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ate: Ryan Alessi of the Herald-Leader reports on the Memphis report.
Gary Parrish of CBS Sportsline, who once covered Memphis basketball for the Commercial Appeal, reports that Memphis will release its 63-page response to the NCAA sometime today.
An excerpt:
According to the source, the response is 63 pages long with another approximately 480 pages of exhibits. It is designed, in part, to refute the NCAA’s claim that former Tiger Derrick Rose “failed to deport himself in accordance with the generally recognized high standards of honesty and sportsmanship normally associated with the conduct and administration of intercollegiate athletics” by allowing someone else to take his SAT.
This backs up Andy Katz’s report on espn.com Monday that Memphis was preparing to make its response public through Freedom of Information requests.
John Clay is a sports columnist for the Lexington Herald-Leader. A native of Central Kentucky and graduate of UK, he covered UK football for 13 seasons before being promoted to columnist in 2000. He lives in Lexington with his wife and two sons. You can e-mail him at jclay@herald-leader.com.
Hey John, why isn’t Calhoun and Uconn getting this kind of negative publicity? We haven’t heard a peep from Uconn or the NCAA since the final four. I guess people give UCONN a pass.
That is a good question about Connecticut.
Stacey Osburn, an NCAA spokeswoman, said she could not discuss any potential case at UConn.
Osburn said the NCAA in most instances does not start investigations, but typically is contacted by a school and notified that a violation may have occurred. Schools, as a condition of their NCAA membership, are required to investigate any possible violations they are made aware of, she said.
“When (schools) become aware of possible violations, they are bound to look into those,” she said. “If they find they are violations, then they report those to the NCAA.”
Osburn said investigations into major violations can be done by the school, or in cooperation with NCAA investigators. If the school opts for an independent investigation, the NCAA’s enforcement staff will conduct a separate probe once the alleged violations are reported.
“We would prefer joint investigations,” she said. “That way, we can work alongside the school. It’s a faster process. It’s better for everyone in our view if we can do a joint investigation.”
If the enforcement staff feels violations have taken place, the case would go before the NCAA’s committee on infractions for a hearing. Committee members typically include law professors, former judges, and representatives of athletic departments from schools and conferences across the nation, Osburn said.
After hearing both sides, that committee determines whether violations have taken place, are they minor or major, and what the penalties should be.
The time it takes between an allegation being reported and the case being resolved can vary widely, Osburn said. If the school and the NCAA staff both agree on what the violations are and what the penalty should be, the case moves along more quickly, she said.