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Date Posted: 18:35:36 07/30/03 Wed
Author: Starter
Subject: More on Utes...
In reply to: Starter 's message, "Utes get three years' probation" on 18:33:24 07/30/03 Wed

Utes to announce results of probe by NCAA today
By Rich Evans
Deseret Morning News

With the glacial investigation process finally completed, the NCAA will announce today what penalties the University of Utah athletic department will suffer.

Thomas Yeager, chairman of the Division I Committee on Infractions for the NCAA, will hold a telephone news conference at 1:30 p.m. A press conference at the U. — which will include president Bernie Machen, basketball coach Rick Majerus and athletics director Chris Hill — has been called for 3 p.m. on campus.

Chris Hill, Utah athletic director, declined to comment Tuesday on the extent of those penalties.

This process started nearly two years ago, after the university conducted its own lengthy investigation and uncovered numerous NCAA violations, most committed by the men's basketball program. A voluminous report outlining those violations was sent to the NCAA and released to the media.

At that time the university said the infractions qualified as less-serious "secondary violations," ranging from a complimentary meal for players at a tailgate party to free milk and cookies for players at film sessions.

The university's investigation was at least in part a response to allegations made by former Utah ski coach Pat Miller, who was fired in April 2001 for committing an NCAA violation. Miller said his offense was far less serious than many others committed by athletic department personnel, involving fraudulent academic credit, tutoring and student eligibility.

Hill had declined to renew Miller's contract after learning that the award-winning coach falsified the academic record of a recruit.

The university contended that Miller's allegations were false and that the violations they discovered were less serious than the altering of an academic record.

Most of the violations the university uncovered were "in the area of extra food items for student-athletes," the report stated. Some of the benefits, however, ranged into the hundreds of dollars.

Among other things, the report's conclusion acknowledged that the university has given "too much deference and latitude" to the men's basketball program.

Despite that, the report's conclusion is that "in most areas of compliance, including eligibility, academics, recruiting and booster involvement, the Athletics Department has performed very well."

The report included a lengthy list of "corrective measures and punitive actions," including written reprimands, improved education of athletic department personnel regarding NCAA rules and more thorough monitoring of recruiting practices.

While the violations cited in the university's report would appear to qualify as secondary violations, there is a potential catch. The NCAA rule book stipulates that "multiple secondary violations by a member institution may collectively be considered as a major violation."

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[> Understatement... -- perry c, 12:52:06 07/31/03 Thu

"Utah basketball coach Rick Majerus never saw a crime in buying a hamburger..."

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