South Carolina Head Baseball Coach Ray Tanner is not a fan of the NCAA’s new roster and scholarship rules, which I have mentioned previously.
The NCAA’s Committee on Infractions has rejected New Mexico’s appeal of penalties imposed on its football program. New Mexico will only have 20 scholarships to offer over the next three years due to a finding of academic fraud in the program. An investigation of the New Mexico program discovered that assistant coaches were helping football players receive academic credit for correspondence courses that the student-athletes did not actually complete.
The NCAA is investigating an advisor to the nation’s top football recruit, Bryce Brown. Brown intially committed to the University of Miami without ever visiting the school, but now Miami has now stated that Brown will not enroll at the school.
Eastern Washington has been sanctioned for violations in its football program under former head coach, Paul Wulff. In this case, a series of secondary violations led to a finding of major violations because Eastern Washington failed to devote enough resources to complying with NCAA rules. Eastern Washington will not be able to participate in the postseason during the 2009 season, the school will be on probation for three years, will lose two scholarships, and will have only 11 coaches until 2011, one less than the maximum allowed under rules. Eastern Washington has also hired its first full-time compliance and academic support staff. Finally, Wulff, who is now head coach at Washington State, must attend the NCAA Regional Rules Seminar during each of the next three years at his own cost.
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