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16 UCLA Ent. L. Rev. 119 (2009)
The NCAA Should Adopt a Uniform Student-Athlete Discipline Policy

handle is hein.journals/uclaetrlr16 and id is 127 raw text is: THE NCAA SHOULD ADOPT A UNIFORM STUDENT- ATHLETE DISCIPLINE POLICY T. Matthew Lockhart* I. INTRODUCTION ........................................... 120 II. A PROBLEM EXPOSED ................................... 125 III. THE NCAA's POWER TO ACT ........................... 128 A. NCAA v. Tarkanian: Unfettered Power ............... 129 B. Connecting the Dots, a.k.a. Rules: What's the NCAA's Goal? .......................................132 1. Shoe Discounts Equal Suspensions: Improper B enefits .......................................... 133 2. Keep Those Grades Up or Sit Down ............ 134 3. Don't Gamble With the NCAA ................. 134 4. 'Here, Sign This': Consenting to Drug Testing... 135 5. Transfer Here, Lose a Year ...................... 135 C. What's M issing Here? ................................ 136 IV. No NCAA RULE, No SUSPENSION ...................... 137 A. In-house at Alabama ................................. 137 B. Bad Call at M arshall ................................. 138 C. 'One Misstep Away' at Michigan State ............... 140 D. Nightmare in Nebraska .............................. 143 E. It's Not Just the Big Boys ............................ 144 V. ANSWERING THE CALL: SOME SCHOOLS ADOPT TOUGH P O LICIES ................................................. 145 A. Ohio University Responds to Embarrassment ........ 145 B. Oregon State Reacts With Reputation on the Line .... 148 * J.D. Candidate, 2009, West Virginia University; Senior Managing Editor, West Virginia University Law Review; Thanks to my fianc6e, Tiffany, Professor Andr6 Douglas Pond Cum- mings, Professor Dan Hollis, Robert Lipsyte, and my parents. This Article is dedicated to my father, whose callused hands have taught me much more than any textbook ever could.

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