REPORT OF THE
NCAA DIVISION III COMMITTEE
ON INFRACTIONS
INFORMATIONAL
ITEMS
Statistics
Related to Secondary Cases for 2001.
Approximately 2,093
secondary violations were processed to completion during the 2001 calendar
year. The vast majority of the
violations were self-reported to the NCAA enforcement staff by the involved
institutions or their conferences, in accordance with NCAA Constitution 2.8.1
(Principle of Rules Compliance – Responsibility of Institution), although some
were the result of NCAA inquiries.
Of the 2,093
violations processed, Division III institutions accounted for 104 violations,
or five percent of the total. Over
the past three years, the number of secondary violations reported by Division
III institutions has remained fairly consistent; 113 in 2000 (six percent of
total), 105 in 1999 (six percent of total).
Overall, more
recruiting violations are processed each year than any other type. In fact, recruiting violations
accounted for 44 percent of all the violations processed during 2001.
For Division III
institutions, however, more Bylaw 14 (Eligibility) violations were processed
than any other type. Bylaw 14
violations accounted for 30 percent of the total number of Division III
violations, followed by recruiting violations (22 percent) and extra benefits
(16 percent). Generally, Bylaw 14
violations involved allowing student-athletes to compete even though they: (1) had not met NCAA
satisfactory-progress requirements, (2) had not been certified eligible by the
institution; or (3) were not enrolled in a full-time program of studies.
The compilation of
statistics is summarized in the attachment.
The National
Collegiate Athletic Association
March 27,
2002
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