After Isaiah Whitehead committed to Seton Hall amid reports that the Pirates had agreed to hire his high school coach Tiny Morton, Andy Glockner took a look at what Whitehead’s commitment said about NCAA rules regarding the hiring of a prospect’s coaches or family members. Glockner focused on the NCAA’s general rule, Bylaw 11.4.1.1, which […]
After firing its head football coach and announcing an NCAA investigation into the football program in separate incidents, West Texas A&M is in more hot water with its football team. Kyle Voss, a redshirt senior linebacker will be suspended a total of four games for an NCAA violation. The university proposed a two-game suspension to […]
The University of Maine has placed Maria Lewis, its head women’s ice hockey coach, on leave during an investigation into possible NCAA Violations: The NCAA has been notified that the university is investigating possible compliance concerns. Among the issues being investigated are whether NCAA bylaws restricting the number of hours student-athletes spend in activities directed […]
Lost in the debate over more financial aid for student-athletes in the form of cost-of-attendance scholarships or some other form of stipend is the fact that for a fleeting moment, schools could have provided the $2,000 miscellaneous expense allowance. And the NCAA decided to highlight one of the very few athletes who received it, Alabama […]
Of all the penalties imposed on institutions by the NCAA Committee on Infractions during a major infractions case, probation is often the most misunderstood. Unlike in the criminal context, it is not imposed in lieu of another, harsher penalty. It is also not the time period during which another violation brings additional penalties; that is […]
Just a day after the Baltimore Sun published this report about the NCAA’s rule on providing game balls to student-athletes, the NCAA has published a staff interpretation reversing the rule: The academic and membership affairs staff determined that an institution may provide a memento of nominal value (e.g., game ball, t-shirt, hat, etc.), which may […]
ProPublica and the Chronicle of Higher Education took a look at public colleges and their financial aid policies. The analysis showed that public colleges are following the long-time lead of private universities and shifting more of their aid to merit-based programs. Public colleges are also increasing their amount of “financial aid leveraging”: providing smaller grants […]
ESPN’s Dana O’Neil interviewed NCAA vice president of academic and membership affairs Kevin Lennon who revealed that a major change to one of the NCAA’s most criticized rules is in the works. Specifically, permission to contact (a.k.a. “transfer releases”) may become a thing of the past: “It would be a situation where a kid would […]
Iowa State’s long “major” infractions case involving impermissible calls and text messages was finally resolved on Friday with the Division I Committee on Infractions accepting the summary disposition report and all self-imposed penalties without adding any additional sanctions. The violations themselves (over 1400 impermissible phone calls to 400 prospects) are unremarkable, as are the penalties […]
Jon Solomon of AL.com has an extensive look at the debate surrounding an early signing period for football. Currently high school football players may not sign an NLI or scholarship offer until February of their senior year. This has lead to a secondary recruiting market where commitment lists fill up then are thrown out the […]