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REALITY CHECK special edition

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Editor’s note: On Friday, March 6, the NCAA released a 94-page report that handed down sanctions against Syracuse University after several years of investigation. This special edition details the violations, the university’s punishments and those who are involved in and affected by the penalties. Visit dailyorange.com for additional coverage of the NCAA sanctions, as well as usual news content.

The NCAA released the findings of its investigation into Syracuse University before Spring Break.

The 94-page report was released on March 6, and the sanctions are in connection to an NCAA investigation that was initiated in 2007 when the university self-reported potential violations within the athletics department. No current student-athlete was involved in the investigation.

SU met with the NCAA Committee on Infractions in October 2014.

Boeheim deserves bulk of blame for NCAA’s findings

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t’s been 10 days since the NCAA crammed 11 years of Syracuse’s athletic violations into a 94-page report and threw the future of the basketball program into limbo.

And still, some of the apt questions remain unanswered.

Will SU appeal any of the punishments? Reports say yes, but there’s been nothing concrete from the university’s end. Will any quality high school players still commit to a basketball program that will lose 12 scholarships over a four-year period? Time will tell. Will there be a JESSE DOUGHERTY shake-up in the athletic administration? Tick, tock.

THE DOCTOR’S IN But of all that has left the Syracuse community weighing adoration against accountability, the question of who’s to blame for this mess has a clear-cut answer.

Jim Boeheim.

That’s not to say that Boeheim, the head coach of the SU men’s basketball team, directly participated in the academic violations, forged internships or distribution of impermissible benefits, among all else that Syracuse was found doing. It’s also not to say that he knew about every detail of the NCAA report because that would assume he has 10 extra pairs of eyes and ears.

Yet Boeheim has been the face of Syracuse basketball for 39 years and violations occurred for more than a fourth of his storied career. So if any coach should shoulder the drawn-out,

Here are four key details to know about the report, the violations and the subsequent punishments: • SU committed a number of vio- lations, including student-athletes receiving impermissible assis- tance from tutors and mentors, the university failing to comply with its own written drug policy and showing a lack of institution- al control.

• SU men’s basketball head coach Jim Boeheim will be suspended for the first nine games of Atlan- tic Coast Conference play for the 2015–16 season. SU must also vacate all wins in which ineligible men’s basketball students played in 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2010–11 and 2011–12.

• Chancellor Kent Syverud sent out a campus-wide email following the release of the NCAA’s report and said that SU “respectfully dis- agrees with certain findings” of the investigation.

• The university has until Saturday to decide if it will appeal parts of the report, and Syverud said in the email that SU is considering whether it will appeal.

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SU expands, revamps academic services for student-athletes

By Brett Samuels news editor

In the midst of a NCAA investigation in July 2012, Syracuse University began an overhaul of its academic services for FOR VIOLATION student-athletes.

BREAKDOWN, SEE PAGE 10: B, C Over the course of the next year, the university made changes that included an increase in

tutoring staff and the creation of a new position — the assistant provost for student-athlete development.

Tommy Powell filled that position starting in August 2013.

Powell likes to say he’s competed at the highest level in the country, on the academic side.

Before coming to SU, he worked at Louisiana State University as a tutor

coordinator for student-athletes. In his time there, LSU won two national championships in football and made a Final Four in men’s basketball.

At SU, he oversees academic services provided for student-athletes, while also organizing the tutoring services provided within his department. He reports solely to the academic side of the university.

His arrival marked a turning point in the revamping of the way student-athlete academic services work at SU. That overhaul can be traced back to when Andria Costello Staniec became associate provost for academic programs in July 2012.

When Staniec took the job, she was informed of the NCAA investigation into SU and tasked with

looking at the structure for studentathlete academic support, she said in an email. The NCAA released the findings of its investigation on March 6 and the 94-page report notes instances of improper academic assistance that include a tutor and an academic services mentor revising papers for student-athletes. see academics page 6

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OVER TIME The NCAA’s report details sanctions going back to 2001. It wasn’t until 2007 that Syracuse self-reported violations.

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COMPUTER SAVVY Investigators used metadata to uncover instances of a lack of academic integrity committed by members of SU Athletics.

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BREAK IT DOWN Syracuse commited violations ranging from academic integrity to improper benefits for its student-athletes and representatives.

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THE AFTERMATH Syracuse’s punishments include a nine-game suspension of its head coach and the loss of 12 scholarships over a four-year span.

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NOT FAB The story of “student-athlete 7” closely resembles that of former Syracuse center Fab Melo and his issues with academic integrity.

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NOT AT FAULT ESPN college basketball analyst Jay Bilas said SU head coach Jim Boehiem wasn’t completely at fault for SU’s violations.

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JUST A JOB Former Syracuse football player Perry Patterson told The Daily Orange that he was paid for his internship with the Oneida YMCA. Page 14

NULL EFFECT The NCAA’s Chief Hearing Officer Britton Banowsky said SU’s self-imposed ban didn’t have any influence on its eventual fate.

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Breakdown of potential appeal

by SU, Boeheim

By Matt Schneidman asst. sports editor

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hen the NCA A released its report on Syracuse University and handed down penalties to the school’s athletics’ teams March 6, the university was given 15 days to decide whether it would appeal the sanctions.

That deadline comes in five days, and there has been no official announcement whether Jim Boeheim will appeal his suspension or the university will appeal anything else.

“The University is considering whether it will appeal certain portions of the decision,” said Chancellor Kent Syverud in a campus-wide email on March 6. “Coach Boeheim may choose to appeal the portions of the decision that impact him personally. Should he decide to do so, we would support him in this step.”

If Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim appeals his nine-game suspension, which ESPN’s Andy Katz reported on March 6 that he would, or the university appeals part of the NCAA’s ruling, they’ll do so to the Infractions Appeals Committee.

Who sits on the committee? What does it take to get the initial ruling changed? How long will it take to find out the result of an appeal? Here are all those questions, and more, broken down and answered. mcschnei@syr.edu | @matt_schneidman

DARYL GROSS said in a statement that SU Athletics was “open and cooperative” throughout the NCAA’s investigation. He added that he is disappointed with some findings and supports the university as it considers appealing the penalties. chase gaewski staff photographer

What will it take for Jim Boeheim to get the ruling reversed?

Boeheim and Syracuse must prove one of the following, according to NCAA.org, in order for the Infractions Appeals Committee to reverse or modify a ruling:

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THE RULING BY THE COMMITTEE ON INFRACTIONS WAS CLEARLY CONTRARY TO THE EVIDENCE

THE INDIVIDUAL OR SCHOOL DID NOT ACTUALLY BREAK NCAA RULES

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THERE WAS A PROCEDURAL ERROR THAT CAUSED THE COMMITTEE ON INFRACTIONS TO FIND A VIOLATION OF NCAA RULES

The NCAA took 126 days after the Committee on Infractions held a hearing in Chicago to announce the sanctions it would levy on SU. Normally, 30–60 days are required to release the findings after a Committee on Infractions hearing.

What is the format of an appeal?

For a hearing to be in-person, per NCAA.org, the school or individual must have appeared in-person before a Committee on Infractions, which Boeheim and others from the university did.

The site states, “The process calls for the appellants, the involved committee on infractions and the NCAA

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The group is comprised of reps from the NCAA membership and general public. The membership reps require conference- or school-level experience.

W. Anthony Jenkins, attorney, Dickinson Wright PLLC in Detroit — Jenkins is the chief diversity officer for Dickinson Wright, and his areas of practice include municipal law and finance, real estate and leasing.

THE PENALTY WAS EXCESSIVE

If Boeheim does appeal, how long will it take to find out the result of the appeal?

NCAA.org states, “The membership-approved process spells out a 110-day timeline, but it may take longer depending on the complexity of the case.” The site also emphasizes the desire to make the most fair judgement, not the quickest.

Who will sit on the Infractions Appeals Committee?

enforcement staff to submit written information before the committee deliberates.”

The hearing in front of the Infractions Appeals Committee is the only round of appeals. The appeals committee doesn’t weigh any evidence not presented in front of the Committee on Infractions.

SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY AND BOEHEIM HAVE FIVE DAYS, UNTIL SATURDAY, MARCH 21, TO APPEAL ANY RULING THAT THE NCAA ISSUED IN ITS REPORT.

David Williams II, athletic director and vice chancellor for athletics and university affairs, Vanderbilt University — Williams is a professor of law at VU, and he’s written and lectured on the topics of tax law, sports law, law and education and legal history.

Susan Lipnickey, faculty athletics representative, Miami University (Ohio) — Lipnickey is an associate professor in MU’s School of Education, Health and Society, and her areas of practice include criminal law and estate planning, among others.

Patricia C. Ohlendorf, vice president of institutional relations and legal affairs, University of Texas at Austin — Ohlendorf is the vice president for legal affairs at UTA and oversees 11 others in the university’s legal affairs department.

Jack H. Friedenthal, professor of law, George Washington University — Friedenthal joined GWU’s Law School in 1988, and has been a “special master” in multiple major federal cases including ones between the NFL and the Football Players Association.

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dougherty systemic failure of an entire program, it’s him.

He deserves every bit of the nine-game suspension he’s set to serve at the start of conference play next season, and was otherwise unscathed by a situation that will forever stain his career.

“During the 10-year period of violations, the head basketball coach did not promote an atmosphere of compliance within his program,” the NCAA wrote in its press release for the 94-page report, “and did not monitor the activities of those who reported to him as they related to academics and booster involvement.”

Section K of the report’s Analysis section, which details Boeheim’s shortcomings, lists past cases establishing the responsibilities of collegiate head coaches.

University of Michigan (2010) — “monitoring rules compliance in his/her athletics program is first and foremost the responsibility of the program’s head coach.”

University of Connecticut (2011) — “NCAA Bylaw 11.1.2.1 requires coaches to recognize potential problems, address them and report them to athletics administration.”

University of Miami (2013) — “NCAA Bylaw 11.1.2.1 holds head coaches responsible for conduct of staff and requires coaches to seek information related to potential violations.”

No one, most importantly the NCAA, is suggesting that Boeheim committed the violations himself. But he is expected to create a compliant environment and, in that regard, he failed to do so.

Boeheim consciously disregarded the university’s self-written drug policy. He hired a director of basketball operations in Stan Kissel who stripped student-athlete academic services of all

its integrity. And he admitted to knowing that the program provided Jeff Cornish — who had connections with a local YMCA and AAU team and had a hand in various violations, according to the report — with impermissible benefits. “... They chose to focus on the rogue and secretive actions of a former employee of the local YMCA and my former Director of Basketball Operations in order to impose an unprecedented series of penalties upon the University and the Men’s Basketball Program,” Boeheim said in a statement released March 6.

The NCAA “chose to focus” on these facets of Syracuse basketball’s recent past because they’re the ones that broke rules and encouraged a handful of student-athletes to neglect their academics. And still, the reactions from Boeheim and the university have disagreed with the head coach being singled out by the NCAA. The report cited violations from 2001–12 and Syracuse had two chancellors, two athletic directors and droves of other staffers, administrators and student-athletes cycle in and out of the school and athletic department, in that time.

