NCAA Violations Archive

East Carolina suspends Billy Godwin for Two Weeks

– January 24, 2012Posted in: Conference USA, NCAA Violations

FROM CBD NEWS SOURCE
GREENVILLE, N.C – East Carolina University Director of Athletics Terry Holland announced Tuesday that Pirate head baseball coach Billy Godwin will serve a two-week suspension without pay as a department-imposed corrective action for a self-reported National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) violation that involved impermissible housing benefits for volunteer coaches. Read the rest of this entry »

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ASU appeal Denied; Ineligible for 2012 Postseason

Brian Foley

– November 4, 2011Posted in: NCAA Violations, Pac 12

Arizona State appeal of their one year postseason ban has been denied. This means that the Sun Devils will be ineligible for the 2012 postseason for violations that occurred under previous head coach Pat Murphy. College Baseball Daily will have more information as it becomes available.

Tags: Arizona State, NCAA, NCAA Violations, Pac 12

Arizona State makes Appeal to NCAA

Brian Foley

– May 16, 2011Posted in: NCAA Violations, Pac 12

Arizona State is appealing their one year postseason ban today in Dallas, Texas. The Sun Devils had multiple major violations under former head coach Pat Murphy. ASU must prove in their hearing that it did not break NCAA rules, there was procedural error by the infractions committee or the penalties were “excessive and an abuse of discretion.” Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Arizona State, NCAA Violations, Pac 12, Pat Murphy

Pepperdine Self-Imposes Postseason Ban on Three Spring Teams; Baseball Included

Brian Foley

– March 31, 2011Posted in: NCAA Violations, West Coast Conference

FROM CBD NEWS SOURCE
MALIBU, Calif. — Pepperdine University recently discovered that it had failed to properly administer financial aid awards to a number of its student-athletes. After discovering the error, Pepperdine contacted the NCAA and is taking immediate steps to rectify this issue and to review all of its athletics compliance processes. Read the rest of this entry »

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Tennessee Baseball NOT listed in Notice of Allegations

Brian Foley

– February 23, 2011Posted in: NCAA Violations, SEC

The University of Tennessee received their Notice of Allegations in Football and Basketball but the baseball program was not included. The baseball team was originally included in the Letter of Inquiry by the NCAA for two minor violations according to an earlier report in September.

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Murphy calls Violations a “Paperwork” Issue

Brian Foley

– February 7, 2011Posted in: NCAA Violations, Pac 12

Pat Murphy, formerly of Arizona State, recently spoke with The Register-Guard about the violations that have been leveled against him and the Sun Devils program in the past couple of months. Murphy states several times in the article that he should not have lost his job over the violations but I tend to disagree with him. Read the rest of this entry »

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Top 10 Storylines for 2011 Season

Brian Foley

– January 1, 2011Posted in: 2011 CWS, ACC, Big East, CBD Column, Mountain West, NCAA Violations, Pac 12, Pre-Season Rankings, Sun Belt

We are now within 50 days of the start of the College Baseball season. I thought we would take a look at my top ten storylines for the upcoming season. We did put out our 2011 College World Series Predictions back on July 6th. Read the rest of this entry »

Arizona State to Appeal Postseason Ban

Brian Foley

– December 19, 2010Posted in: NCAA Violations, Pac 12

Arizona State University will appeal the postseason ban which was levied against them this past week for NCAA violations under former head coach Pat Murphy according to the Arizona Republic. ASU president Michael Crow confirmed the appeal but Vice President for Athletics Lisa Love and baseball coach Tim Esmay have not spoken about the situation. Read the rest of this entry »

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Arizona State Violations Outlined and Reaction

Brian Foley

– December 16, 2010Posted in: 2011 NCAA Tourney, CBD Column, NCAA Violations, Pac 12

On Wednesday afternoon, the Arizona State Baseball program learned of their punishment from the NCAA after seven major violations and two secondary violations from 2004 through 2009. This was Arizona State’s ninth major NCAA violation in school history, with previous cases taking place in 2005 (football), 1997 (men’s and women’s indoor and outdoor track), 1988 (men’s and women’s indoor and outdoor track), 1986 (men’s basketball), 1985 (baseball, men’s gymnastics, wrestling), 1980 (football, men’s track (indoor and outdoor), 1959 (football) and 1954 (football). Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2011 NCAA Tourney, Arizona State, CBD Column, NCAA Violations, Pac 12, Pat Murphy

Arizona State University Issues Statement on NCAA Infractions Decision

Brian Foley

– December 15, 2010Posted in: NCAA Violations, Pac 12

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

NCAA Report available by clicking here.

The findings of the NCAA concerning the ASU baseball program fall principally into four categories:

1) Violations stemming from poor record keeping
2) Making more than the permissible one phone call a week to recruits
3) The improper recruitment of one player
4) Use of student managers during practices

The essence of the NCAA’s findings, as stated in the NCAA news release, is, “The violations were the result of poor record keeping, failure to monitor and a cavalier attitude on the part of the former head baseball coach to NCAA regulations.”

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CBB Column: Are Agents Ruining College Baseball?

Brian Foley

– October 15, 2010Posted in: CBD Column, NCAA Violations

Sports Illustrated recently wrote an outstanding article on former NFL agent Josh Luchs who on multiple occasions paid potential clients with cash, concert tickets, and/or meals throughout his career in the industry. In light of these allegations it begs the question. Is this type of activity also going on in college baseball and if so to what extent?

In the past couple of years there have been several players suspended for having improper relationships with agents including a pair of high profile cases involving former Kentucky pitcher James Paxton and former Oklahoma State pitcher Andrew Oliver.

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Tennessee Baseball part of NCAA Probe

Brian Foley

– September 17, 2010Posted in: NCAA Violations, SEC

Tennessee Athletic Director Mike Hamilton confirmed that the baseball program is part of the NCAA ongoing investigation of the university. According to sources with GoVolsXtra, the probe involves two issues which are not major violations. The Vols went 30-26 last season while going 12-18 in the SEC missing the postseason tournament for the second straight season under Todd Raleigh.