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Wednesday, November 2, 1988 / University Daily Kansan
THE NCAA RULING
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defended the way he ran his program during his five years at Kansas and resented the remarks made about him in a staff since they left Kansas in June.
"Since the first day we left, I don't think it's been fair," he said. "I spent five years there with a great staff and I'm proud of the kids we recruited. I'm proud of the team we set out on the court and I'm proud of everything we did for the University of Kansas."
Brown already had admitted to giving then-basketball recruit Vincent Askew $366 in cash out of his own pocket to purchase a round-trip plane ticket. Askew used the ticket to visit his grandmother, who was ill and who died shortly thereafter, according to Brown.
Brown was asked by ESPN whether he knew NCAA rules were being violated at the time. He said he was aware of the investigation and had made no attempt to hide his involvement.
"in you mean with the investigation and what happened with Askew, yeah, I was aware," Brown said. "A lot of these things were self-reported — the flight ticket back to see his grandmother. I was aware, but I was not aware of the gravity of it and I was led to believe it would not be a severe penalty or else I'm sure I wouldn't have left. After meeting with the NCAA in front of their Infractions Committee and hearing
their response to what we said. I was convinced there wasn't going to be anything done."
Brown hesitated when asked to comment on who started the initial investigation. An earlier report on KCTV'S last night had quoted sources saying former Memphis State men's basketball coach Dana Kirk had initiated the inquiry. Kirk is being charged with tax evasion and obstruction of justice in an unrelated case.
"I don't want to comment. I know where it started. It came from a source close to Vincent, that's obvious," he said.
Brown said during the afternoon news conference that he would not have left Kansas had he known the severity of the penalties the Jayhawks would receive.
"When I left Kansas to accept the job to come to San Antonio, I was led to believe that this was no big deal," he said.
Brown told ESPN that he did not believe the punishment fit the crime.
"No, I certainly don't," he said. "We ran a program for five years. They spent two-and-a-half years investigating our program and didn't come up with anything other than the Vincent Askew situation. When you look at the allegations and the things did, we it was just bad judgment. We weren't trying to break the rules."
The University of Kansas basketball program became the first program ever to be placed on NCAA probation following a national title
because of recruiting violations that occurred under former Kansas coach Larry Brown and his staff in 1986.
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and left midway through the conference with tears rolling down his face. He later returned.
"Upon hearing the news, it hit me like a ton of bricks." Newton said. "But we won't give up. It would have nice to be好 to the NCAA, but we
In San Antonio, former Kansas coach Larry Brown, now the San Antonio Spurs' coach, conducted a news conference and said he resented implications by Williams and Frederick that the program had been left in poor shape.
"Ever since I left KU the new coach and athletic director have been taking shots at me right from the
start," Brown said on a newscast on WIBW-TV in Topeka last night. "And that has really troubled me because we left the program in pretty darn good shape."
Frederick said he was surprised by Brown's statement.
"Well, I don't take shots at anybody." Frederick said. "Especially a friend. And I was surprised to hear him say that because I've never said much about it, or the little things about him. He was a great coach and did great things here."
The NCAA Committee on Infractions' report stated that Brown, members of his coaching staff, and three University representatives
gave extra benefits totaling $1,244 to a "highly-visible transfer student" during a 10-day period in June of 1986. Vincent Askew was a guard from Memphis State who was being recruited by Kansas and was in Lawrence during that time. He reportedly was involved in most of the violations.
One of the University representatives reportedly involved in the infractions was former Kansas guard Mike Marshall, who played for the Jayhawks during the 1983-84 season, former Kansas assistant coach Alvin Gentry said after meeting with the NCAA on Sept. 30.
NCAA Director of Enforcement
"They were trying to say that those kind of people shouldn't be held accountable for their actions by the University." Berst said. "We believe those acting with the knowledge and approval of the coaching staff should be held accountable for their actions."
David Berst said University officials and the Committee on Infractions disagreed on whether two of the three people were representatives of the institution's athletic interests because they were not "typical alumni representatives."
after it's 1983 case, had not helped to establish institutional control over its basketball program.
The NCAA report said Kansas' compliance program, which had been established at the University
Frederick said measures that recently had been taken to improve the compliance program were: the creation of a new compliance auditor position; that all coaches must comply with NCAA and Big Eight Conference rules as a condition of employment; the successful completion of a recruiting rules examination by all coaches; and an annual compliance audit of the football program and men's basketball program by an outside agency.
the NCAA also was disturbed by the casual administration of the summer jobs program by Kansas. The infractions report said prospective student-athletes were hired by an institutional representative and paid for work that was never performed.
Frederick said the ultimate reason for the severity of the penalty was the fact that Kansas was a repeat violator, but vowed that as long as he was athletic director, history would not repeat itself.
"If you read that statement carefully," Frederick said of a sentence in the infractions report. "The thing that bothered the committee most was that we were there in 1983. I guarantee you one thing. We won't be back there again."
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