Monday, April 24, 2006
The NCAA completed its investigation of violations allegedly committed by the Athletics Department, and found two more violations including a “lack of institutional control.”
The University failed to “create and maintain an atmosphere for compliance,” and “failed to report NCAA rules violations,” among others.
The NCAA cited that from August 1997 to December 2002, the institution did not have a compliance auditor on three occasions, a total of 20 months.
The NCAA also stated during the same time frame that the University did not act efficiently in reporting violations. Athletics Director Lew Perkins said before his arrival the department was understaffed, including in the NCAA compliance department. He said one his first moves as athletics director was to hire new staff and beef up the department’s workforce.
The two violations that turned up in the notice were not in the self-report. The other violation was the improper benefits received by sophomore men’s basketball player Darnell Jackson from donor Don Davis.
Already under self-imposed punishments, the University must decide whether to impose sanctions on itself following the allegations.
The next step for the University is to respond to the “Notice of Allegations.” The University will meet with the NCAA Committee on Infractions on Aug. 13. After that meeting, it will be determined if the NCAA will impose penalties in addition to the ones already handed down by Chancellor Robert Hemenway. Hemenway placed the entire department on a two-year probation.
Rick Evrard, former NCAA compliance official, said there was a chance for additional penalties to come, because of the additional allegations.
Evrard said the penalties should be administered by the institution. Regardless, he said there was a chance the NCAA could bring more punishment because of the allegations against Davis and Jackson.
Following the announcement of the violations, many restrictions were placed upon the women’s basketball and football teams. These included limiting off-campus recruiting visits for women’s basketball and lowering the limit of the number players signed from two-year institutions for football.
“We set very high standards for ourselves at the University of Kansas,” Hemenway said.
Hemenway acknowledged that the University had fallen short of its high standards. He said he and Perkins had worked together to fix those problems.
“Winning is more than just numbers on the scoreboard,” Perkins said.
He stressed that the department must comply with every NCAA rule and ensure the academic success of the athletes.
One of the allegations the department is supposed to respond to is a graduate assistant football coach who arranged for a prospective athlete to take an math exam without the supervision of a proctor. Another is an allegation that a graduate assistant for football provided answers to questions from a Geology 101 exam for prospective players.
There are numerous other football allegations the University will have to respond to concerning recruits and the handling of players. Though assistant coaches committed these violations, much of the blame may fall on the shoulders of football coach Mark Mangino. The department denied Mangino administered these acts that led to the infractions.
“I’m a firm believer Mark did not know this was going on,” Perkins said.
The University must also respond to the allegation that men’s graduating basketball players from 1988-2003 had received gifts of cash and clothing from donors Dana Anderson, Joan Edwards and Bernard Morgan, according to the department releases.
The NCAA acknowledged numerous smaller violations committed by many of the University’s teams, including the track and soccer team.
— Edited by Lindsey Gold
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