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FSU Can Expect Long Wait For Resolution

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By SCOTT CARTER | The Tampa Tribune

Published: February 16, 2008

TALLAHASSEE - On the same day Florida State announced the university was placing its athletic program on two years of probation as part of self-imposed sanctions relating to an academic cheating scandal, Indiana basketball coach Kelvin Sampson shared the spotlight after the NCAA announced Sampson was in violation of five potential "major" NCAA violations.

In that case, Indiana filed a report of its internal investigation of more than 100 alleged telephone recruiting violations by Sampson to the NCAA on Oct. 3. On Thursday, more than four months later, NCAA officials released their findings. According to Friday's Indianapolis Star, the NCAA's Committee on Infractions is expected to hear Indiana's case June 14. A decision on punishment is expected four to eight weeks later.

At the conclusion of FSU's 30-page account to the NCAA, the report states "the institution appreciates the opportunity to submit this information and looks forward to the expeditious resolution of this manner."

Based on the timeline in Indiana's case, FSU won't hear from the NCAA until around July, and then wouldn't have an opportunity to actually argue its case with the Committee on Infractions until around November.

NCAA spokeswoman Stacey Osborn said Friday there is no standard timetable in cases such as FSU's.

"It is determined on a case-by-case basis," Osborn said. "Obviously, the more complicated the case, the longer the infraction process. There are just a lot of factors, including the university's response time."

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