1. Common Level III Violations and Best Practices to Reduce the Likelihood of These Violations
Presented by:
Ike Ukaegbu, Texas Christian University
Daren Koudele, Kansas State University
Beth Chapman, The Compliance Group

2. What are the most common types of secondary violations in the NCAA?
Bylaw
Total Overall Violations
Percentage of Violations to Total Violations
13 - Recruiting
2,281
45%
17 – Playing and Practice Seasons
739
14%
14 – Academic Eligibility
712
12 – Amateurism and Eligibility
700
16 – Awards and Benefits
657
13%
Note: Data based on NCAA Enforcement chart for Calendar Year Total # of Secondary Cases is 5,085.

3. Sports with Most Violations%
Football
33%
Men’s Basketball
19%
Women’s Basketball
17%
Women’s Volleyball
12%
Women’s Soccer
10%
Baseball
Note: Data based on NCAA Enforcement chart for Calendar Year – 6 Sports most frequently involved.

4. Coaching Suspensions
32 - DI Level III Violations Head Coach Suspensions
365 – Other Head and Assistant Coach Suspensions
Note: Data based on NCAA Enforcement chart -as of May 1, 2017

5. What is the Most Commonly Violated Bylaw in the Big 12 Conference?
Academic Year
Total Overall Violations
Total Bylaw 13 Violations
Percentage of Bylaw 13 Violations to Total Violations
261
178
68%
268
181
67%
304
186
61%
263
148
56%
Of Note: The number of Bylaw 13 violations remained the same for the past three years but declined 25% this past year. The number of Bylaw 13 violations as a percentage of violations has decreased over the past few years.

6. Of the Bylaw 13 Violations, Which Are the Most Common?

7. Most Common Bylaw 13 Violations
– Recruiting Materials and Electronic
Correspondence
– Telephone Calls
– Publicity Before Commitment
Of Note: These are the most common violations, regardless of the bylaw.

8. Top 10 Bylaw 13 Violations Compared to NCAA Ranking
Big 12 Bylaw 13 Violations
Parallel National Trend
Top 10 Bylaw 13 Violations Compared to NCAA Ranking
Bylaw
Bylaw Description
NCAA Violations 
Total Violations
NCAA Ranking
13.4.1
Recruiting Materials and Electronic Correspondence 67 48 58 49
222 1
13.1.3
Telephone Calls 42 51 22
157 2
Publicity Before Commitment 10 16 17 11 54 3
13.6.7
Entertainment/Tickets on Official Visit 8 13 33 5
13.1.1
Contactable Individuals 9 30 4
13.7.2
Entertainment/Tickets 7 23
13.1.2
Permissible Recruiters
Periods of Recruiting Activities 20 6
13.6.4
Length of Official Visit 14 12
13.2.1
General Regulations (Offers and Inducements)

9. What Is Your Belief on the Next Two Most Commonly Violated Bylaws?

10. The Next Two Most Commonly Violated Bylaws
17.1 – General Playing Season Regulations
11.7 – Limitations on Numbers and Duties of Coaching and Non-Coaching Staff

11. Most Common Level III Violations by Big 12 Conference Members
Academic Year
13.4.1
13.1.3
17.1
11.7 67 42 10 14 16 48 51 12 9 58 17 49 22 11
Total
222
157 55 54 50

12. Provide regular specialized rules education
What Are the Best Practices to Reduce Bylaw – Recruiting Materials and Electronic Correspondence?
Provide regular specialized rules education
Pre-approve materials as needed
Social media – do’s and don’t’s
Monitoring and auditing

13. What Are the Best Practices to Reduce Bylaw 13.1.3 – Telephone Calls?
Policy and procedure
Reminder - institutional phones only
Using software monitoring system.
Rules Education – internal
Rules Education – external

14. What Are the Best Practices to Reduce Bylaw 13. 10
What Are the Best Practices to Reduce Bylaw – Publicity Before Commitment?
Policy and process for announcing signed prospects
Monitor press releases/social media
Rules education
Recruiting Coordinators
Communications/Broadcasting
Fan Experience/Marketing
Social Media Coordinator
Graphic Design
Academics

15. Educating all athletic dept units
What Are the Best Practices to Reduce Bylaw 17.1 – General Playing Season Regulations?
Educating all athletic dept units
Timely collection of CARA logs and validation by SAs
Protecting SA identities when reporting issues with CARA logs
Attending practice/workouts
Time-management plans

16. Specialized education – how it relates to their sport
What Are the Best Practices to Reduce Bylaw 11.7 – Limitations on Number and Duties of Coaching and Non-Coaching Staff Members?
Specialized education – how it relates to their sport
Head Coach Responsibility
Attending practices/workouts
Lessons learned

17. Questions?