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Brian Barbour on September 24th, 2008 |  Comments are closed Interesting read from Dan Wetzel at Yahoo Sports who says it has been two years since the last major basketball program was penalized for violations(Roy Williams and Kansas over the graduation gifts in case you were wondering) and 15 months in football constituting the longest stretch in NCAA history of inaction against major schools. I [...] Continue reading NCAA Losing It’s Teeth? The NCAA, protectorate and master of the student athlete, has issued an edict from the hallowed halls in Indianapolis to contain unruly bloggers, for alas they are the scum of the earth. [...] Continue reading NCAA Continues To Fight Bloggers For Reasons That Pass Understanding The next time the NCAA whines about the cost involved in putting proper flooring down for the NCAA Tournament or cannot possibly defend the abject stupidity of the officiating at any given point or is willing to flog another athlete for a minor benefit that hurts absolutely no one I want to you also remember [...] Continue reading Remember This Not as messy as the Brett Favre situation but messy all the same. [...] Continue reading Breaking Down The Dwight Jones Saga Dwight Jones, the four star receiver from Burlington(NC) Cummings who committed to UNC in 2007 has apparently had academic eligibility judged by the wrong standards. ACC Now, quoting IC, says Jones, who was part of the stellar 2007 class, was declared ineligible and since then went to Hargrave to improve his scores hoping for entry [...] Continue reading The Dwight Jones Saga For those of you who don’t know APR stands for Academic Progress Rate and is a part of the NCAA’s efforts to make sure schools actually graduate athletes. The report for UNC can be found here in PDF format. The men’s basketball team scored a 995 based on a period from 2003 to 2007 which [...] Continue reading NCAA Releases APR Data It is a wonder more schools don’t commit violations. [...] Continue reading The Obama Scrimmage Not An NCAA Violation More hardware for Hansbrough, class of 2008 goodness and the Heels head for Charlotte to play on non-slippery floors. [...] Continue reading Odds and Ends UPDATE: I emailed Stever Kirschner at UNC and asked how a school could determine on it’s own whether a violation occurred. This was his response: Our compliance staff reviewed the situation and determined there was no violation. Had they determined otherwise, they would have reported it to the ACC as a secondary violation, which also [...] Continue reading UNC Committed No Violations[UPDATED] Brian Barbour on October 3rd, 2007 | Comments are closed As much as a plot about a secondary violation no one really cares about can thicken. The Charlotte Observer, who broke the original story about UNC possibly violating a minor NCAA rule concerning contact by former players with visting recruits, brings us comments from Sean May and Raymond Felton. Here is the gist: Sean May [...] Continue reading The Plot Thickens Gary Parrish at CBS Sportsline commented last week on the article in the Charlotte Observer that while UNC did probably break a rule when Raymond Felton talked to Iman Shumpert on his visit, the rule itself is just another in a long line of illogical NCAA rules: [...] Continue reading Another Take on UNC’s Possible Violation The UNC compliance office has initiated an investigation into whether a secondary NCAA violation occurred during a recruiting visit with high school senior Ian Shumpert. According to the Charlotte Observer, Shumpert played pick-up basketball games with former Heels Sean May, Marvin Williams and Raymond Felton which might constitute the minor infraction. Shumpert also indicated to [...] Continue reading UNC Reviewing Recruit Visit for Possible Violation |
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