In the firestorm that has erupted after the NCAA’s Football Rules Committee proposed banning snaps in the first 10 seconds of the play clock outside the last two minutes of each half, there is almost an odd consensus being reached on one issue: “There’s absolutely zero evidence, documented evidence, that is hazardous on the pace […]
Rustin Dodd of the Kansas City Star: Kansas senior forward Justin Wesley was able to be cast in a lead role of the movie “Jayhawkers,” which premiered on Friday in Lawrence. He could be paid as an actor. But at the official premiere, Wesley could not say a word about his performance or the film […]
The Portland Tribune’s Kerry Eggers on Oregon State pitcher Ben Wetzler: Wetzler, a senior left-hander from Clackamas High, is under NCAA investigation for inappropriate use of a financial advisor in dealing with the Philadelphia Phillies. Wetzler was drafted in the fifth round but returned for his senior year. The investigation is almost certainly centered around […]
Paul Sullentrop of the Wichita Eagle: Eight Wichita State baseball players will miss games as the result of an NCAA investigation into improper apparel benefits. The NCAA notified WSU of the penalties on Friday morning, four hours before its opening game of the season. Coach Todd Butler immediately began serving the suspensions by keeping junior […]
Avi Zaleon of the Beaumont Enterprise on Lamar’s Tyran de Lattibeaudiere: The NCAA has deemed the junior forward from Jamacia ineligible to play this season. It goes back to the MegaMart (a Jamacian wholesale chain) he worked at in Kingston, Jamaica. After work, Lattibeaudiere and his co-workers would play basketball games against employees from other […]
The Associated Press has a report that Arkansas sophomore pitcher Trey Killian will be suspended for the first six games due to a violation that occurred while he was in high school: The school released a statement Wednesday saying Trey Killian would sit out the first six games of the season due to something that […]
Two days ago the NCAA published an Educational Column on social media in recruiting. The most fascinating part was the NCAA’s Q&A regarding how coaches could mention high schools and coaches of prospective student-athletes on Twitter. But most attention was paid to the mention of a specific company: In basketball and men’s ice hockey, any […]
The NCAA recently published a new edition of its social media Educational Column. These have been published fairly regularly since about 2009 (normally every year or so) and build on each other as new services emerge and use of social media evolves, especially in recruiting. These Ed Columns are normally done in a Q&A format […]
Back in December, the NCAA issued a staff interpretation that allowed institutions to pay expenses for a prospect to send his or her transcripts to the Eligibility Center if the prospect had signed an NLI, financial aid agreement, or paid a deposit. That interpretation has already been archived in favor of a more expansive official […]
Jason Lisk of The Big Lead on Nebraska-Omaha pentathlete Sami Spenner: The issue? Her school, the University of Nebraska-Omaha, began the transition to Division I from Division II in 2012, after she had begun attending the school. Schools transitioning to Division I are not eligible to compete for national championships during the four years when […]