June 18, 2008

In Talk of Tougher Penalties for Breaking NCAA Rules, No Easy Answers

By Libby Sander

Washington

Fourteen years have passed since the National Collegiate Athletic Association last revised the punishments it doles out to institutions that run afoul of its intricate rules.

Now, with big-time college sports growing ever more complex, calls to strengthen the sanctions—which range from probation to reductions in scholarships­—are becoming louder from those who want to see wrongdoers set straight.

But at a meeting Tuesday of the Knight Commission on

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