Report: 6 schools to be notified of serious NCAA violations

[gtmoBlue]

Sure, sure. I feel badly for the Cowboys as well, but SOMEBODY has to pay the piper. Yep, many of the villains have moved on...skated on to set up shop in new venues. The poor university and newcomers (except AD and staff) left to pay for the sins of others. Ohh what a cross we bear! So we should just shrug our shoulders, say "oh my", and move on? Where's the fun in that? Where's the incentive for the university to police itself to prevent future occurrences of violations? Folks like Miller and Self are combative, self righteous, and fighting mad that they got caught.



Arizona and KU themselves are indignant and self righteous. They say "to hell with the rules. We (Arizona, Kansas, others) are bigger than the rules. Rules don't apply to us. The NCAA can kiss my grits!"

Four days after being charged with lack of institutional control due to the FBI’s investigation into Adidas paying off recruits to play at their schools, head coach Bill Self showed up in a video dressed in gold chains and an Adidas shirt as he promoted Snoop Dogg’s concert for “Late Night in the Phog” at Allen Fieldhouse. The video had Self walking through a music store with Snoop Dogg’s “Gin and Juice” playing. And after looking through some of Snoop’s music, Self gave a wink at the camera.

Okie St, Arizona, South Carolina, Auburn, Kansas, Southern Cal, Louisville, Duke, etc., etc., etc.. We want our public spectacle, demand our pound of flesh, our entertainment for the sports masses, our NCAA fodder for our water cooler discussions, etc. Even if it's only Tulsa, Grand Canyon, Alabama St., KCMO, Pepperdine, WKU, and NCCU, paying the price instead of the Big Boys. Get those guillotines ready, stoke those fires boys...let the show begin! Pay UP!

[OmahaGuy]

Should us Jays fans be concerned?

To feel a little better, Coach Murphy was never charged with anything and his alleged offense had nothing to do with impermissible benefits or player eligibility. Lamont Evans was actually convicted

[Fieldhouse Flyer]

If they are finally going after "high profile programs", this ought to be interesting.

At least six Division I men's basketball programs will receive notices of allegations for Level I violations from the NCAA by the summer, stemming from the federal government's recently completed investigation of the sport, a top NCAA official told CBS Sports.

Stan Wilcox, NCAA vice president for regulatory affairs, said two high-profile programs would receive notices of allegations by early July.

https://www.cbssports.com/college-baske ... is-summer/

Report: Arizona hit with nine alleged NCAA violations, including several Level 1 allegations - Yahoo Sports - October 25, 2020

The NCAA hit Arizona with nine misconduct allegations last week, five of which were Level I allegations, according to The Athletic’s Seth Davis. The allegations reportedly include a lack of institutional control and failure to monitor by the university itself and lack of control by both basketball coach Sean Miller and women’s swimming and diving coach Augie Busch.

NCAA hits Arizona with 5 Level I allegations

Arizona acknowledged receiving the official notice of allegations from the NCAA on Friday. The school’s outside attorney, according to The Athletic, asked that the case be sent to the new Independent Accountability Resolution Process — which was created in 2018 specifically for the most complex and contentious infractions cases. The IARP has yet to hear any case since its founding.

Per the report, one of the reasons for the allegations was former basketball assistants Book Richardson and Mark Phelps refusing to speak with NCAA investigators — which the NCAA said “compromised the integrity of the investigation.” Arizona’s outside attorney, Paul Kelly, said that was “adversarial posturing” and that the school “strenuously denies this allegation and intends to establish that this claim is unfounded,” per The Athletic. The desire for the IARP’s involvement, Kelly said, is to ensure “a neutral and unbiased tribunal to hear the evidence, consider the legal and factual arguments and issue and decision that is fair and just.”

