NCAA Discipline PolicyNCAA Discipline Policy

Allie RhodesAllie Rhodes

PunishmentPunishment

“The NCAA has chosen to remain silent on the ever-increasing issue of college athletes getting into trouble with the law…instead, decisions on how to handle troubled players facing criminal charges and convictions are left to each individual university”

Lockhart, T. (2009). THE NCAA SHOULD ADOPT A UNIFORM STUDENT-ATHLETE DISCIPLINE POLICY. UCLA Entertainment Law Review, 16(1), 119-154.

“The NCAA has chosen to remain silent on the ever-increasing issue of college athletes getting into trouble with the law…instead, decisions on how to handle troubled players facing criminal charges and convictions are left to each individual university”

Lockhart, T. (2009). THE NCAA SHOULD ADOPT A UNIFORM STUDENT-ATHLETE DISCIPLINE POLICY. UCLA Entertainment Law Review, 16(1), 119-154.

UNLVUNLV

Basketball player arrested for obstructing a police officer

Able to play in game the next day

No punishment from NCAA for being arrested

$200 bail from academic advisor

Basketball player arrested for obstructing a police officer

Able to play in game the next day

No punishment from NCAA for being arrested

$200 bail from academic advisor

Urban MeyerUrban Meyer

“Circle of trust” - made players fake injuries for failing a drug test

Wide receiver attacked a coach and was not punished

“Circle of trust” - made players fake injuries for failing a drug test

Wide receiver attacked a coach and was not punished

Protecting programs?Protecting programs?

Some people see the NCAA as an “organization that protects the relative dominance/status of ‘big-time’ programs

Some people see the NCAA as an “organization that protects the relative dominance/status of ‘big-time’ programs

ReferencesReferences

Arguello, L. (2012). Report: Urban Meyer Ran Marijuana-Infused, Zero AccountabilityProgram That Left Florida Decimated As Soon As He Quit. Business Insider. Sports Page.

Depken, C. A., & Wilson, D. P. (2006). NCAA Enforcement and Competitive

Balance in College Football. Southern Economic Journal, 72(4), 826-845. Lockhart, T. (2009). THE NCAA SHOULD ADOPT A UNIFORM STUDENT

ATHLETE DISCIPLINE POLICY. UCLA Entertainment Law Review, 16(1), 119-154.

Potuto, J. R. (2010). The NCAA Rules Adoption, Interpretation, Enforcement, andInfractions Processes: The Laws That Regulate Them and the Nature of Court Review. Vanderbilt Journal Of Entertainment & Technology Law, 12(2), 257-332.

Tracy, A. (2010) Athletic Discipline for Non-Sport Player Misconduct: The Role ofCollege Athletic Department and Professional League Discipline and the Legal System’s Penalties and Remedies. LexisNexis

Arguello, L. (2012). Report: Urban Meyer Ran Marijuana-Infused, Zero AccountabilityProgram That Left Florida Decimated As Soon As He Quit. Business Insider. Sports Page.

Depken, C. A., & Wilson, D. P. (2006). NCAA Enforcement and Competitive

Balance in College Football. Southern Economic Journal, 72(4), 826-845. Lockhart, T. (2009). THE NCAA SHOULD ADOPT A UNIFORM STUDENT

ATHLETE DISCIPLINE POLICY. UCLA Entertainment Law Review, 16(1), 119-154.

Potuto, J. R. (2010). The NCAA Rules Adoption, Interpretation, Enforcement, andInfractions Processes: The Laws That Regulate Them and the Nature of Court Review. Vanderbilt Journal Of Entertainment & Technology Law, 12(2), 257-332.

Tracy, A. (2010) Athletic Discipline for Non-Sport Player Misconduct: The Role ofCollege Athletic Department and Professional League Discipline and the Legal System’s Penalties and Remedies. LexisNexis