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07.15.05: Big
12, Big East divvy up Gator, Sun Bowl spots |
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07.14.05: South
Carolina fesses up to "major" infractions ...
Player nabbed for trying to pass funny money |
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07.13.05: Football
player dies after conditioning drills |
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07.12.05: BCS
rolls out new 'human poll' to plug AP void |
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07.11.05: Arsonist
sues school for barring him from team |
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07.10.05: Lyme
Disease sidelines FSU QB for 2005 season |
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07.09.05: Turnstiles
spun at record rate for Heels' title win ... Convicted 'Bama
booster denies 'buying' Means |
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07.08.05: Turnstiles
spun at record rate for Heels' title win ... Convicted 'Bama
booster denies 'buying' Means |
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07.07.05: Detour
through Athens, GA, leads Bryant to ECU ... BCS bowls
hopping on video replay bandwagon |
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07.06.05: Rice
diamond stars make U.S. national team |
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07.05.05: UTEP,
Texas Tech resurrect football rivalry |
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News Nuggets, 07.16.05
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NOTES FROM ECU AND BEYOND...
Previous Day Nuggets...
Next Day Nuggets...
Compiled from staff reports
and electronic dispatches
Kansas acknowledges violations under Williams
LAWRENCE, KS — Roy Williams violated
NCAA rules as basketball coach at Kansas by approving payments to graduating
players and others who had used up their eligibility, the school said
Friday.
After conducting an internal review,
the school said Williams — now preparing for his third season at national
champion North Carolina — approved payments made by three representatives of
the university's ``athletics interests.''
The school said Dana Anderson, Joan
Edwards and Bernard Morgan gave cash and clothing to graduating student
athletes and other players who had exhausted their eligibility.
``Coach Williams and I discussed this
matter some time in the past and will talk again after both of us have had a
chance to review the report,'' North Carolina athletic director Dick Baddour
said in statement issued Friday. ``Coach Williams has a long and
distinguished record of running a program with integrity and within NCAA
rules. His record for more than 25 years as a college coach clearly
demonstrates that to be the case.''
Steve Kirschner, a spokesman for North
Carolina, said Williams was on a recruiting trip Friday and would release a
statement Saturday.
The violations, which Kansas reported
to the NCAA last month, were among several involving the men's and women's
basketball programs, and the football program, ending in 2003.
Most of the violations involved
arranging for test preparation and transportation for prospective athletes.
The school began its investigation on the same day athletic director Lew
Perkins arrived on the job in June 2003.
The university, which put its athletic
department on two years' probation, said the violations wouldn't carry any
television or postseason sanctions, but would result in a reduction of
scholarships in the football and women's basketball programs.
In a letter dated July 1, the NCAA told
the university its staff was reviewing the self-report and conducting
follow-up interviews. NCAA vice president David Price told the school the
investigation was expected to be completed by the fall.
The men's basketball violation will be
addressed through extra education about the rules regarding gifts. No other
sanctions against the program are planned.
News Nuggets are
compiled periodically based on material supplied by staff members; data
published by ECU, Conference USA and its member
schools; and reports from Associated Press and
other sources. Copyright 2005
Bonesville.net and other publishers. All rights reserved. This material may not be
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