New NCAA legislation on academic misconduct in works

Wed., March 4, 2015

Associated Press

A group of 20 university presidents and college athletics administrators is crafting a proposal to better define when the NCAA should investigate cases of academic cheating by student athletes.

Ohio University president Rod McDavis, the chairman of the NCAA’s Committee of Academics, says the group plans to have a proposal ready by the end of June.

A final vote could happen by April 2016.

NCAA head of enforcement Jon Duncan said in January academic misconduct is on the rise and his department was handling 20 open academic-misconduct investigations.

McDavis told the AP that any time a coach or paid member of the school’s athletic staff is involved in an academic misconduct case the NCAA should be involved.

The committee’s greatest challenge is balancing institutional autonomy with the need for NCAA involvement and determining who should punish cheaters, McDavis said.

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