Ark. college agrees to forfeit 22 games over eligibility issue.FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) -- The Arkansas-Fort Smith women's basketball Women's basketball is one of the few games which developed in tandem with men's. It became popular, spreading from the east coast of the United States to the west coast, in large part via women's colleges. team will forfeit 22 games this season after a random audit found the Lady Lions used an ineligible athlete. The National Junior College Athletic Association conducted the audit at the school and found the player took part in 22 of the Lady Lions' 25 games this season, the school said. After looking over NJCCA's audit, the school reported the violations and agreed to forfeit the games. The forfeits put Arkansas-Fort Smith at 4-22 overall and 23 in the Bi-State Conference East Division. The NJCAA NJCAA National Junior College Athletic Association is allowing the Lady Lions to finish the season. In a statement, coach Louis Whorton apologized for the violations. "As women's head basketball coach, I am responsible for crossing all the t's and dotting all the i's," Whorton said. "This was a regrettable oversight and everyone can be assured that it will never happen again." UA Fort Smith athletic director Athletic director (commonly, "athletics director") is a position at many American colleges and universities, as well as in larger high schools and middle schools, which oversees the work of the coaches and related staff involved in intercollegiate or interscholastic athletic Dustin Smith said there was no intent to circumvent NJCAA rules and that the violation was "an oversight" that occurred simply because of "human error." |
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