More Brilliance from the NCAA...

Wow... this just really shows the intelligence of the NCAA. I guess if you spend all your time worrying about these rules, it makes it easy to ignore the paying of players by boosters.

Coaches make honest mistakes - indystar.com

Why didn't we hear about this one? Oh that's right the media hid things like this. Knight was the ogre. Davis was the angel.

IU men's basketball
After arriving home from a loss at Purdue, coach Mike Davis required the team to watch video of the game for an hour. That violated a rule against practice after an event unless it's between games of a tournament.

No sleuthing was necessary to find out about this one. Dick Vitale talked about it on television. The compliance coordinator of another Big Ten school alerted IU. The team was required to reduce its "athletically related activities" for two weeks, and Davis received a letter of admonishment from the school, a normal part of penalties for secondary infractions.

Darn those NFL Fantasy Football leagues... they get you in trouble every time.

IU (general)
An administrator overheard some other staff members talking about how they fared based on the results of the weekend's pro football games. The compliance director followed up and they admitted they were in a fantasy football league that charged a $50 entry fee and had a $250 prize.

That's against NCAA rules because it's considered gambling. One staff member received a two-day suspension and a $100 fine. Two other staff members were suspended for a day.

I do find it rather funny that Purdue has to take their recruits to Bloomington to have a good time... says a lot doesn't it?

Purdue men's basketball
During an official campus recruiting visit, a recruit's player-host took him to a party in Bloomington, going outside the 30-mile radius that's allowed by the NCAA for entertainment.

The recruit had to pay $61.42 to charity. That was the difference in mileage money between what the school could provide within the rules and how far he actually traveled.

The player-host was suspended from team activities for five days and not allowed to host any more recruits during that semester.