Schools increasingly giving disgraced coaches second chances
The questions came one after another the moment Xavier announced it was bringing back Sean Miller, its former and wildly successful basketball coach. The guy who had been fired by Arizona and left in his wake multiple NCAA violations. Athletic director Greg Christopher went on the defensive, calling the allegations “troubling."
news.yahoo.com‘There’s no rules. It’s crazy’: New money in NCAA recruiting leaves elite athletes ripe for exploitation
: said one top high school football player. About two dozen states have encoded the rights of college athletes to enter NIL deals, but the patchwork of laws and rules includes few protections for players in the newly deregulated environment. Meanwhile, in a growing number of states, including California, even high school athletes can enter contracts. But boosters can pay prospective students through NIL deals, as long as the money is not contingent on enrollment or athletic performance. A University of Miami booster has earmarked $10 million to sign players to NIL deals through his companies.
thewestsidegazette.comNo. 18 Alabama beats No. 1 North Carolina 103-101 in 4 OTs
Mark Sears had 24 points, five rebounds and five assists, and No. 18 Alabama sent top-ranked North Carolina to a second straight loss with a 103-101 in a quadruple-overtime thriller in the third-place game of the Phil Knight Invitational tournament.
Widow asks $55M from NCAA for ex-USC football player's death
Attorneys asked a jury Monday to award $55 million to the widow of a former USC football player, in a landmark case accusing the NCAA of failing to protect him from repetitive head trauma that led to his death. Matthew Gee, a hard-hitting linebacker who was on the 1990 Rose Bowl-winning squad, endured countless blows that caused permanent brain damage and led to cocaine and alcohol abuse that eventually killed him at age 49, his lawyers said in closing arguments. In the first case of its kind to go to a jury, the attorneys in told Los Angeles Superior Court jurors that the NCAA, the governing body of college athletics in the U.S., had known about effects of head trauma in sports since the 1930s but failed for decades to notify players of the risks or put rules in place to protect players.
news.yahoo.comKinchens’ 3 INTs, Miami’s offense shines in rout of Jackets
Kamren Kinchens had three of Miami’s four interceptions and scored on a 99-yard pick-six, freshman quarterback Jacurri Brown filled in for Tyler Van Dyke and passed for three touchdowns, and the Hurricanes routed Georgia Tech 35-14 on Saturday.
Miami coach Katie Meier suspended for 1st 3 games of season
Miami women’s basketball coach Katie Meier has been suspended for the first three games of the season while the school cooperates with an NCAA probe. Meier said Sunday that she is also cooperating with the NCAA. Neither she, the school nor the NCAA has released specifics of the probe, other than Miami calling it “an enforcement matter."
news.yahoo.com2023 FSU Baseball Schedule Announced
The college baseball season inches closer as new Florida State head coach Link Jarrett announced the 2023 schedule for the Seminoles Wednesday morning. Among the in-state schools FSU will face during mid-week games are Jacksonville, USF, Bethune-Cookman, UCF, North Florida and Stetson. FSU and Kennesaw State will play an exhibition game on October 22 at 1:00 p.m. at Dick Howser Stadium. TCU, Florida, Virginia, Miami, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest, Kennesaw State and Louisville also reached the NCAA Tournament last year. For more Florida College News visit: www.communitynewspapers.comFor more sports coverage from NBA,NFL, to NCAA contact Julian Ojeda: julian@communitynewspapers.com
communitynewspapers.comKentucky notifies NCAA of violations for unperformed work
Kentucky has self-reported violations to the NCAA following an investigation into athletes being compensated for part-time work that was not performed at the university hospital. The school asked that the violations be processed as Level III in the report, which was released Saturday but submitted Sept. 3 to NCAA reinstatement director Jerry Vaughn. The school began an investigation after learning in February of possible violations, which were found to have occurred between spring 2021 and March.
news.yahoo.comNew rules make star college football players millionaires
Glance around the parking lot of the Woody Hayes Athletic Center at The Ohio State University this fall and you might come across a $200,000 palace on wheels, the kind of luxury ride more likely to be found in the garages of movie stars, music moguls and titans of business than on a college campus. “It’s definitely changed my life for the future,” Stroud said of the several NIL deals to flow his way over the past year, “and I think it’s a jump-start to being a businessman before you get to the NFL, if that’s your path.” More than a year ago, the NCAA lifted long-standing restrictions on players profiting from their celebrity status, and in some cases it turned elite players such as Stroud and Alabama quarterback Bryce Young into instant millionaires.
news.yahoo.comSenators Tuberville, Manchin working on bill to tackle NIL
Tommy Tuberville and Joe Manchin have reached out to college sports leaders, including the Southeastern Conference commissioner, for feedback and ideas on how to regulate the way athletes are compensated for their names, images and likenesses. Tuberville (R-Ala.), a former college football coach who led Auburn to an undefeated season in 2004, and Manchin (D-W.Va.) announced Wednesday that their staffs have already begun drafting a NIL bill that they said would will be in compliance. “The lack of meaningful leadership and a lack of clarity in this area resulting from Alston (Supreme Court decision) means that the U.S. Congress must act to set clear ground rules for student-athletes and institutions alike,” the senators wrote in a letter to Southeastern Conference Commissioner Greg Sankey.
news.yahoo.comAuburn, Stanford heading to Omaha; SEC nabs 4 of 8 CWS spots
The College World Series again will have a strong Southeastern Conference flavor after Auburn became the fourth SEC team to make the NCAA baseball tournament's final eight. The Tigers knocked off No. 3 national seed Oregon State 4-3 on the road Monday night to win their best-of-three super regional and lock up the last spot in the CWS. No. 2 Stanford also won the deciding game in its home super regional, beating UConn 10-5 to earn a second straight trip to the CWS.
