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Wednesday 4 OctOber 2023

NCAA Division I Council approves proposals to create stricter

penalties for individual rule-breakers

Associated Press The NCAA is trying to mod- players during the pan-
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The ify the infractions process demic dead period.
NCAA Division I Council ap- to encourage cooperation NCAA rules allowed for Har-
proved on Tuesday a pack- by schools by punishing in- baugh to coach his team
age of proposed penalties dividuals involved rather at practice and meetings
for infractions cases that than hitting programs with leading up to game day.
would include stricter pun- postseason bans or recruit- Show-cause orders are
ishments for individual rule ing restrictions that impact commonly given to coach-
breakers. athletes who were not part es, administrators or staffers
The proposals include ex- of the rule-breaking. who have committed seri-
panding suspensions for Also, among the package ous infractions.
coaches to include the of proposals OK’d by the In a case resolved earlier
days between competi- council was publicly iden- this year involving Tennes-
tions, having schools incur tifying individuals involved see football, former head
penalties for employing in major violations and cre- coach Jeremy Pruitt re-
individuals who have re- ating a public database of ceived a six-year show
ceived a show-cause order coaches with a history of cause.
and expanding disassocia- Level I and II infractions. Currently, a school that
tions with boosters who vio- The NCAA committee on wants to employ an indi-
late rules. infractions has been hand- vidual with a show-cause in
The council was also ex- ing out suspensions to place needs to explain to
pected to discuss propos- coaches more frequently, the NCAA why and expos-
als for name, image and but those suspensions only es itself to stricter penalties
likeness compensation reg- include game days. if other violations involving
ulations and potentially ad- Michigan in August self- that employee occur.
justing transfer portal win- imposed a three-game sus- Under the proposal, hiring
dows. The council meet- Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh celebrates after a pension for football coach an individual under a show-
ing concludes Wednesday touchdown against Nebraska during the first half of an NCAA Jim Harbaugh in an infrac- cause would result in the
and its actions are not final college football game Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023, in Lincoln, Neb. tions case that involves school being penalized.q
until the meeting adjourns. (AP Photo/Rebecca S. Gratz) contact with recruits and