Richardson was arrested and sentenced to three months in prison for accepting $20,000 in bribes to try and swing Arizona players toward aspiring sports agent Christian Dawkins. He was one of several arrested — along with former USC assistant Tony Bland, former Auburn assistant Chuck Person and former South Carolina assistant Lamont Evans — in the FBI’s massive investigation into corruption within college basketball in recent years.

Kansas, Louisville, NC State, Oklahoma State, South Carolina, TCU, USC, and Arizona have all been hit with allegations relating to the FBI investigation.

Arizona’s board of regents has a special meeting scheduled for Monday.

Sources: Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team hit with nine alleged NCAA rules violations - ESPN - October 25, 2020

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[Omaha1]

“Arizona Basketball has self-imposed a one year postseason ban due to NCAA violations, presumably stemming from original FBI wire tap case. NCAA can still impose additional penalties, but no Wildcats for 2021 NCAA Tournament.”

One year hardly seems sufficient.

[Fieldhouse Flyer]

One year hardly seems sufficient.

Lighting them up would send a strong message about the importance of maintaining institutional control of a college basketball program, but is unlikely to be approved by the NCAA Committee on Infractions.

NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions - ncaa.org

NCAA Rules Enforcement: Committees on Infractions - ncaa.org (one-page .pdf diagram)
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[ArmyVet]

“Arizona Basketball has self-imposed a one year postseason ban due to NCAA violations, presumably stemming from original FBI wire tap case. NCAA can still impose additional penalties, but no Wildcats for 2021 NCAA Tournament.”

One year hardly seems sufficient.

The NCAA has sometimes fallen for this act in the past. It can’t do so any longer. That would only underscore the message that it pays to cheat in college athletics, that even the few programs who get caught are able to skirt meaningful punishment.

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/arizonas-s ... 24316.html

[Django]

“Arizona Basketball has self-imposed a one year postseason ban due to NCAA violations, presumably stemming from original FBI wire tap case. NCAA can still impose additional penalties, but no Wildcats for 2021 NCAA Tournament.”

One year hardly seems sufficient.

The NCAA has sometimes fallen for this act in the past. It can’t do so any longer. That would only underscore the message that it pays to cheat in college athletics, that even the few programs who get caught are able to skirt meaningful punishment.

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/arizonas-s ... 24316.html

It can and it will. It shouldn't, but it will as long as its corporate officers continue to take their massive paychecks to make money off student athletes who are persecuted for accepting pay for their hard work. The NCAA is a corporation. It does what corporations do. They're players. Hate the game not the players.

[admin]

The NCAA has charged Arizona with five Level I rules violation allegations, including two alleged instances of academic misconduct within the men's basketball program, according to a notice of allegations the university released to ESPN on Friday through an open records request.

Among the Level I allegations, the NCAA charged men's basketball coach Sean Miller for not demonstrating "that he promoted an atmosphere for compliance and monitored his staff."

The report said "two of Miller's three assistant coaches committed intentional violations involving fraudulent academic transcripts, receipt of cash bribes, facilitating a meeting with an aspiring agent, impermissible inducements and recruiting violations all within an 18-month period. The ultimate responsibility for the integrity of the men's basketball program rested with Miller and his staff's actions reflect on Miller as the head coach."

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-baske ... violations

[stever20]

Saw that Auburn will be getting their decision today from the NCAA Committee of Infractions.

[ArmyVet]

NC State is the first.

NC State received a notice of allegations from the NCAA on Tuesday regarding the Wolfpack's recruitment of former star player Dennis Smith Jr.

The NCAA has alleged two Level I violations against the school, the most serious violations under NCAA rules, including a failure to monitor charge against former coach Mark Gottfried, who now is coaching at Cal State Northridge.

Former Wolfpack assistant Orlando Early is also accused of helping facilitate a $40,000 payment from former Adidas executive T.J. Gassnola to Smith's family in October 2015.

No post-season ban for the Wolfpack. One year show clause for Gottfried and six year show clause for Orlando Early. One scholarship reduction.