But it only had one head basketball coach, making Boeheim and the prioritization of victory two clear constants of SU’s wide-ranging infractions.

In college athletics, the successes and legacies of adults are rooted in the play of teenagers and 20-something-year olds — a relationship that the adults have, time and again, turned into a one-way street.

That goes for parents, administrators, AAU coaches, boosters and so on. And the hope is that a head coach — especially one with decades of experience and such strong ties to both the local and basketball community — would be above that.

For at least 11 years, Jim Boeheim was not. jcdoug01@syr.edu | @dougherty_jesse

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Academic support must be better monitored Syracuse University needs to better scrutinize its academic support services. The services currently in place, while sufficient, leave room for misconduct in their lack of oversight.

Prior to last week’s NCAA sanctions, the university overhauled the academic support services for student athletes. In 2013, Tommy Powell was hired as assistant provost for student-athlete development, which reports to the provost’s office and is not a part of athletics. Powell oversees all the academic and tutoring services provided to student athletes.

Since this overhaul the number of tutors has doubled to 120, they conduct 800 weekly tutoring sessions with more than 500 student-athletes. But only one tutorial-overseer has been hired. It is impractical to think that this is adequate oversight, especially considering the magnitude of violations recently exposed by the NCAA. In addition to hiring more managerial positions to monitor the tutors, the university should take special interest in who is selected to tutor star-athletes. Campus tutoring centers hire

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undergraduate and graduate students who have received a B-plus or higher in the course they tutor and have a minimum 3.0 overall GPA. These students are academically qualified to be tutors. But on a campus which idolizes athletes, student tutors may feel compelled to bend rules in order to help the teams they themselves support. The university should make sure that the students who tutor high-profile athletes are prepared to deal with the pressure and committed to academic integrity.

Special consideration should not only be given to recognizable athletes.

Athletes who need extra academic support should get the most qualified tutors. The university should consider the option of hiring professional non-student tutors to help students who require extra help.

The changes that have been implemented in the last several years have improved the academic support services for student athletes, but those services will need to be monitored to ensure that no future violations are committed.

letter to the editor

University would be well advised to uphold high moral standard As a long-time supporter of the university, a true believer in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, The S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and other fine academic programs here, and an SU sports fan since Ernie Davis graduated from my high school, I am sad, angry but not surprised at the latest troubles in our basketball enterprise. For many years, this SU sport in particular, though not exclusively, has needed leaders inspired by Maxwell’s iconic Oath of the Athenian City State —

committed to leaving the university a better place than they found it.

There is no defense for the grossly misplaced athletic values Syracuse has tolerated: neither the sports practices of other universities, the deficiencies of the NCAA, nor big financial rewards. Those are excuses for the absence of leadership that values education above all else and have the courage to pursue genuine reform. The deeply flawed character of SU basketball is particularly harmful in the current environment of severe challenges to traditional

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universities, especially those not among the elite institutions. With a sense of urgency, then, I hope the new chancellor and the board of trustees at last will take aggressive, sweeping actions consistent with the good governance expected of leaders when the reputation and work of their organizations are in jeopardy.

In my 40 years of professional experience with many companies large and small, as well as various philanthropic, educational and military institutions, I have learned that sound cultural values, and respect

for them, depend most heavily on the expectations created by senior leadership that truly cares about high standards, refusing to accept rationalization or obliviousness as excuses for violating them, especially more than once. I have also learned that times of trouble generate the opportunity for an organization to emerge stronger than it was, with a greatly enhanced reputation. But that positive outcome requires leaders to take dramatic action, unencumbered by risk-averseness, endless studies, task forces and “academic time.”

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academics Staniec changed the reporting line to her office, doubled the number of staff and hired Powell. Since then, the number of tutors has grown to more than 120, and those tutors hold more than 800 appointments per week with student-athletes.

“In the past three years, our tutoring population was around 30 and we had less than half the appointments we are currently running,” Powell said.

In order to manage the expansion of tutoring services, Powell hired a full-time tutorial coordinator who is responsible for hiring, training and monitoring the tutors who work with student-athletes.

In addition, Powell put a three-phase system in place to assist student-athletes both in their day-to-day responsibilities, and to set them up for long-term success. The first phase deals with helping student-athletes balance their academic loads with their sports and making sure they’re progressing toward a degree, he said.

The second phase is focused on the actual support services provided to student-athletes.

It’s real black and white to me — it’s either the student’s work or it’s not, and we want to make sure our tutors understand that.

Tommy Powell assistant provost for student-athlete development

Powell said there are academic mentors who help with time management, and map out objectives for student-athletes in their classes.

The final phase is a “life skills” component that prepares student-athletes for life after college, Powell said.

This three-part process is aimed at doing more than just keeping student athletes eligible, however. Rick Burton, the faculty athletics representative and a professor in the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics, said there’s a perception that schools are just

trying to keep athletes academically eligible.

“That’s not right and that’s not what Tommy is trying to do,” Burton said.

Powell added that if the three phases are all

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The Stevenson Educational Center for Student-Athlete Development provides more than 500 student-athletes with tutoring, academic coordinating and life skills.

followed and done right, “eligibility comes as a natural byproduct of these things.”

However, the way SU has kept a few of its student-athletes eligible in the past has come under fire with the release of the NCAA’s report on the school.

Ultimately, Powell said ensuring compliance with NCAA rules comes down to hiring people who will follow the rules.

“While we have a lot of checks and balances in place, we want to hire good people who want to do good work,” he said. “It’s real black and white to me — it’s either the student’s work or it’s not, and we want to make sure our tutors understand that.”

