UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Thursday, November 2, 1995
3B
Hurricanes admit to NCAA charges
Miami faces possible ban from bowl games, reduced scholarships
The Associated Press
CORAL GABLES, Fla. — The Miami Hurricanes likely will learn their punishment from the NCAA by the end of the year.
Yesterday, the university publicly admitted guilt on six of 10 NCAA charges, but denied the most damning allegation — lack of institutional control.
School officials will attend a hearing on Nov. 10 before the NCAA Committee on Infractions, and sanctions are expected to be announced four to six weeks later.
"There is a relief in that we're finally going to get to the end of this, we hope," athletic director Paul Dee said.
Probation could include a ban on bowl games and TV appearances for one or more years, as well as scholarship reductions.
At a news conference, the university released a summary of the 10 NCAA charges. Three involve a Pell Grant scandal that prompted a federal investigation and led to the conviction of former university academic adviser Tony Russell, who admitted falsifying the Pell Grant applications of 91 students, including 85 athletes.
The NCAA, which began its investigation four years ago, claims a lack of institutional control made the financial fraud possible.
"That is the allegation that carries with it the most likely heavy penalty," university president Edward Foote said. "Our position is that there was extensive wrongdoing with the Pell Grants, but it was orchestrated by one employee who has admitted that he did it and who is long since gone. We know of no other representative of this institution who was involved in any respect. Our position is that it is not a lack of institutional control."
Russell has said repeatedly that he acted without the knowledge of anyone at the university.
"There is a relief in that we're finally going to get to the end of this."
Paul Doo Miami athletic director
The school also denies that rap star Luther Campbell's special treatment of football players constituted an NCAA violation, saying Campbell wasn't affiliated with the school as a booster or season-ticket holder.
Miami admits violating NCAA rules by failing to follow its own drug-testing policies. The school also acknowledges a play-for-pay scheme involving at least one former football player, inaccurate room and board calculations and excessive distribution of books to athletes.
Foote and Dee declined to speculate on the severity of sanctions.
Miami players shrugged off the latest disclosures. The Hurricanes are 4-3 and remain in contention for a bowl bid.
"There's nothing we can do about it," sophomore center Mike Wehner said. "We weren't here when the players did whatever. We've got to take whatever the NCAA gives us andhope it's not much."
A list of the allegations was delivered to the university last week, and all of them were expected, Foote said. Most of the violations occurred during Dennis Ericson's six years at Miami, but Foote declined to blame the Hurricanes' former football coach for the trouble with the NCAA.
"I take responsibility for it. I'm the president here," Foote said. "The coach is gone. He served this university for a number of years and did a lot of good. I'm not about to look back and blame others."
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