SUPPLEMENT NO. 12

DIII Presidents Council 4/02

 

 

DIVISION III COMMITTEE ON INFRACTIONS

 

Summary of Recommendations

 

 

INFORMATION ITEM

 

1.

ISSUE:

Statistics Related to Secondary Cases for 2001.

Committee Action:

 

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).

 

For Division III institutions, more Bylaw 14 (Eligibility) violations were processed than any other type (30 percent).  Recruiting violations (22 percent) and extra benefits (16 percent) were ranked second and third.  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.

 

Management Council Action:

 

Accepted the information.

 

 

The National Collegiate Athletic Association

April 10, 2002                             BB/DTD:skt