NCAA INVESTIGATES CSUN PROBE FOCUSES ON POSSIBLE ACADEMIC RULES VIOLATION.Byline: Jill Painter Staff Writer Cal State Northridge is under investigation by the NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association for an academic rules violation within the men's basketball program, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. sources. 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 Dick Dull confirmed the NCAA is conducting an investigation, which sources say centers on junior-college transfer John Clark John Clark is the name of:
Administrators in the kinesiology kinesiology Study of the mechanics and anatomy of human movement and their roles in promoting health and reducing disease. Kinesiology has direct applications to fitness and health, including developing exercise programs for people with and without disabilities, preserving department detected problems with two of Clark's classes and reported them, the sources said. The school then reported the possible violations to the NCAA last month. ``This has been at the highest levels of the university and our position is not to comment until (the investigation) is concluded,'' Dull said. President Jolene Koester Jolene Koester is the president of California State University, Northridge. The California State University Board of Trustees announced her appointment as president on November 16, 1999, and she took office as the fourth president of the University on July 1, 2000. referred comment to Dull through a university spokesman, and Dull referred to a university-released statement. NCAA spokesman Jeff Howard said the NCAA would not confirm the investigation. After the investigation is concluded, the university has the opportunity to respond to the findings. If an infraction Violation or infringement; breach of a statute, contract, or obligation. The term infraction is frequently used in reference to the violation of a particular statute for which the penalty is minor, such as a parking infraction. INFRACTION. is deemed major, the Division I infractions committee has a hearing and the NCAA releases its findings after a ruling is made. CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge was eligible May 31 to come off three years of probation for numerous rules violations within the football program. Paul Bubb, the athletic director at the time of the infractions, had resigned before the investigation concluded and then-coach Ron Ponciano was fired. One assistant basketball coach and two assistant coaches from other sports are involved in the basketball investigation, according to sources, and were interviewed by the NCAA last week. Clark was ruled ineligible by CSUN on Jan. 27. As the Matadors basketball team was about to leave for a game at Cal State Fullerton, Clark was pulled off the team bus. Faculty athletic representative Barbara Swerkes had learned Clark was ineligible and informed Dull and the coaching staff. Clark didn't play the rest of the season, and it's unclear whether he will be eligible to play next year, his senior season. This investigation is one of several rules issues CSUN is facing this year. The school recently concluded an internal investigation after volleyball player J.P. Jandreau informed the school of problems in the volleyball program. In a letter to Jandreau, Dull said he would oversee changes in several areas, including consumption of alcohol on the road by players and coaches, treatment of athletes during the recruiting process and hazing Hazing is an often ritualistic test and a task, which may constitute harassment, abuse or humiliation with requirements to perform random, often meaningless tasks, sometimes as a way of initiation into a social group. . And last week, CSUN's Jerrick Holmes was stripped of his NCAA title in the high jump and was ruled ineligible for 365 days. Jill Painter, (818) 713-3615 jill.painter(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: JOHN CLARK Problems with two of junior-college transfer's classes were reported, sources said. |
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