news.yahoo.comArizona eliminates Miami from NCAA tournament after ninth inning rally
Heartbreak was the only way to describe Sunday night as the Hurricanes fell to Arizona at Mark Light Field in the NCAA regional to end their magical season. However, a single, a player hit by a pitch and a double by Arizona outfielder Tanner O’Tremba gave Arizona the 4-3 lead that would decide the game. “Obviously, here at our ballpark we played pretty well all year long, but at the end of the day we didn’t score runs and we didn’t swing the bat. Both teams stranded many runners on base, with Arizona leaving nine and Miami 10. Though the loss prematurely ended the Hurricanes’ season, Miami’s 2022 campaign was mostly successful, as the team hosted a regional for the first time since 2016.
themiamihurricane.comRichardson and Achong fall in NCAA title game
The Hurricanes’ magical run in the NCAA Doubles Championship has ended. 1 Jaeda Daniel and Neil Miller of NC State in the NCAA title game on Saturday afternoon at the Khan Outdoor Sports Complex in Urbana, Ill. Richardson and Achong, who lost to Daniel and Miller, 6-4, in March, then held to secure their first game. The comeback ended there, as Daniel and Miller took the next three games to clinch the NCAA Doubles Championship title game, 6-2, 7-5. During her five-year campaign, she won the 2018 NCAA Doubles Championship at LSU and became the first player to make the NCAA finals at two different schools.
themiamihurricane.comRichardson and Achong advance to NCAA title game
Fifth-year senior Eden Richardson and fourth-year junior Daevenia Achong defeated their third consecutive ranked foe to advance to the NCAA Doubles Championship title game. Something then clicked for Richardson and Achong, though, as they won four consecutive points to take the first set, 7-6 (7-5). Richardson and Achong didn’t drop a point in the last game, earning a 6-2 second set victory to reach the NCAA title match. They stayed aggressive, they stayed true to their game and it worked out for them.”With the victory, Miami is the only school to make the NCAA title match in the past three years. Alongside Achong, Eden Richardson will play in the final match of her college career on Saturday afternoon at 1:30 p.m.
themiamihurricane.comRichardson and Achong survive No. 11 Texas to reach Final Four
After barely taking the first set, an unforeseen obstacle stood in the way of Miami and the Final Four: weather. 11 Peyton Stearns and Allura Zamarripa of Texas, this year’s NCAA Team champion. Richardson and Achong broke and then held serve to regain the lead, 6-5. In the second set, Richardson and Achong jumped out to a 2-0 lead. For Richardson, this is her second semifinal appearance, as she won the NCAA Doubles Championship while at LSU in 2018.
themiamihurricane.comRichardson and Achong advance to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Doubles Championship
Once we brought the hype back into the match and we took some angles out of the match, I think it turned around. Achong and Richardson soon found their groove, though, and took the next four games. The Hurricanes fended off four game points to break Furman’s serve and go up 5-2. Richardson and Achong dropped the next one, though, and went down 5-2. Facing four set points, Richardson and Achong staved them all off to equalize, 5-5.
themiamihurricane.comMiami’s season ends in Sweet 16 against eighth-ranked Pepperdine
A season that saw Miami women’s tennis reach its highest ranking since 2016 (No. 8 Pepperdine, 4-0, in their first-ever road match in the NCAA Team Championship Sweet Sixteen. It marked the first time UM (19-6, 10-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) was swept all season. The bottom line is, I just think they were better than us,” Miami head coach Paige Yaroshuk-Tews said. Despite the loss, the Hurricanes have much to be proud of this season, as they hosted their first regional and made their first Sweet Sixteen since 2018.
themiamihurricane.comMiami women’s tennis downs UCF to advance to Sweet 16
For the 24th time in program history, Miami is headed to the NCAA Team Championship Sweet 16. “[UCF] is physical … the weather isn’t really an issue for them,” Miami head coach Paige Yaroshuk-Tews said. But the Knights fought off match point in the next game and took two more to regain the lead, 6-5. From there, the Knights would not win another point, as Miami dominated singles play by taking four matches in straight sets. 33 Achong gave Miami the lead for good, beating Saidenova, 6-1, 6-4, for the second time this year.
themiamihurricane.comMiami women’s tennis hosts first regional in four years, sweeping Stetson to advance to second round of NCAAs
For the first time since 2018, ninth-seeded Miami hosted a regional during the NCAA Team Championship on a hot and humid Friday afternoon at the Neil Schiff Tennis Center. 61 Stetson, 4-0, and advanced to the Round of 32 for the 20th straight time, a streak that began during head coach Paige Yaroshuk-Tews’s first season. With the victory, Miami moved to 26-1 on its home court during NCAA Team Championship play, sweeping first-round opponents all 14 times it has hosted. She notched Miami’s second point with a 6-4, 6-1 victory. “This is a really solid [Stetson] team,” Yaroshuk-Tews said.
themiamihurricane.comSaban: Current state of college football not 'sustainable'
Nick Saban's willingness to adapt and often be a catalyst for change in college football, both on the field and off, has propelled Alabama to six national championships in 13 seasons. The 70-year-old coach is confident his program will continue to thrive during this new era of college athletics, with players having more opportunities to earn money than ever before and more power to determine where they play. “I don’t think what we’re doing right now is a sustainable model,” Saban told The Associated Press in a recent interview.
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