UTC Athletics More Compliant Following Violation
At Tennessee Chattanooga, their Compliance Office discovered and self-reported secondary text messaging and phone call violations. Upon submitting the violation, the NCAA implemented additional penalties for the secondary violation, including a probationary period. Regular reports are always part of a probationary period, and it no surprise that following the violation, the issue was addressed and went away moving forward. What is interesting about this article is that the NCAA asked the institution to go back and look for similar phone call or texting violations over the past two years. It is an interesting thought, especially for a secondary violation, which could then lead to something more severe, especially since the Compliance Office will be looking into an area where there was just a violation. That may be something that could be implemented as a best practices for all of us who go through secondary violations, it would certainly help to identify the scope of the problem going back beyond the what most recently happened or was self-reported.
