The NCAA's last innocents
June 22, 2011 1:51 PM
So who are the innocents? According to the NCAA, there are 17 schools with major athletic departments (whose football teams compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision) that have never been found guilty of any major violation in any sport since 1953, when the NCAA began tracking rule violations. That's about 14% of the total.
The bulk of these schools (13) are programs like Air Force, Alabama-Birmingham, Bowling Green, Central Michigan, Florida Atlantic and Kent State that play in second-tier conferences where the pressure, the scrutiny, the level of recruiting and the expectations are smaller.
There are only four athletic programs from major conferences on the list. They are Boston College, Northwestern, Penn State and Stanford.
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The bulk of these schools (13) are programs like Air Force, Alabama-Birmingham, Bowling Green, Central Michigan, Florida Atlantic and Kent State that play in second-tier conferences where the pressure, the scrutiny, the level of recruiting and the expectations are smaller.
There are only four athletic programs from major conferences on the list. They are Boston College, Northwestern, Penn State and Stanford.
wsj.com
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