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NCAA grants waivers to BU players
The Associated Press
WACO, Texas — Baylor basketball players who transfer because of the school's self-imposed probation will be exempt from an NCAA rule that they sit out a year, NCAA officials ruled Wednesday.
"The waivers have been granted," said Jeff Howard, NCAA director of public relations. "The transfers will not have to sit out."
Baylor President Robert Sloan Jr. offered all players a release from their scholarships on Aug. 8, when he announced major violations had been found in the basketball program. He asked the NCAA to waive its rule that players transferring within NCAA Division I schools sit out one year before being eligible.
Although the NCAA has
waived its rule, individual conference rules still apply, Howard said.
The Big 12 Conference requires players transferring within the league to sit out a year. Baylor junior forward Kenny Taylor said Tuesday that he will transfer to Texas.
It was not immediately clear if the Big 12 would consider transfer waivers for Baylor players. Calls by The Associated Press to Big 12 officials Wednesday night were not immediately returned.
The ruling was made by a fiveperson subcommittee of the NCAA's Management Council called the Administrative Review Subcommittee.
Howard was unsure if the NCAA had ever granted such a blanket ruling about transfer waivers.
"I can't say for sure that this has never happened," he said. "But
this was definitely a very unusual circumstance."
Lawrence Roberts, Baylor's top scoreer and rebounder last season said Monday he will transfer to Mississippi State.
Junior guard John Lucas III has also requested his release, as have sophomore forward Tommy Swanson and junior college transfer Harvey Thomas.
Lucas has said losing a year of eligibility would be a deterrent to transferring.
Baylor recruit Tyrone Nelson, a center, enrolled at Prairie View A&M last week.
A&M last week.
The school launched an internal inquiry into possible NCAA violations in July, after allegations surfaced of improper payments to players following the disappearance of junior Patrick Dennehy. Coach Dave Bliss and athletic director Tom Stanton resigned
Aug.8.
The school then placed itself on a two-year probation and won't participate in any postseason tournaments next season, including the Big 12 tournament. All players were offered a release from their scholarships, allowing them to transfer to other schools.
Howard said the university presents the facts to NCAA and then the facts are reviewed by staff and committees before a ruling is made.
Dennehy's body was found in a field near Waco on July 25, four days after teammate Carlton Dotson was charged with murder. An autopsy report showed Dennehy died of two gunshot wounds to the head.
Carlton remains in a jail in his home state of Maryland as prosecutors work to extradite him to Texas.
Problems plague some Big Ten teams
By Donovan Burba
The Daily iowan via U-WIRE
The University of Iowa
IOWA CITY, Iowa — At the Big Ten football media day in late July, Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz expressed his relief at a summer devoid of the kind of off-the-field problems that plagued the Hawkeyes in 2002.
Not all of his peers have been so blessed. Players from several Big Ten programs ran into academic, legal or NCAA-compliance trouble this off-season, leaving coaches scrambling to fill holes and deal with inquisitive media and NCAA investigators. What sets the summer of 2003 apart from its recent predecessors is the number of big-name players who find themselves facing suspension — or worse.
The problems start at the top. Ohio State's Maurice Clarett and Michigan's Marlin Jackson, the Big Ten's preseason offensive and defensive player of the year, respectively, could find themselves riding the pine at the start of the season.
Clarett, who was fourth in the league in rushing last season, is suspected of benefiting from academic favoritism after a former Ohio State teaching assistant alleged that the running back was allowed to take an oral exam after walking out of a beginning-level midterm. He was the only student allowed an oral exam.
The former teaching assistant met with NCAA investigators Wednesday and alleged that Clarett's grades had been changed and that he had been given answers to quizzes by
tutors. Although neither the NCAA nor Ohio State has concluded its investigation, Clarett has been held out of all team functions, including practices.
Coach Jim Tressel said Aug. 16 that even if his star back—considered an early Heisman favorite—is cleared of any wrongdoing, he might not be in game shape in time for the defending national champion Buckeyes' opener on Aug. 30 against Washington.
Michigan's Jackson, a preseason All-America defensive back, pleaded guilty to aggravated assault on Aug. 13, avoiding a more serious charge of felonious assault. The versatile junior was accused of hitting a man in the eye with a bottle at a party. Jackson's sentencing isn't until Sept. 11, and coach Lloyd Carr hasn't
made any decisions on his star's fate. However, it would be highly unusual for a player, even one of Jackson's caliber, not to be suspended after pleading guilty to such a charge.
One marquee name who is already out for the year is Purdue running back Joey Harris. The Boilermakers' leading rusher in 2002 failed to post a 2.0 GPA by the beginning of his fourth year, an NCAA requirement, effectively ending his Purdue career. Coach Joe Tiller said Harris, only the fifth player in school history to rush for 1,000 yards in a season, "didn't measure up" to the team's expectations. Backups Brandon Jones and Jerod Void will battle for the vacant position, but neither can match Harris' speed and experience.
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