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2011 J. NCAA Compliance 1 (2011)

handle is hein.journals/jncaac4 and id is 1 raw text is: Arizona State Hit with Major and Secondary Infractions By Jonathan Cook, Florida Coastal School of Law 3L On August 13, 2010, Arizona State University appeared at a NCAA Infractions Committee hearing to answer alleged infractions including use of an impermissible recruiter, excessive phone calls, breach of coaching staff limitations, impermissible use of a consultant, and paying student-athletes for work that was not performed. The key major infraction the Committee found was that the baseball coaching staff made impermissible phone calls over a span of 5 years from 2004-2009. The Committee also found Arizona State violated the NCAA rules in all of the other alleged major infractions, found two related secondary violations, and found that the program generally lacked institutional control. Including this latest string of major infractions, the school now has an NCAA record of nine infractions cases. Since Arizona State is a repeat offender of NCAA rules, it is also subject to a special set of provisions of the NCAA bylaws concerning repeat violators for a period of five years starting December 15, 2010. Background On Arizona State And Coach Murphy Arizona State University is a member of the Pacific 10 Conference and has an enrollment of approximately 67,000 students. Arizona State has 21 varsity sports including 12 women's teams and nine men's teams. Arizona State has one of the premiere baseball teams in the NCAA. It has had a baseball team for over 51 years and is considered one of the most successful baseball programs in the NCAA. The program ranks third in the NCAA with College World Series appearances as well as third in most wins in the CWS with five championships. Pat Murphy was the head baseball coach for 15 years at Arizona State before his resignation November 20, 2010. Murphy had been named Pac-10 Coach of the year three times in his tenure. Three of the past five seasons he took his team to the CWS. Coach Murphy alleged he was fired without cause, but the University reported that he resigned. Violations And Findings With regards to the baseball program, the Infractions Committee's report found excessive phone calls, use of an impermissible recruiter, breach of financial aid rules, breach of coaching staff limitations, impermissible use of a consultant, and paying student-athletes for work that was not performed. They also found two related secondary violations. The Committee blamed the school's infractions on a

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