Kansas reports NCAA violations

[mred]

Kansas today released a report detailing rules violations by the FB, MBB, and WBB teams. The WBB violations mainly have to do with illegal housing for players (getting housing at below cost) and inappropriate benefits given to prospective athletes (standardized test help, transportation, and workouts). All violations occured in summer/fall 2002.

Kansas is self-imposing the following penalties:

Removal of two scholarships for 05-06
Reduction of off-campus recruiting for 05-06 by one coach (3 to 2)
Additional rules education for the coaches.

I consider the self-imposed penalties very minor, and even though the violations were pretty minor I suspect the NCAA may extend one or both of the penalties by a year.

http://kuathletics.collegesports.com/genrel/071505aaq.html

[FeFiFoFum]

From that:

"The women's basketball violations, according to the university's reports, were mostly linked to former assistant Tim Eatman, and all took place in the summer and fall semester of 2002, and involved two prospective student-athletes."

Seems that it was BB (Before Bonnie)

[mred]

Yes. Nobody currently associated with the program was involved. Of course, the current team is the one that'll end up being punished for it.

[brolewis]

It's good to know that Bonnie is clean of these crimes, but unfortunately she will receive the punishment. In light of Baylor's recent ruling, I know how much it sucks to get punished for the failings of past individuals but that's the way that the NCAA works.

[OhMandy]

From that:

"The women's basketball violations, according to the university's reports, were mostly linked to former assistant Tim Eatman, and all took place in the summer and fall semester of 2002, and involved two prospective student-athletes."

Seems that it was BB (Before Bonnie)


Eatman is an assistant coach at Louisville now.

http://uoflsports.collegesports.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/eatman_timothy00.html


This is further proof that Marian Washington stayed on as head coach way too long. And if you think Marian didn't know what Eatman was doing, I have some land I want to sell you.

[Waylontheman]

Marian stayed around WAY too long but alot of things went into that. First she was a black woman(be in the business field for too long and will find that is a hot commodity or you will be in big trouble-not a racist comment but the facts), she had success in her days(even the first Big 12 title) and was a "pioneer". It was the WBB program and Roy Williams ran the show(oops Al Bohl.....). Roy is a great coach but he is an egomaniac(he even crushed Al Bohl like a dove in his hand......thank god for that one.) Then Lew came along started pumping money into the budget and got rid of Washington. Thank god for Lew!:)

I really have no problems with these infractions and things happen. 2 schollys won't kill us(does anyone really go 12 deep but Tech? LOL) but wish we had 3 coaches out on the road.

[OhMandy]

Ex-assistant carries bulk of blame

By Ryan Greene
Journal-World Sports Writer

Saturday, July 16, 2005

Former Kansas University women's basketball assistant coach Tim Eatman was responsible for landing the nation's No. 6-rated recruiting classes in 1997 and 1998.

Though, after the University released the results of an internal investigation Friday, he was accountable for much more. The women's basketball program was found to have committed five violations in the summer and fall semesters of 2002, and Eatman's name is linked to four.

Eatman came to KU in 1996 as recruiting coordinator. After leaving to be the head coach at the Illinois-Chicago for four seasons, he returned for the two final seasons of the Washington era. He is currently an assistant coach at the University of Louisville. Attempts to reach him Friday were unsuccessful.

The violations garnered stiff penalties included in the two-year probationary period under which the athletics department was placed by KU Chancellor Robert Hemenway.

The program will forfeit two scholarships for the 2005-06 season, as well as reduce the number of off-campus recruiting coaches from three to two during the 2005-06 campaign.

The most serious violation came in summer of 2002, when Eatman arranged for two prospective players to attend Kaplan Test Preparation Center to help them achieve scores on standardized tests to gain eligibility. In evidence found during the investigation, the prospective student-athletes were given books for the prep course at no charge by Theresa Richter, a representative at the Testing Center.

In the fall semester, Eatman and former KU assistant Lynette Woodard, provided transportation to two prospective players on two separate occasions on the KU campus to take the standardized tests.

Also during that summer, Eatman made arrangements for two prospective players to both live and work at Naismith Hall, which is a dormitory not owned by the school. The recruits were supposed to work in Naismith's dining facility in exchange for the cost of their housing and meals, but the value of the work provided was deemed insufficient to pay for their time at Naismith.

Other violations involved two recruits participating in out-of-season pickup games with then-current KU women's players at the school's facilities in the late summer and early fall.

"Lew Perkins discussed these compliance issues with me during my interview process, so my staff and I have known about this since Day One," current coach Bonnie Henrickson said. "I appreciate Lew's forthrightness, and I think the penalties we have self-imposed are appropriate. We look forward to putting this behind us as soon as the NCAA completes its investigation."

The most serious infractions found and reported to the NCAA apparently were in the men's football and women's basketball programs. But rules also were found to have been breached in the men's basketball program, mainly because of gifts of cash and clothing from team supporters to graduating or no-longer-eligible players.


http://www.kusports.com/news/w_bball/story/114812

[LadyBuff]

The sad part about the punishment is the current program has to deal with them, when Marion and her program were the guilty parties.

[wwi_flying_ace_17]

This might get ugly.

http://www.kusports.com/news/marian_washington/story/114823

Former Kansas University women's basketball coach Marian Washington is incensed over any implication she and assistant coach Lynette Woodard committed NCAA violations at KU.

"I am offended at what would be a personal attack on my integrity," Washington told the Journal-World on Sunday.

Washington said she and basketball Hall of Famer Woodard would today or Tuesday hold a news conference to discuss KU's self report of women's basketball violations to the NCAA.

[OhMandy]

Ex-assistant carries bulk of blame



The most serious violation came in summer of 2002, when Eatman arranged for two prospective players to attend Kaplan Test Preparation Center to help them achieve scores on standardized tests to gain eligibility. In evidence found during the investigation, the prospective student-athletes were given books for the prep course at no charge by Theresa Richter, a representative at the Testing Center.

In the fall semester, Eatman and former KU assistant Lynette Woodard, provided transportation to two prospective players on two separate occasions on the KU campus to take the standardized tests.

Also during that summer, Eatman made arrangements for two prospective players to both live and work at Naismith Hall, which is a dormitory not owned by the school. The recruits were supposed to work in Naismith's dining facility in exchange for the cost of their housing and meals, but the value of the work provided was deemed insufficient to pay for their time at Naismith.

Other violations involved two recruits participating in out-of-season pickup games with then-current KU women's players at the school's facilities in the late summer and early fall.




http://www.kusports.com/news/w_bball/story/114812

I don't think these violations are that bad. I mean he didn't get somebody to take the tests for the players. He didn't try to doctor the test scores. So he got the players free tutoring and books to pass the SAT? Big deal.

So Eatman and Woodward gave rides to HS players? Big deal

Tell me the difference between a school or NCAA official who gets a low interest loan or free car or country club membership in exchange for tickets and players getting housing and meals in exchange for doing some work. Nothing!!! Typical NCAA double standard.

If the NCAA would punish every coach who watched out-of-season pickup games with recruits and current players there wouldn't be enough teams to host a Final Four.


But having said that, KU did break the rules and thus should be punished. But what really needs to happen is that the NCAA has to change the rule book. Too many stupid rules that make no sense.