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2019 Quarter 4 Case Summaries
December 18, 2019: University of Houston Summary Disposition Key Takeaways If head coach is personally involved in violation, it is an uphill battle to rebut presumption of responsibility in head coach control legislation. Head coaches should ensure they set the...
Understanding NCAA Transfer Rules for Student-Athletes
In 2018, the NCAA Committee for Legislative Relief amended the NCAA’s standards for granting student-athletes waiver exemptions from the NCAA Bylaw 14.5.1 year of academic residence requirement for Division I student-athletes. The general principle under Bylaw...
“We Can Do More Together” Podcast with Women Leaders in College Sports
Women Leaders in College Sports Podcast Interview Summary Interviewer: Patti Phillips, CEO Interviewee: Julie Roe Lach, Of Counsel, CCH+A and Deputy Commissioner, Horizon League How did you get interested in sports? Answer: Grew up in small-town...
Preparing Your Head Coach for Head Coach Responsibility
Head coaches are presumed responsible for the actions of individuals under their umbrella. This is no longer a new or foreign concept. For coaches, it can be challenging to assess and manage NCAA compliance risk areas while trying to build a winning program. As a...
Getting the Right Job: Your Resume, The Interview, and Your Relationships
People often want to be a part of athletics because of the mentorship and relationships created that allow them to help young adults build a purposeful life after athletics. There are countless interviews of players, even after losses, explaining how much the team and...
Negotiating Transitions: Entering, Extending and Exiting Your Employment
ATLANTA — You might think the interview and hiring process qualifies as the best, if not only, time to negotiate the terms of your employment. But in reality, many college athletics administrators find themselves so caught up in the excitement of receiving a job...
Rice Commission: Can NCAA’s Quick Legislative Changes Restore Trust?
What's Happening? When the Commission on College Basketball (“Rice Commission”) issued its recommendations on April 24, 2018, one of the unanswered questions was how the process by which these recommendations would be implemented. Typically, the concept for...
Rice Commission: Quick Hits
What's Happening? President Mark Emmert responded to the FBI’s college basketball probe by creating a commission on college basketball to recommend changes on issues surrounding men’s basketball specifically. The recommendations were processed this morning by...
UNC vs. Notre Dame: Comparing Academic Integrity Policies
WHAT’S HAPPENING? Recent news for Notre Dame football included a denied appeal to remove vacation of records penalty in a case similar to that of the less recent University of North Carolina COI decision. Both cases were surrounded by academic issues, but ND received...
Solving the Riddle of Exemplary Cooperation
What's Happening? Exemplary cooperation is a mitigating factor that can help your institution or coach through an investigation. Institutions often believe they’ve delivered exemplary cooperation but don’t see the mitigating factor in the decision. The key is...