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In a true testament to what a messed up organization it is, the NCAA is now investigating its own enforcement program after uncovering an issue of improper conduct that occurred during the University of Miami investigation. According to a release from the NCAA’s national office, former NCAA enforcement staff members worked with the criminal defense attorney for Nevin Shapiro to improperly obtain information for the purposes of the NCAA investigation through a bankruptcy proceeding. Several news outlets are reporting that the NCAA actually had Shapiro’s attorney, Marie Elena Perez, on their payroll to work on depositions in a federal bankruptcy case in order determine NCAA violations.
As a result, NCAA President Mark Emmert has called for an external review of the entire enforcement program, which will include a review of the issue at hand and “the overall enforcement environment, to ensure operation of the program is consistent with the essential principles of integrity and accountability.” Emmert released these remarks in an official release on the NCAA’s website:
“To say the least, I am angered and saddened by this situation. Trust and credibility are essential to our regulatory tasks. My intent is to ensure our investigatory functions operate with integrity and are fair and consistent with our member schools, athletics staff and, most importantly, our student-athletes.”
While the NCAA conducts the review, they will stop investigating the University of Miami “until all the facts surrounding this issue are known.” That means that UofL assistant Clint Hurtt and Missouri basketball coach Frank Haith may be off the hook, as Emmert pledged that any information that was obtained improperly would be thrown out. Hurtt is expected to be cited for unethical conduct.
Can the NCAA just go ahead and put itself on probation, please?
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January 23rd, 2013 at 2:24 pm
Freakin Hypocrites…smh
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:25 pm
Fire Emmert. His incompetence knows no bounds.
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:26 pm
I honestly hope Kentucky cheats at every sport and gets away with it. Clearly every university cheats in some capacity and it’s just a matter of avoiding the equally corrupt NCAA. College athletics needs a MAJOR change.
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:27 pm
Lysdexia in the title? Take a nap. You have a tough night last night
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:28 pm
We will eventually see the NCAA dissolve and the 4 super conferences will set up a new governing system…Coach Cal 101
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:29 pm
Do these guys actually get paid?
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:30 pm
“invesgiating” ….spell much??
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:30 pm
The SEC should give the NCAA the death penalty. We don’t need them
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:32 pm
8) Beat me to it…barely.
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:35 pm
The NCAA will soon be investigating the investigation of itself…how do they know they won’t screw this investigation up too?
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:35 pm
This sounds worse than what schools do that get severe sanctions. I wonder if those ncaa invesgiators cheated on tests in school? Can someone go door to door and find out?
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:38 pm
This is what happens when you hire retired FBI agents to investigate rules violations.
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:39 pm
ITS A SHAME BECAUSE HURTT IS A CHEATER AND SHOULD BE IN TROUBLE.NO ONE ELSE GETS A BREAK SO WHY SHOULD THIS GUY.
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:44 pm
I’ll bet the NCAA won’t get any probation.
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:45 pm
Ha ha ha he’s hysterical. “Credibility, integrity, fair, consistent…”
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:45 pm
The NCAA should go ahead and give itself the death penalty for lack of institutional control.
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:45 pm
We’re appalled by their inability to govern…
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:46 pm
random stat, but 3 of our 5 losses this year doug shows was the ref…
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:47 pm
‘If the NCAA were a man, I’d punch it in the face’ – JT
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:48 pm
So Clint Hurt and Frank Haith got a get out of jail free card? How ridiculous. If they got to pass go and got 200.00 than I will be ROYALLY Pissed! lol
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:49 pm
Is this a little bit like the IRS auditing itself? Or maybe a proctologist giving himself an enema? Man, you can’t make this stuff up…
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:51 pm
Just like the Samaki Walker-gate, it looks like Jurich and UL might just wriggle out of another NCAA noose. They should go out and buy a lottery ticket.
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:52 pm
2). I was getting ready to type the same thing. It’s been a cluster touch sinc the day Emmert took over.
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:52 pm
I think the NCAA should investigate the NCAA’s investigation of the NCAA.
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:52 pm
Easy Rick.. YOU ACT LIKE HURTT HAS HAD TO VACATE A COUPLE OF SEASONS OR SOMETHING…
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:53 pm
You should “invesgiate” your spelling
On a more serious note, not a big shocker. The NCAA is such a cluster right now it’s a travesty to collegiate athletics.
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:55 pm
Hurtt cheated at miami.. not ul.. and like when Cal was hired at UK. UL and Hurtt have been under a compliance microscope… he should be held accountable for his actikns at Miami. But hes been cleanat UL..
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:55 pm
Blergh, fixed. I am running on fumes.
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:56 pm
Hey guys, please leave me alone, I am celebrating and heading over to see Hatcher right now…..
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:57 pm
When Hurtt came to UL his discretions at miami were known and his every move has been scrutinized by compliance office/officer…
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:57 pm
Div 1 bball needs to do what college football did… succeed. Once they create their own organization, they can name Jay Bilas as commissioner. Bet HE would be able to get something done w/ the NBA to get rid of the one and done fiasco.
