NU self-reports violation regarding textbooks

[knapplc]

Here's a writeup from YardBarker about the NCAA's denial of Alabama's appeal, which helps further explain why we may not face the same kind of penalty:

 

 

Back in June of 2009 the NCAA handed down a penalty to sixteen athletic programs at the University of Alabama, all but the rowing team was found at fault for improperly obtaining textbooks from other students.

 

The basis of Alabama’s appeal was that the penalty given to the teams was not consistent with past penalties handed down by the NCAA from textbook violations. The Crimson Tide received three year probation and the football team was ordered to vacate 21-football wins from 2005-2007. 2005-06 was under Mike Shula as the head coach, and the 2007 team was coached by Nick Saban.

 

Alabama was not appealing the three year probation it received, but the football wins that were vacated. In no other textbook case had the institution been forced to vacate wins, but the NCAA considers the Crimson Tide a repeat offender due to the probation it was on at the beginning of the decade as well.

 

Alabama self reported the violations back in 2007 when they found out that football players, Antonie Caldwell, Marlon Davis, Glen Coffee, Marquis Johnson, and Chris Rogers had been obtaining the textbooks improperly. The five players were promptly suspended prior to the 2007 Tennessee game.

 

The University was hoping the fact that they self reported the violation and suspended the players when they found out what was going on would sway the NCAA into being more lenient. But, the fact that it had been going on since the beginning of the 2005 season made it tough for the NCAA to not give a strict punishment to a team that had as recently as 2002 received probation for violations.

 

The NCAA was actually somewhat lenient to the Crimson Tide because they self reported and suspended the players when they found out. The University had nothing to do with the players obtaining said textbooks, but they were at fault for not more closely monitoring the situation.

 

The bold and bold/underlined may be why we face little if any further penalties from the NCAA over this. 'Bama was nailed for ten major violations in 2002, mostly because their boosters were giving their athletes cash. Since we haven't had anything like that kind of penalty lately, I think we'll be OK.

[tschu]

Books can be preordered from the bookstore. The bookstore will then box up all your books for you and you simply need to go in and pick them up. When you preorder, you can select which books you want, whether it is just the required books or both the required and the recommended books too. I am guessing that the athletic department or someone responsible for advising the student athletes preorders their books for them, and was ordering them the recommended as well.

[jaws]

knapplc, failure to monitor the book sales is what will get Nebraska in trouble but Nebraska's record of keeping a clean house (for an athletic department) will surely help them out when the NCAA looks at this matter.

[knapplc]

knapplc, failure to monitor the book sales is what will get Nebraska in trouble but Nebraska's record of keeping a clean house (for an athletic department) will surely help them out when the NCAA looks at this matter.

 

Yep. That's what I've been saying.

[jaws]

knapplc, failure to monitor the book sales is what will get Nebraska in trouble but Nebraska's record of keeping a clean house (for an athletic department) will surely help them out when the NCAA looks at this matter.

 

Yep. That's what I've been saying.

 

On a side note, you don't want your school to draw the NCAA's attention and have any reason to look further into anything else. If you look hard enough at any school, you will find something.

[WhatDoIKnow]

You have to throw the NCAA a bone every once in a while. Just so they know you are staying on top of things.

[knapplc]

Sipple is all over this:

 

 

 

Tom Osborne, on his monthly radio show Tuesday night on the Husker Sports Network, said he wanted to make one thing clear regarding NU's current matter with the NCAA: There are no cases of student-athletes pocketing money, he said.

 

A student-athlete buys books before a given semester. At the end of the semester, a student-athlete sells the books for a lesser value (typically). But that end-of-semester money doesn't go into the student-athlete's pocket; it goes back to the university, Osborne said.

 

Osborne's obviously taking this matter seriously, although I think we all agree the situation, from Nebraska's standpoint, is eminently manageable and probably will result in little more than a slap on the wrist for NU.

 

However, "It's not a secondary violation," Osborne said. "This is probably certainly not as bad as getting somebody a car, or academic fraud. But by the same token, it's a violation."

 

LINK

[RedTexan]

ESPN article regarding the "scandal."

My link

[Apathy]

ESPN article regarding the "scandal."

My link

I like the sarcasm in that article and goes to show you that this "Violation" is nothing more than a slap on the wrist.

[Minnesota_husker]

This is dumb and I stand by if this is a violation the NCAA is a little lost IMO... Who cares on something this small.

[knapplc]

ESPN article regarding the "scandal."

My link

 

This is from Page 2, ESPN's attempt at inserting humor into sports. It's kinda like The Onion.