As an additional measure, there are monthly compliance meetings involving Staniec, Powell, Burton, SU Director of Compliance Erlease Wagner and senior members of the athletics administration. The meetings are held so that everyone is informed about activities in each person’s department, Staniec said.

But these steps aren’t just a result of the NCAA investigation, Burton said. Rather, it’s part of the measures the school has taken in the past few years to be proactive about providing services, and providing them in the right way.

“This report and this process with the NCAA has been going on for a long, long time,” Burton said. “We’re not making a bunch of knee-jerk reactions since the findings came out. This is not all suddenly being put in place today because of what happened (March 6).” blsamuel@syr.edu | @Brett_Samuels27

expanding services Since July 2012, several changes have been made to the academic support services for student-athletes: • Reorganized the reporting line to the associate provost for academic program's office • Expanded the tutoring staff • Hired a learning specialist • Hired a tutor coordinator

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NCAA’s report on Syracuse produces varied responses “I do think that the punishment is excessive. Especially the vacating of games, that bothers me.”

Mike Krzyzewski

duke head coach, speaking on espn’s pardon the interruption

“It’s a shame because you come to a place and all you want to do is play basketball and get an education, and that’s all we want to do. ” Trevor Cooney su guard

“The penalties were over the top. I don’t feel that it in any way addresses the problems the NCAA claims to be facing.”

Jay Bilas

espn college basketball analyst

“We have been open and cooperative with the NCAA throughout this lengthy process, taking responsibility for past violations, self-imposing a series of strong penalties and doing the right things to make sure violations don’t happen again.”

Daryl Gross

su director of athletics, in a statement

“(Jim Boeheim) says what he wants and he does things his own way. People don’t necessarily like him. He either likes you or he don’t. If he doesn’t like you, he gives you a hard time.”

Louie McCroskey

former su basketball player, 2003-06

“On one hand, I’m disappointed about alleged transgressions in the program over the years. But also, to me at least, you can’t take away those wins — those were won on the court.”

Nolan Hart

former su basketball player, 2010-14

“I don’t think we thought about it all on the court but it’s hard not to think about it off it. Now we get to just step back a little with the season finished up.”

B.J. Johnson

current su basketball player

“We have taken action to reform and strengthen oversight policies and procedures to ensure full compliance. At the same time, we believe a number of the penalties instituted by the NCAA are excessive...”

Richard L. Thompson

su board of trustees chairman, in a statement

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WHAT WENT WRONG NCAA report details violations committed by SU Athletics, figures who played key roles graphic illustrations by sydney golden design editor

time after time

In the NCAA’s report on Syracuse University, released March 6, the Committee on Infractions detailed nearly a decade of violations committed by SU. Here’s a look at some of the key moments during the investigation into SU and when certain violations were committed.

2001

Violations began. For example, the university acknowledged that from October 2001 until early 2009, it did not follow its own written drug policy on numerous occasions.

2002-03

Student-athlete 1, who has been identified as former SU guard Billy Edelin, developed a relationship with Jeff Cornish.

SU officials encouraged his relationship with Cornish, who was the sports director of an Oneida YMCA with ties to SU’s basketball program.

In addition, the director of compliance relied on Cornish to inform him about Edelin’s class attendance.

key figures Throughout the NCAA’s report on Syracuse, the Committee on Infractions references different people who played key roles in the violations Syracuse committed.

Here’s a look at five of the most important people mentioned throughout the report, and what roles they played in the process of the investigation and the violations themselves.

Those identified in the following list include former SU studentathletes, current and former SU staff members and a former YMCA employee with a connection to the men’s basketball program.

MARCH 2007

OCTOBER 2010

Local YMCA notified SU that student-athletes and coaches received payments from YMCA employees.

Then-Chancellor Nancy Cantor engaged counsel to investigate further.

JEFF CORNISH Title in the report:

The representative

Job/position: Former Oneida YMCA sports director Role in the investigation: Cornish was mentioned throughout the report for providing impermissible benefits to SU student-athletes and athletics staff members. Those benefits included providing student-athletes transportation and payment for volunteer jobs.

Indications that the “the representative” is Cornish: A former student-athlete confirmed that Cornish provided players with jobs at the YMCA. In a letter sent to The Daily Orange from Cornish’s lawyer, Cornish disagreed with the way the NCAA characterized his actions in its report.

Syracuse submitted a self-report of violations to the NCAA. The report included acknowledgement that Cornish, identified in the report as “the representative,” provided impermissible benefits to studentathletes at SU.

JAN. 25, 2012

Director of Athletics Daryl Gross called a meeting with staff members from athletics and academics to discuss potential options to restore the eligibility of “student-athlete 7,” who is believed to be Fab Melo. A meeting like this had never occurred before, according to the NCAA report.

BILLY EDELIN Title in the report:

JAN. 26, 2013

In an effort to restore Melo’s eligibility, the “director of basketball operations,” who is believed to be Stan Kissel, and the “basketball facility receptionist,” who The Post-Standard has identified as Debora Belanger, exchanged several emails containing an attachment of a document that would be used to improve Melo’s grade.

Student-athlete 1

Job/position: Guard on the SU men’s basketball team for the 2002-03, 2003-04 and 2004-05 seasons Role in the investigation: Edelin had a close relationship with “the representative,” according to the NCAA’s report. The representative supervised and verified student-athlete 1’s community service, according to the NCAA report. The representative told the NCAA that he paid student-athlete 1 and four others.

