Apparel-Gate Final Resolution - Thursday Jan 29th

[1972Shocker]

http://www.kansas.com/sports/college/wichita-state/article8524730.html

HCTB and the Shocker baseball program will find out if they face any additional penalties or sanctions related to the apparel-gate impermissible benefits.

What an efficient, well-oiled machine the NCAA is!

[RoyalShock]

Here's the NCAA ruling in all its, ahem, glory:

http://www.ncaa.org/wichita-state-staffer-gives-baseball-players-extra-benefits

[SB Shock]

So Gene # of wins are now going backward....

[RoyalShock]

So Gene # of wins are now going backward....

After reading through the analysis and penalties section, that is pretty much the only truly punitive damage, besides the $5000 fine. The probation is all administrative measures from what I can tell.

[_kai_]

Can someone explain what 1 year of probation equates to?

[1972Shocker]

Can someone explain what 1 year of probation equates to?

365 days.

[ShockBand]

Can someone explain what 1 year of probation equates to?

About the same UNC will get for their dereliction of duty.

[RoyalShock]

Here is the relevant portion relating to probation:

6. During this period of probation, the institution shall:

a. Continue to develop and implement a comprehensive educational program
on NCAA legislation to instruct the coaches, the faculty athletics
representative, all athletics department personnel and all institution staff
members with responsibility for the certification of student-athletes'
eligibility for admission, financial aid, practice or competition;

b. Submit a preliminary report to the Office of the Committees on Infractions
by April 1, 2015, setting forth a schedule for establishing this compliance
and educational program; and

c. File with the Office of the Committees on Infractions an annual
compliance report indicating the progress made with this program by
November 15, 2015. Particular emphasis should be placed on rules
education for support staff and education regarding the purchase or
provision of athletic apparel to student-athletes. The report must also
include documentation of the institution's compliance with the penalties
adopted and prescribed by the panel.

7. During the period of probation, the institution shall:

a. Inform prospective student-athletes in baseball that the institution is on
probation for one year and detail the violations committed. If a
prospective student-athlete takes an official paid visit, the information
regarding violations, penalties and terms of probation must be provided in
advance of the visit. Otherwise, the information must be provided before
a prospective student-athlete signs a National Letter of Intent.

b. Publicize specific and understandable information concerning the nature
of the infractions by providing, at a minimum, a statement to include the
types of violations and the affected sport programs and a direct,
conspicuous link to the public infractions report located on the athletic
department's main webpage and in the media guides for the involved
sports. The institution's statement must: (i) clearly describe the
infractions; (ii) include the length of the probationary period associated
with the major infractions case; and (iii) give members of the general
public a clear indication of what happened in the major infractions case to
allow the public (particularly prospective student-athletes and their
families) to make informed, knowledgeable decisions. A statement that
refers only to the probationary period with nothing more is not sufficient.Wichita State University Public Infractions Decision

8. Following the receipt of the final compliance report and prior to the conclusion of
probation, the institution's president shall provide a letter to the committee
affirming that the institution's current athletics policies and practices conform to
all requirements of NCAA regulations.

[_kai_]

365 days.

[Shocker85]

Nice little slap in the face to ol' Gene and further evidence he allowed the baseball program to swirl down the toilet as his empire crumbled around him. Honestly, was he doing anything constructive or just scamming the university for his exorbitant salary?

--'85.

[Play Angry]

So, this was more or less what we were expecting, si?

A token fine, vacating some wins, and a little extra administrative burden for a year. Total non event.

[_kai_]

So, this was more or less what we were expecting, si?

A token fine, vacating some wins, and a little extra administrative burden for a year. Total non event.

I guess I wasn't expecting them to vacate wins.

[WstateU]

So, this was more or less what we were expecting, si?

A token fine, vacating some wins, and a little extra administrative burden for a year. Total non event.

I guess I wasn't expecting them to vacate wins.

Yep, that's the part that chaps my a$$.

[1972Shocker]

Not sure I was expecting them to have to vacate wins but after reviewing the report I am not sure the committee really had any choice in the matter since apparently by rule the players were considered ineligible once they received the impermissible benefits.

The report, from what I could determine, did not specify how many wins would be vacated. I suppose that will be up to Wichita State to determine and to report back to the NCAA.

[_kai_]

Not sure I was expecting them to have to vacate wins but after reviewing the report I am not sure the committee really had any choice in the matter since apparently by rule the players were considered ineligible once they received the impermissible benefits.

The report, from what I could determine, did not specify how many wins would be vacated. I suppose that will be up to Wichita State to determine and to report back to the NCAA.

Yeah this is my feeling exactly. Not that my shock at vacated wins means I disagree with the punishment, because by the rule those players are deemed ineligible, just that I had never really thought it completely through that wins might be vacated as a punishment. Just took me by surprise this AM when reading those wins are getting axed.