NCAA Discipline Policy
Allie Rhodes
Punishment
“The NCAA has chosen to remain silent on the everincreasing 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.
UNLV
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 Meyer
“Circle of trust” - made players fake injuries
for failing a drug test
Wide receiver attacked a coach and was not
punished
Protecting programs?
Some people see the NCAA as an
“organization that protects the relative
dominance/status of ‘big-time’ programs
References
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Arguello, L. (2012). Report: Urban Meyer Ran Marijuana-Infused, Zero Accountability
Program That Left Florida Decimated As Soon As He Quit. Business Insider. Sports Page.
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Depken, C. A., & Wilson, D. P. (2006). NCAA Enforcement and Competitive
Balance in College Football. Southern Economic Journal, 72(4), 826-845.
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Lockhart, T. (2009). THE NCAA SHOULD ADOPT A UNIFORM STUDENT
ATHLETE DISCIPLINE POLICY. UCLA Entertainment Law Review, 16(1), 119-154.
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Potuto, J. R. (2010). The NCAA Rules Adoption, Interpretation, Enforcement, and
Infractions Processes: The Laws That Regulate Them and the Nature of Court Review.
Vanderbilt Journal Of Entertainment & Technology Law, 12(2), 257-332.
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Tracy, A. (2010) Athletic Discipline for Non-Sport Player Misconduct: The Role of
College Athletic Department and Professional League Discipline and the Legal System’s
Penalties and Remedies. LexisNexis