Indications that the “student-athlete 1” is Edelin: Student athlete 1’s enrollment ended after the 2004-05 academic year, according to the report. So did Edelin’s. Both student-athlete 1 and Edelin faced multiple suspensions.

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by the numbers DAYS BETWEEN WHEN SU APPEARED BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON INFRACTIONS AND THE RELEASE OF THE NCAA’S REPORT

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TYPICAL TIMEFRAME BETWEEN HEARING AND SANCTIONS ANNOUNCED

NUMBER OF STUDENT-ATHLETES LISTED IN THE NCAA REPORT

12 NUMBER OF DIFFERENT VIOLATIONS COMMITTED

BY SU IN THE NCAA’S REPORT. SEE PAGE 10-11 FOR A BREAKDOWN OF EACH VIOLATION.

key terms lack of institutional control:

NCAA bylaws say that institutions are “responsible for monitoring compliance, identifying and reporting violations, cooperating with the NCAA and taking corrective action,” as well as being responsible for coaches, players and boosters. The NCAA utilizes four pillars in building institutional control—compliance systems, monitoring/enforcement, rules education and a commitment to compliance.

impermissible benefit:

OCT. 31, 2014

FEB. 4, 2015

Any special arrangement by an employee of an institution or representative of the institution’s athletics interests to provide a student-athlete or his or her family or friends with a benefit not expressly authorized by NCAA legislation.

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academic fraud:

Unethical academic conduct by a studentathlete or a current or former staff member of an institution, which includes work for the institution or the athletics department even if they are not paid.

University officials attended the final day of a hearing in Chicago in front of the NCAA’s Committee on Infractions. Those in attendance included men’s basketball head coach Jim Boeheim and Gross.

FAB MELO Title in the report:

SU self-imposed a oneyear postseason ban for the 2014-15 men’s basketball season. The NCAA was aware of the decision prior to Chancellor Kent Syverud announcing the ban to the campus community in an email.

Student-athlete 7

The NCAA Committee on Infractions released its 94-page report on SU concluding an investigation of nearly eight years. The report noted instances of academic fraud, impermissible benefits and a lack of institutional control.

Along with the report, the NCAA levied penalties against SU that included loss of scholarships for men’s basketball, and five years of probation for men’s basketball and football.

DARYL GROSS Title in the report:

Director of Athletics

probation:

Requires an institution to update the NCAA on its compliance with NCAA bylaws over a set amount of time .

supplemental pay:

An outside source is prohibited from paying or regularly supplementing an athletics department staff member’s annual salary and from arranging to supplement that salary for an unspecified achievement.

responsibility of institution:

Institutions must monitor its programs to assure compliance and to identify and report to the NCAA instances in which compliance has not been achieved.

representatives of athletics interests:

An individual or organization who is known by an institution to have participated in or to be a member of an organization promoting the institution’s athletics program, among others.

STAN KISSEL Title in the report:

Director of basket-

ball operations Job/position: Center on the SU men’s basketball team for the 2010-11 and 2011-12 seasons

Job/position: Director of athletics at SU from 2005-present

Role in the investigation: Melo was academically ineligible in January 2012 and missed games as a result. In order to restore his eligiblity, SU Athletics staff members provided impermissible academic assistance in revising a paper that would get Melo’s grade changed in a class he had already completed.

Role in the investigation: Gross is mentioned repeatedly in the report, and he attended the university’s hearing in front of the NCAA Committee on Infractions in October. He most notably appears in the report when he called a meeting of staff members from athletics and academics to discuss options to restore Fab Melo’s eligibility in January 2012. Gross and others discussed the possibilities for how to restore Melo’s eligibility, as the men’s basketball team was undefeated at the time.

Indications that the “student-athlete 7” is Melo: The timing of student-athlete 7’s suspension matches up with the timing of Melo’s suspension. Student-athlete 7 returned to the court Feb. 4, 2012 and Melo returned Feb. 4, 2012 against St. John’s. See page 12 for more details.

Indications that “the director of athletics” is Gross: Gross held the position at the time these events took place.

Job/position: Director of basketball operations from 2005-2012 Role in the investigation: Kissel is connected to instances of academic violations. Kissel was hired by men’s basketball head coach Jim Boeheim to improve academics in the program. At various points in his tenure, Kissel was involved in academic integrity problems, including that of “student-athlete 7,” or Fab Melo.

Indications that the “the director of basketball operations” is Kissel: Kissel was the director of operations for the men’s basketball program at the time of the violations laid out in the NCAA’s report.

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VIOLATIONS BREAKDOWN

By Jesse Dougherty, Justin Mattingly and Brett Samuels the daily orange

In the fourth section of the NCAA’s report on Syracuse University, titled “Analysis,” the NCAA details the exact violations committed by the university.

The NCAA began by detailing how athletes received impermissible extra benefits, both academic and monetary. In addition, the NCAA wrote that the university failed to follow its self-written drug-testing policy, showed a lack of institutional control and that the men’s basketball head coach failed to promote an atmosphere of compliance in the program, among other violations.

These violations were not limited to one particular program in the athletics department, or limited to one particular university or non-university employee. Rather, these problems were widespread and occurred over a long period of time, according to the report.

The report classifies each violation as a Level I, II or III violation. The NCAA report defines the levels of violation this way: Level I — Severe breaches of conduct that seriously undermine or threaten the integrity of the NCAA Collegiate Model.

Level II — Significant breaches of conduct that may compromise the integrity of the Collegiate Model.

Level III — Less serious breaches of conduct that are isolated or limited and provide no more than minimal benefit or advantage.

