Baldwin Wallace, a Division III school in suburban Cleveland, has self-imposed a postseason ban for all 23 of its varsity teams due to financial aid violations involving “a small percentage” of its athletes. From Baldwin Wallace’s president Dr. Robert C. Helmer: “The University is obligated as an NCAA member to examine any possible failure to […]
Brian Bennett of ESPN is suggesting the Big Ten take a drastic step given how the football season has gone in the Leaders division: If ever there were a year for a league to think radically about its championship game, this was the one. In fact, I’ve got an even more radical idea: Why not […]
The periodic human interest story on compliance and secondary violations has landed on Wisconsin this time. Wisconsin reported 22 secondary infractions last year, and 150 over the last six years. Wisconsin AD Barry Alvarez contrasted that with another Big Ten school: Alvarez said another Big Ten Conference school self-reported two NCAA violations, which he interprets […]
Stephen Miller’s article about the need for the NCAA to outsource its enforcement efforts has been getting the rounds as the most recent definitive take down of the NCAA. It is good in that it is focused on one aspect of the NCAA, gives a decent example or two, and offers some actionable advice for […]
There are a lot of conspiracy theories about why the NCAA makes a decision or not, but this one is really out there: The Maryland program has been out of the spotlight of being among the nation’s elite teams long enough that few outside College Park are paying close attention to either of the decisions, […]
At SEC Basketball Media Days, coaches sounded off about the growth of NCAA transfer waivers, which in football and basketball (among other sports) are the most likely way a student-athlete can play without spending a year in residence. Here is Tennessee head coach Cuonzo Martin: Martin, having come to UT from mid-major Missouri State, takes […]
In the wake of the release of emails shedding light on Billy Gillispie’s practice violations at Texas Tech, Towson football players are making similar allegations against the head coach, Rob Ambrose. This is the strongest evidence on the player’s side: Ambrose submitted CARA logs to the Office of Compliance over the summer that show discrepancies […]
Darius Paige’s transfer from Washington High in Florida to Foley High in Alabama rankled most non-Alabama SEC fans when it was alleged that a coach at Alabama pushed Paige to transfer and that the prospect would “be taken care of academically” at Foley High. Now the NCAA has taken an interest: Sources close to the […]
Ole Miss athletic director Ross Bjork essentially confirmed to Hugh Kellenberger of the Jackson Clarion-Ledger that Ole Miss is treating the ongoing women’s basketball investigation as a major violation: “There’ll be a formal notice of allegations from the NCAA that will come to us when the investigation is completed and then there’ll be a process […]
Former Texas Tech head men’s basketball coach Billy Gillispie was fired for exceeding NCAA limits on practice activities (among other things). Emails released by Texas Tech show the bulk of the violations occurred over two days: The school’s investigation found that on the weekend of Oct. 29-30, 2011, the team practiced for 7 hours, 15 […]