Ole Miss has fired two members of the women’s basketball staff and placed the head coach on administrative leave following violations that the school and NCAA are now looking deeper into. According to the school, the violations involve “impermissible recruiting contacts and academic misconduct.” The two fired staff members, husband and wife Kenya and Michael […]
Comments like this in reports about NCAA investigations are always interesting: A month ago, people in and around the UCLA basketball program expected a quick end to the NCAA investigation of freshman Kyle Anderson. Who were these people “in and around” the UCLA basketball program? Were they the coaches and basketball staff, who always expect […]
NCAA Division I has a big change coming to initial eligibility in 2016. But in Division II, the focus is on both initial eligibility for freshmen and progress-toward-degree rules for continuing students and transfers. Division II will work on these concepts over the next year and potentially vote on legislation in January 2014. Initially, a […]
Oklahoma State men’s basketball student-athlete Jean-Paul Olukemi has just one semester of college basketball eligibility left before his five-year clock runs out. The reason is a mix-up back in his prep school days: After Stoneridge Preparatory closed its doors midway through the year, the school’s coaches suggested Olukemi and his teammates take classes at nearby […]
As part of a larger series on reinventing college, Brad Wolverton of the Chronicle of Higher Education wrote a piece about creating a student-focused NCAA. As arguments for NCAA reform go, it is decidedly on the side of turning athletics back to the core mission of the university rather than embracing the business side. The piece […]
Sports Illustrated’s Pete Thamel and Thayer Evans have a cover story on Tyrann Mathieu, who was dismissed from LSU’s football team but may return next year. But there are potential NCAA violations that may stand in his way: Several of the Era Nation videos promote events at a Baton Rouge club called The Palace. One […]
Steve Berkowitz of USA Today broke the story that the NCAA’s net assets exceeded $500 million for the first time. This led to the predictable outrage that the NCAA is sitting on $500 million while athletes are starving. Obviously the NCAA cannot liquidate and distribute all $500 million in net assets since that would mean […]
It’s hard for anyone around college athletics to remember that at one point, there was a true offseason. As it, it was impermissible for coaches to work with athletes on anything outside of conditioning unless it was during a sport’s season. Now with offseason skill instruction, two hours per week of full practice and now […]
The NCAA has acted quickly to respond to the fervor over the a ban on a use of filters like those in Instagram in on photos used in recruiting emails. The NCAA posted this to their website: “There is no NCAA ban of Instagram. Schools just can’t alter the content of photos – and to […]
Christian Wright, who was heading into his 22nd season as head men’s and women’s tennis coach at Utah State was fired due to repeated NCAA violations, according to athletic director Scott Barnes. The violations involve private lesson to recruits: Though the Athletics Department did not release further details on the alleged NCAA violations, former Utah […]