The Michael L. Buckner Law Firm continues its educational series on NCAA legislation through a review of selected cases involving secondary rules-violations. Today’s post reviews a secondary case involving a violation of the following NCAA legislation: NCAA Bylaw 13.1.2.1-General Rule. All in-person, on- and off-campus recruiting contacts with a prospective student-athlete or the prospective student-athlete’s … Continue reading
The NCAA Division III Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) is supporting a proposal to allow text messaging in the recruiting of prospective student-athletes. The SAAC members received two separate proposals regarding the deregulation of electronically transmitted correspondence between prospects and coaches. The first proposal included the deregulation of all forms of electronically transmitted correspondence, including social … Continue reading
The Michael L. Buckner Law Firm continues its educational series on NCAA legislation through a review of selected cases involving secondary rules-violations. Today’s post reviews a secondary case involving a violation of the following NCAA legislation: NCAA Bylaw 13.6.1-Institutional Policies. An institution must have written departmental policies related to official visits that apply to prospective … Continue reading
On November 21, 2011, the academic and membership affairs issued an interpretation concerning the fulfillment of the 4-4 transfer nonqualifier residency requirement for practice and financial aid. The staff determined that “a nonqualifier who attends two four-year institutions during his or her first year of enrollment (e.g., one semester at each, one-quarter at one and two quarters at the other) may combine … Continue reading
According to CNN, former Syracuse University assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine’s wife Laurie Fine will release a statement today challenging the implications of a tape recording of a 2002 telephone conversation she had with former Syracuse University ball boy Bobby Davis, one of her husband’s accusers. The tape allegedly reveals that Laurie Fine had knowledge … Continue reading
Syracuse University announced Sunday (November 27, 2011) its decision to dismiss assistant men’s basketball coach Bernie Fine following the emergence of a 10-year old audio recording of his wife in which she acknowledges sexual abuse and a third man emerged alleging sexual abuse by Fine nine years ago. Fine, who was the longest tenured assistant … Continue reading
On November 22, 2011, the NCAA staff published on the Legislative Services Database Internet (LSDBi) a new resource, “NCAA Division I Newly Adopted Financial Aid Legislation Question and Answer Document”. The staff described the resource as a “document [that] contains questions and answers to assist the NCAA membership in its understanding of select proposals adopted … Continue reading
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The Michael L. Buckner Law Firm continues its educational series on NCAA legislation through a review of selected cases involving secondary rules-violations. Today’s post reviews a secondary case involving a violation of the following NCAA legislation: NCAA Bylaw 10.1 – Unethical Conduct Unethical conduct by a prospective or enrolled student-athlete or a current or former … Continue reading
The Michael L. Buckner Law Firm continues its educational series on NCAA Division III legislation through a review of selected cases involving secondary rules-violations. Today’s post reviews a secondary case involving a violation of NCAA Division III Bylaw 13.2.1. NCAA Division III Bylaw 13.2.1 An institution’s staff member or any representative of its athletics interests … Continue reading