Below is a breakdown of the exact infractions detailed in subheads. The full list of violations can be found on dailyorange.com

A. Providing impermissible extra benefits Explanation: Over the course of approximately a 14-month period from the 2002–03 academic year through the 2004–05 academic year, five student-athletes received payments totaling $8,335, according to the report. The payments came from a man who the report refers to as “the representative,” who represents the institution’s interests. The representative remains unnamed, like the rest of individuals referenced in the report, but has been identified as Jeff Cornish.

The representative paid three football and two men’s basketball student-athletes for their involvement in YMCA events, which included mentoring or working at clinics, camps or tournaments, according to the report. However, they were paid for what was considered volunteer work. The representative also provided impermissible transportation and impermissible meals to student-athletes, according to the report.

Bylaws violated: NCAA Bylaw 16, which defines extra benefits. An extra benefit refers to any special arrangement made by an institutional employee or representative of the institution’s athletics interests to provide the student-athlete or his or her relatives or friends with a benefit not expressly authorized

by NCAA legislation.

Level of violation: The infractions panel determined that the payments given to student-athletes constituted a Level I violation.

The transportation provided to student-athletes constituted a Level II violation because it involved multiple Level III violations, according to the report.

Consensus: SU and the NCAA enforcement staff “substantially agreed” that violations of the bylaws occurred in regards to impermissible extra benefits, according to the report.

B. Unethical conduct: academic fraud Explanation: This violation covers two separate instances.

The first involves a part-time tutor, who remains unidentified throughout the report but who The Post-Standard has identified as Hank Leo. During the 2005–06 academic year, two football student-athletes carried out an internship at the YMCA for academic credit and during the 2006–07 academic year, another football student-athlete did the same.

The part-time tutor and three football student-athletes engaged in academic fraud when they provided false or misleading information regarding the student-athletes’ completion of an internship at a YMCA in Oneida, New York.

While the student-athletes did not actually complete the requirements of the internship, the part-time tutor and student-athletes provided information to the student-athletes’ professor that suggested otherwise. As a result,

the student-athletes received academic credit.

The second instance occurred when the director of basketball operations and the basketball facility receptionist completed academic coursework on behalf of student-athlete 7, who The Daily Orange believes to be former SU center Fab Melo, with the intent of restoring his eligibility. The report reads that the two employees engaged in unethical conduct by completing the student-athlete’s work for him. The academic fraud occurred, in part, because the university “lacked oversight, control and monitoring over the process aimed at restoring student-athlete 7’s eligibility,” according to the report.

Bylaws violated: NCAA Bylaw 10.1, which defines unethical conduct. It defines knowing involvement in arranging for fraudulent academic credit for a student-athlete as unethical conduct.

Level of violation: Both instances were found to be Level I violations.

Consensus: SU and the NCAA enforcement staff are in agreement with the conduct and that violations occurred, according to the report. However, the part-time tutor contested allegations about him.

C. Academic extra benefits Explanation: During the 2010–11 and 2011–12 academic years, the report reads that the support services tutor and the support services mentor provided extra academic benefits to three men’s basketball student-athletes.

Together, the two impermissibly made revisions, created or wrote assignments for three student-athletes.

The support services mentor, who later became the basketball facility receptionist, has been identified by The Post-Standard as Debora Belanger. The support services mentor provided impermissible assistance to two men’s basketball student-athletes, who are identified in the report as student-athletes 8 and 9. As of now, the names of student-athletes 8 and 9 have not been identified. This included making revisions to or creating midterm assignments and other papers for the student-athletes. The university self-reported that in the spring 2012 semester the support services tutor wrote a portion of student-athlete 10’s midterm exam, according to the report.

Bylaws violated: NCAA Bylaw 16, which does not permit student-athletes to receive extra benefits unless it is expressly authorized by NCAA legislation.

Level of violation: Level I Consensus: SU and the NCAA enforcement staff disagreed that the mentor provided academic extra benefits to two student-athletes.

However, the parties agreed that the support services tutor provided an academic extra benefit. But, the university disagreed that it should be included in the case, because the student-athlete “made a charitable contribution as restitution,” according to the report.

D. Failure to follow written drug testing procedures Explanation: The report details multiple failures to follow Syracuse’s self-written drug procedures concerning student-athletes who tested positive for banned substances.

Syracuse both acknowledged and self-reported drug policy violations for “numerous men’s basketball student-athletes.” The drug policy, which was written by the university in May 2000, is summed up in the report: “In short, after a positive drug test a student-athlete became ineligible until specific requirements were met. After a first positive drug test, the policy declared the student-athlete ineligible until the student-athlete’s head coach notified the student-athlete’s parents.

After a second, the policy declared the student-athlete ineligible until a counselor declared that the student-athlete was no longer using the banned substances. Finally, after a third positive drug test, the policy called for the student-athlete’s eligibility to be terminated and for the institution to withdraw all athletically related financial aid at the conclusion of the semester.”

SU head coach Jim Boeheim admitted that he did not follow this policy and, according to the report, the director of athletics “accepted this practice.” The director of athletics, according to the report, claimed that Syracuse followed an “unwritten policy” because the written policy was confusing. The NCAA wrote in the report, “The suggestion that an ‘unwritten policy’ should supersede a written policy was considered incredible by the panel

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VIOLATIONS BREAKDOWN and contrary to virtually all sense of reason, as the reasons policies are in writing is to ensure that they are clear and followed.”

Bylaws violated: NCAA Bylaws 10, 14, 31 and 32 from 2001 to 2009. Bylaw 10, which is referenced in the report’s explanation of the drug policy violations, “requires institutions to follow their institutional procedures dealing with drug abuse when athletics staff members have knowledge of student-athletes use of substances on the banned list.” Bylaw 10 continues that any failure to follow the institutional policies “shall subject the institution to penalties.”

