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NCAA hits UNC football hard for violations

Posted by bobounds on March 13, 2012 in College football, Death penalty Comments Off

NCAA hits UNC football hard for violations

The NCAA troubles for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill began in May 2010 with an early morning tweet from Marvin Austin, then a star football player for the Tar Heels, who wrote of a night of partying at a lavish club in South Florida. Twenty months later, the university is hoping its NCAA problems have come to an end for good.
The NCAA’s Committee on Infractions on Monday released its final verdict in a case that embarrassed the Tar Heels’ football program and tarnished the school’s academic reputation.

charlotteobserver.com

3/12/12

‘Death penalty’ is an option for NCAA in University of Miami scandal

Posted by bobounds on August 19, 2011 in Death penalty, Miami, NCAA, Paul Dee, SEC Comments Off

‘Death penalty’ is an option for NCAA in University of Miami scandal

On a day several former Hurricanes recruits now at other schools were cleared by Thursday of accusations made by convicted felon Nevin Shapiro, reports surfaced that the NCAA is not only considering invoking its “willful violators” clause in its investigation at the University of Miami but also will not shy away from using the so-called death penalty.

NCAA president Mark Emmert told USA Today that despite the penalty being used only once before in college football — against Southern Methodist University in 1987 — the association isn’t afraid of taking such a drastic action.

miamiherald.com
8/18/11