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NU investigating possible NCAA violations in baseball program
BY CURT McKEEVER / Lincoln Journal Star
Saturday, Aug 11, 2007 - 12:45:59 am CDT
The latest saga involving University of Nebraska baseball players making foolhardy decisions away from the field may fall outside the court of coach Mike Anderson. The Huskers might be forced to explain the actions to the NCAA.
On Friday, the NU athletic department released a statement acknowledging that it’s reviewing alleged improprieties regarding a few baseball players.
Through multiple interviews conducted throughout the summer, the Journal Star has learned that the investigation centers on players who took equipment issued to them through the university at the conclusion of the season in June to Scheele’s sporting goods store in the South Pointe Pavilions mall. In return, some of those players received credit from the store.
Anderson, who suspended four players and dismissed two from the team during the season, learned of the transactions within a day after they occurred and rectified the matter. Later, a Scheele’s store manager refused comment, other than to say the store had no problem with the University of Nebraska.
Nevertheless, the actions could be considered an extra-benefits violation.
Anderson was out of town Friday night and unable to be reached, but earlier this summer he said if any violations were discovered he believed they would be viewed as secondary.
Friday’s release indicated that Nebraska has not filed a report to the NCAA, only that the department is gathering information and “will take appropriate disciplinary action, if necessary.“
The NCAA doesn’t comment on unresolved cases, but a media relations official who responded to a question about a scenario like the one involving Nebraska suggested that if it was a single, inadvertent incident information regarding Secondary Level II violations would be helpful.
The NCAA internet site states: “All Level II violations are either de minimis (do not affect eligibility) or restitution (eligibility reinstated upon repayment of the value of the impermissible benefit to a charity).”
Some violations, although designated as Level II, require that specific penalties be imposed or specific actions be taken.
One of the Nebraska players involved in the sporting goods store debacle contended earlier this summer that all of the players were under the belief that the equipment became their own property and felt they were doing nothing wrong by trading it in for store credit.
BY CURT McKEEVER / Lincoln Journal Star
Saturday, Aug 11, 2007 - 12:45:59 am CDT
The latest saga involving University of Nebraska baseball players making foolhardy decisions away from the field may fall outside the court of coach Mike Anderson. The Huskers might be forced to explain the actions to the NCAA.
On Friday, the NU athletic department released a statement acknowledging that it’s reviewing alleged improprieties regarding a few baseball players.
Through multiple interviews conducted throughout the summer, the Journal Star has learned that the investigation centers on players who took equipment issued to them through the university at the conclusion of the season in June to Scheele’s sporting goods store in the South Pointe Pavilions mall. In return, some of those players received credit from the store.
Anderson, who suspended four players and dismissed two from the team during the season, learned of the transactions within a day after they occurred and rectified the matter. Later, a Scheele’s store manager refused comment, other than to say the store had no problem with the University of Nebraska.
Nevertheless, the actions could be considered an extra-benefits violation.
Anderson was out of town Friday night and unable to be reached, but earlier this summer he said if any violations were discovered he believed they would be viewed as secondary.
Friday’s release indicated that Nebraska has not filed a report to the NCAA, only that the department is gathering information and “will take appropriate disciplinary action, if necessary.“
The NCAA doesn’t comment on unresolved cases, but a media relations official who responded to a question about a scenario like the one involving Nebraska suggested that if it was a single, inadvertent incident information regarding Secondary Level II violations would be helpful.
The NCAA internet site states: “All Level II violations are either de minimis (do not affect eligibility) or restitution (eligibility reinstated upon repayment of the value of the impermissible benefit to a charity).”
Some violations, although designated as Level II, require that specific penalties be imposed or specific actions be taken.
One of the Nebraska players involved in the sporting goods store debacle contended earlier this summer that all of the players were under the belief that the equipment became their own property and felt they were doing nothing wrong by trading it in for store credit.