Level of violation: Level I Consensus: Violations of its own institutional drug policy were self-reported but, according to the report, SU’s director of athletics said the policy was “confusing” at Syracuse’s NCAA hearing in October.

E. Impermissible complimentary admissions Explanation: In this part of the report, the NCAA details how Syracuse provided “the representative” — identified by The Post-Standard as Jeff Cornish — with complimentary admissions that “exceeded the NCAA bylaw limitation.”

The report details that the representative was provided with complimentary tickets to Syracuse basketball games by members of the men’s basketball staff. The NCAA wrote that this happened on “numerous occasions,” including a Big East Conference tournament game. Providing the representative with tickets to more than two home contests was a violation of NCAA Bylaw 13, and providing tickets for a conference tournament game was a violation of Bylaw 13 in itself, according to the report.

The representative’s involvement with the YMCA and, at one time, an AAU basketball team, classified him as “an individual associated with a prospective student-athlete.” His involvement with these organizations resulted in an impermissible amount of complimentary admissions issued by Syracuse, according to the report.

Bylaws violated: Facets of NCAA Bylaw 13 as they were written at the time of the violations, which occurred between January 2003 and January 2007.

Level of violation: Level II Consensus: According to the report, Syracuse and the NCAA enforcement staff “substantially agreed” on the facts and violations of NCAA Bylaws regarding impermissible complimentary admissions.

F. Failure to report outside income and supplemental pay Explanation: Between July 2004 and the summer of 2006, the report says three members of the athletic department failed to report outside income and one staff member received supplemental pay from an outside source.

The report details how “the representative” — identified by The Post-Standard as Jeff Cornish — paid a former assistant athletic trainer and graduate assistant athletic trainer for working non-Syracuse basketball clinics.

The representative, the NCAA writes in the report, also provided an assistant men’s basketball coach with a YMCA family membership in exchange for appearances at basketball clinics. Despite knowing the rule against receiving outside income and benefits, the former athletic trainer and assistant coach did not report the income or benefits, the NCAA writes. The representative also paid a month’s rent for a men’s basketball administrative assistant, according to the report.

Bylaws violated: NCAA Bylaw 11, which prohibits payment of salary through an outside source and requires the reporting of outside income.

Level of violation: Level II Consensus: SU and the NCAA enforcement staff “substantially agreed” that violations of the bylaws occurred regarding the failure to report outside income and supplemental pay, according to the report.

signing a release.

In addition, one student-athlete, working with the representative, raised funds for a charitable organization when the funds actually went to a commercial organization.

Bylaws violated: NCAA Bylaw 12, which limits the type of organization that can use student-athletes in promotional activities to member institutions and charitable, educational or nonprofit organizations.

Level of violation: Level II violations because there were several Level III violations concerning promotional activities.

Consensus: The university and the NCAA enforcement staff substantially agreed on the facts and that violations of NCAA bylaws occurred.

H. Outside basketball competition Explanation: In 2005, an SU women’s basketball player played in an organized basketball competition outside of intercollegiate competition.

The women’s basketball player played in a YMCA charity basketball game impermissibly on March 26, 2005, according to the report.

The YMCA publicized the game with predetermined rosters and charged admission to the game, according to the report.

Bylaws violated: NCAA Bylaw 14, which prohibits a student-athlete from playing in organized basketball competition outside of intercollegiate competition.

Level of violation: Level III Consensus: SU and the NCAA enforcement staff “substantially agreed” that violations of the bylaws occurred in regards to a student-athlete playing in outside basketball competition, according to the report.

G. Promotional activities

K. Head coach responsibility

Explanation: Between the 2003–04 and 2006–07 academic years, student-athletes participated in approximately 12 promotional activities without completing or fully completing the promotional activity process.

According to the report, the student-athletes violated NCAA bylaws when they participated in the events without written approval from the director of athletics, or without

Explanation: The report cites various past NCAA rulings that established that any head coach has to “promote an atmosphere of compliance within his program and monitor the activities of those who reported directly and indirectly to him.”

Under the subheads “Student-athlete academics” and “The representative” — referring to who The Post-Standard has identified as

Jeff Cornish — the NCAA details a handful of instances in which Boeheim failed to fulfill these responsibilities.

Bylaws violated: NCAA Bylaw 11 and section 2 of the NCAA Constitution Level of violation: Level I, “because many of the underlying violations were Level I” Consensus: As written in the report, “Neither the institution nor the head basketball coach agreed with the enforcement staff that the head coach failed to promote an atmosphere for compliance and monitor his staff.”

L. Lack of institutional control Explanation: Over the course of 10 years, the university failed to control and monitor the conduct and administration of its athletics programs, according to the report. It employed deficient monitoring systems, which allowed violations to occur on and off campus in the following three areas: • Student-athlete academics • The university’s compliance with its own drug policy • Staff and student-athlete relationships and engagement with the community and a representative According to the report, student-athletes and university staff “committed violations freely or did not know that their conduct violated NCAA legislation.” Many violations went undiscovered for years, and university staff members failed to ensure that relationships and activities met NCAA requirements. The report reads that, in at least one instance, a staff member failed to report potential academic violations “mindful of potential retaliation.”

The report adds that “the institution permitted athletics success to supersede NCAA standards of conduct and in doing so allowed its athletics programs to operate contrary to the integrity expected by the Division I membership.”

Bylaws violated: NCAA Bylaws 2 and 6 require each member institution monitor its programs to ensure compliance with all rules and regulations of the NCAA. Level of violation: Level I Consensus: The university did not agree with the NCAA enforcement staff that it lacked control and monitoring over its athletics programs, according to the report.

