NCAA Legal Cases

The National Collegiate Athletic Association bylaws provide a list of banned drugs or substances in Bylaw 31.2.3.5. Baylor University's basketball program was recently reprimanded, censured and penalized with five years of probation and "limited in schedule for one year to the number of games contained in the conference regular season" (Major, 2005, p. 1). The issue responsible for these sanctions stems from NCAA Bylaw 10.2, which maintains "A member institution's athletic department staff members who have knowledge of a student-athlete's use at any time of a substance on the list of banned drugs, as set forth in Bylaw 31.2.3.5, shall follow institutional procedures dealing with drug abuse or be subject to disciplinary or corrective action as set forth in Bylaw 19.5.2.2" (NCAA, 2006, p. 53). At their NCAA infraction hearing, Baylor athletic department staff were found in violation of Bylaw 10.2, for failing to follow procedures for reporting banned drug use. The University was also found to be in violation of Bylaw 6.01.1, institutional control, and Bylaw 10.1, unethical conduct.

The former head coach of the Baylor University men's basketball team disclosed during the NCAA infractions hearing that three student athletes failed an August 28, 2002, drug test, testing positive for marijuana (Marsh, 2005, p. 4). While the men's basketball coach informed the director of athletics of the failed drug tests, the director of athle

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. For this reason, the institutions was found to lack institutional control. Unethical conduct infractions occurred, according to the NCAA infractions hearing, when the head coach attempted to "conceal these violations by supplying false information to investigators and convincing others to do the same" (Barrett, 2005, p. 2). Conclusion The final outcome of Baylor University's violation of Bylaws 10.1, 10.2, and 6.01.1 resulted in a number of penalties against the institution which are illustrated in the following list: Public reprimand and censure. Probation for five years, from 2005-2010. A two year ban on participating in non-conference basketball games. Financial aid reductions of four men's basketball scholarships for 2004-05 and one for 2005-06. A reduction in the number of paid recruiting visits from 12 to 9 for the 2006-07 academic years. The infractions hearing committee also noted that the head coach resigned and his coaching staff was replaced at the outcome of their hearing. ESSAY TWO Introduction The issue of focus in this analysis is the violation of NCAA gambling regulations and bylaws by the University of Nebraska wrestling team and head coach of wrestling. A university of Nebraska wrestler incurred $2,000 in

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