Jerry Parkinson spent nearly ten years, from 2000 to 2010, as a member of the NCAA's Division I Committee on Infractions, participating in over one hundred major infractions cases. He came away from that experience-and the experience of reading extensive commentary on infractions cases-with the conviction that most observers do not understand the NCAA's rules-enforcement process, despite the amount of public attention many major cases receive.
Parkinson uses his insider's perspective, along with illustrative stories, to help readers understand how the NCAA's rules-enforcement process really works. These stories include: a university board of trustees chair committing suicide over an infractions case; a pay-for-play scandal leading directly to the state's governor; a head coach falsely portraying a deceased player as a drug dealer to cover up the coach's own misconduct; a gambler laundering his money by making the largest booster payments in NCAA history; and a coach's sexual abuse of children leading to some of the harshest sanctions ever imposed by the NCAA. Based on years of experience and infused with insight, Parkinson provides a broad view of the world of NCAA rule breakers and the NCAA rules-enforcement process.
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"Jerry Parkinson cuts out the hyperbole and vitriol to give a compelling peek behind the curtain of how the NCAA's controversial infractions process really works."-Pete Thamel, sportswriter for Yahoo! Sports
"Infractions is a must-read for anyone involved in the business, administration, or legal side of college athletics in the United States."-Maureen Weston, director of Pepperdine University's Entertainment, Media, and Sports Law Program
"Parkinson's unique perspective provides a clear picture of a highly reported but little understood process. The first comprehensive book about enforcement of NCAA rules is accessible for both academics and the average sports fan. . . . Infractions educates and entertains the reader."-Peter Goplerud, coauthor of Sports Law (8th ed.) and member of the Sports Lawyers Association's board of directors
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978-1-4962-1692-2 (9781496216922)
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Jerry Parkinson is a retired dean and former William T. Schwartz Professor of Law at the University of Wyoming College of Law. He spent nearly ten years as a member of the NCAA's Division I Committee on Infractions, participating in the review of more than one hundred cases of major rules infractions.