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:58 pm
18. When I saw the tweet that Shows and Cahill were calling the game, I told the wife and kids we would lose.
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:58 pm
Besides the Miami case what does this do to the Penn State case, will Penn State’s/Sandusky penalties be thrown out as well. They should have gotten the death penalty and got off easy, now they won’t even be punished for harboring a pedophile!
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:59 pm
When the investigation is over the NCAA will promptly call a moratorium on all existing investigations. They will change the way that investigations are handled going forward to ensure equity to all member institutions, but any investigations prior to the change will be tainted and therefore dropped.
This will give them a publicly stated reason not to rule on the academic fraud at UNC, and the jewelry purchase at Duke.
January 23rd, 2013 at 2:59 pm
Blame it on the refs…
January 23rd, 2013 at 3:01 pm
Make sense UNC and Duke are their babies…
January 23rd, 2013 at 3:03 pm
So… they were paying Shapiro’s attorney for information? Well, have fun with that NCAA legal team.
The UL connection aside, the BIG winners here and the folks who can breathe a sigh of relief are Missouri.
January 23rd, 2013 at 3:03 pm
30 way to point out a big difference in the scenarios you are trying to compare. Cal hasn’t had any discretions but his players did. No where has Cal been implicated in helping the players cheat. UK would not have hired Cal had they thought he did something wrong. Your post saying UL knew of Hurtt’s discretions is saying that UL knows he’s guilty and hired him anyway. At least we can agree on that.
January 23rd, 2013 at 3:03 pm
When I saw that we were up against an rpi top 75 team I told my wife we would lose.. bring back lipscomb
January 23rd, 2013 at 3:04 pm
Lack of institutional control goes right back to Emmert.
January 23rd, 2013 at 3:05 pm
Damn this buffet at Solid Platinum is good. Teddy’s already had 5 plates!
January 23rd, 2013 at 3:06 pm
F-F-F-F-U-U-U-U- Emmeret. He got away with it now. DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY HAS NOT BEEN REVOKED. Where are the krugerrands.
January 23rd, 2013 at 3:07 pm
My point s they hired him knowing he could recruit and win and under the microscope of compliane office would not be allowed to mess up.
January 23rd, 2013 at 3:07 pm
that picture never gets old
January 23rd, 2013 at 3:09 pm
39 hey loser, our RPI is worse than Bama’s. How’s our ass taste?
January 23rd, 2013 at 3:10 pm
Wait, the NCAA doesn’t do anything improper! Everything is on a case-by-case basis. Thus it’s perfectly acceptable to break any rules on one case that they upheld on another case.
I thought that had been established as precedent… Oh, yeah, I forgot. The NCAA also doesn’t believe in precedents, so I guess it would make sense to punish themselves for something they wouldn’t otherwise see as wrong.
January 23rd, 2013 at 3:11 pm
43 and my point is that by your account, Louisville is vile enough to hire someone they know is a cheater and UK hired someone who has not been implicated in cheating.
January 23rd, 2013 at 3:18 pm
39, ‘Nova’s RPI was around 60, not that much better, and BTW, they were spanked hard by ‘Bama earlier in the season.
January 23rd, 2013 at 3:20 pm
If I was Memphis, I would be putting in a call to my attorneys to see if there is an angle to bring a lawsuit against the NCAA for slander and malpractice.
January 23rd, 2013 at 3:27 pm
I blame George Bush!
January 23rd, 2013 at 3:34 pm
i blame Mitt Romney !
January 23rd, 2013 at 3:41 pm
How many top 75 rpi teams has UK beaten this year? Is youronly signature win still over a weak ass maryland team.. how vile is UK for hiring the only coach in America with not one, but two vacated seasons under his belt…
January 23rd, 2013 at 3:45 pm
If hatcher comes to UK , Will we beat WKU this year???
January 23rd, 2013 at 3:55 pm
Why don’t they just go ahead and get the good folks at NC University to oversee the investigation? They can be drafting up the official “we can find no improprieties whatsoever” findings as we now speak. Oh, and give yourself a raise guys, for a job well done. For the upward minded staff members, send them on to Washington.
D.C. That is.
January 23rd, 2013 at 3:58 pm
I’m sure they can cash in on a couple of favors and have all technicalities handled….at Duke. Cash in some OLD favors, and UCLA will handle all PR concerns.
January 23rd, 2013 at 4:00 pm
Disband this corrupt organization!
January 23rd, 2013 at 4:58 pm
Free Enes!
January 23rd, 2013 at 5:10 pm
Agree RealCatsFan
January 24th, 2013 at 6:39 am
WHAT THE HELL! My UofL fan said 3 days ago, that they were going to be in big trouble and Bridgewater maybe done because supposedly he was one of the main kids getting benefits while being recruited by Hurtt. Obviously it is more Miami’s issue but the guy who recruited him should get the axe down and so should Bridgewater. What Bull !@#$. So you are telling me, absolutely nothing is going to happen?? Honestly, what is going on at UaVEl is about as shady as Auburn and Newton. If Newton got away with it, why shouldn’t UaVel. Ridiculous!