During the teleconference earlier, the spokesperson for the NCAA Committee on Infractions kept referring to the NCAA violation matrix, a structure of punishments that was put in place within the last few years to determine the punishment for each offense. Here is a link to that matrix. One thing that stands out to me: The sanctions Missouri got today are consistent with a standard Level One violation, or one with a mitigating factor (which would be self-reporting). Basically, what this means is, unless Missouri is able to convince the appellate body that its violations did not constitute a Level One offense, I don't see a way the sanctions are reduced by much, because they would still fall within those Level One blocks. Now, it's possible that Mizzou has an argument that this isn't a Level One case, being that it was just one tutor and not systemic or ordered by any superiors. But right now it's very hard to predict whether that's likely, as the language on what constitutes a Level One versus Levels 2-4 violations is quite vague.
We are about to hop on a conference call with Sterk and chancellor Cartwright, so they might be able to shed some more light on the basis of Missouri's appeal. I am also trying to get a lawyer who specializes in NCAA cases on the phone. But wanted to pass that along before I got too busy.
We are about to hop on a conference call with Sterk and chancellor Cartwright, so they might be able to shed some more light on the basis of Missouri's appeal. I am also trying to get a lawyer who specializes in NCAA cases on the phone. But wanted to pass that along before I got too busy.
