March 12, 2004

NCAA Punishes Gardner-Webb U. for Numerous Rules Violations

By WELCH SUGGS

Gardner-Webb University should serve as a "cautionary lesson" for institutions considering elevating their sports programs to Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.

That was the main point of a report issued last week by the NCAA's Division I Committee on Infractions that detailed punishments imposed on the university for violating a number of rules. Gardner-Webb will be on probation for three years, will lose four basketball scholarships, and must expunge the

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