyang’oro of a felony for accepting $12,000 from the university for a summer class that he did not teach. Nyang’oro, 59, of Durham was indicted on a charge of obtaining property by false […]
David Flores of KENS5, San Antonio: “Everybody needs to know that this rule was not put into place to be harmful to us,” [University of Texas at San Antonio athletic director Lynn] Hickey said. “I don’t think this is anything unusual when you’re joining a new group, when you’re moving to the next level. Every […]
The Oregonian’s Andrew Greif: After the pages detailing [Oregon head coach Dana] Altman’s potential earnings is a new section requiring him to meet annually with the university president, athletic director and compliance director to discuss his team’s progress in sticking with the rules. Altman also must “create written procedures to ensure that the men’s basketball […]