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‘Student-athlete 7’ matches path of former SU center Melo

By Justin Mattingly asst. news editor

In the NCAA’s report on Syracuse University, released on March 6, violations concerning academics, the university’s drug policy and FOR VIOLATION a lack of institutional BREAKDOWN, SEE PAGE 10, 11: B, C, L control are laid out.

In the section outlining these violations is the case of “Student-Athlete 7.’ While not specifically named in the report, the timeline of events matches that of former Syracuse center Fab Melo. The Post-Standard has definitively identified student-athlete 7 as Melo.

Melo was ruled ineligible twice during the 2011–12 season. He missed the 2012 NCAA Tournament because of an “eligibility issue.” It was an academic issue, according to reports at the time.

Melo also missed games against Notre Dame, Cincinnati and West Virginia in late January of 2012 because of an academic issue.

The report says that in January 2012, SU declared student-athlete 7 ineligible for competition because he failed to meet the NCAA’s progress-toward-degree minimum requirement. SU submitted a waiver application to the NCAA Academic and Membership Affairs explaining both medical and personal difficulties student-athlete 7 faced. Melo suffered a tear in his right calf muscle during the 2010–11 season.

As part of the waiver application, a personal statement was signed. It is unclear who actually wrote the personal statement. In interviews with the NCAA Committee on Infractions, the director of compliance, the director of basketball operations — who The Post-Standard has identified as Stan Kissel — and student-athlete 7 all had different accounts of the creation of the personal statement, according to the report.

Their accounts are as follows: • The director of compliance said she worked primarily with the director of basketball operations on the statement.

• The director of basketball operations said he worked with student-athlete 7 and coordinated with the director of compliance on the statement.

• Student-athlete 7 said he worked with the director of compliance on the statement.

No matter who worked with whom to write the statement, it was not impermissible for student-athlete 7 to receive assistance on the personal statement included in his waiver application, according to the NCAA report. The waiver application, including the personal statement, was submitted on Jan. 16, 2012. It was denied four days later, SU appealed and the appeal was denied on Jan. 24, 2012, according to the report.

“After the second denial, the institution initiated a series of events that it asserted were motivated by student-athlete 7’s best interests, mainly to restore student-athlete 7’s eligibility and return him to the basketball court,” according to the report.

A meeting was held the next morning to discuss three options relating to a course grade for student-athlete 7, including the execution of a grade change, according to the report.

While the process to change a grade can only be initiated by students, attendees of the meeting, including Director of Athletics Daryl Gross, tasked the director of basketball operations “to inform student-athlete 7 of his options and to follow up on the matter,” according to the report.

During the hearing before the NCAA Com-

mittee on Infractions, SU “also indicated that there were other motivations at play. Daryl Gross indicated that this particular student-athlete ‘needed basketball.’” Men’s basketball head coach Jim Boeheim “also expressed a desire for ‘the best defensive player in the country to play’ but acknowledged that he hoped it would be done within the rules,” according to the report.

Melo had 88 blocks during the 2011–12 season and was named the 2011–12 Big East Conference Defensive Player of the Year.

Two days after the NCAA denied SU’s appeal, student-athlete 7 met with the professor of the course to pursue a grade change and it was decided that student-athlete 7 was to complete a 4–5 page paper with scholarly citations. The next morning the professor received an email from student-athlete 7’s account with the assignment, which was “inadequate” due to a lack of citations.

The professor received another version of the assignment the student-athlete’s email account later that afternoon, according to the report.

The final version, the professor decided, warranted the boost of a full letter grade. Strong efforts were made to ensure the proper forms were filled out so student-athlete 7 could play in that Saturday’s men’s basketball game. The form was not completed and student-athlete 7 sat out, according to the report. Melo did not play in SU’s game against West Virginia on Jan. 28, 2012.

“At no time during this process did compliance, the head basketball coach or anyone that attended the January 25, 2012, meeting inquire about the validity of the work or grade change,” according to the report.

The report says student-athlete 7’s first game back was Feb. 4, 2012. Melo’s first game back was Feb. 4, 2012 against St. John’s.

SU concluded, the report says, that the director of basketball operations and the basketball facility receptionist — who The Post-Standard has identified as Debora Belanger — “took it upon themselves to try and restore student-athlete 7’s eligibility through the provision of obviously improper assistance with the grade change.” SU reported that both personnel provided text, research and citations in student-athlete 7’s final paper.

“When tracing the origins of student-athlete 7’s assignment, the institution discovered that the personal statement from student-athlete 7’s waiver application was saved on the director of basketball operations’ computer,” according to the report. “The institution reported that the final paper submitted for credit was actually a revision of the personal statement previously included in student-athlete 7’s waiver application, which had been just recently filed with the NCAA and denied.”

No data associated with any versions of the paper listed student-athlete 7 as an author, according to the report. SU concluded, the report says, that student-athlete 7 received “unauthorized assistance” in completing the assignment, and issued him a failing grade. SU later fired the basketball facility receptionist and permitted the director of basketball operations to resign.

“In the example of student-athlete 7, in order to keep one of their best players eligible the institution simply did not take ‘no’ from the NCAA for an answer,” the report says.

SU self-reported the incident in December 2013, according to the report. jmatting@syr.edu | @jmattingly306

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Former QB Patterson admits to being paid by Oneida YMCA

By Matt Schneidman asst. sports editor

On page 11 of the NCAA’s report on Syracuse University, it states that neither “the representative” nor the student-athletes he admittedly FOR VIOLATION paid could “provide clear BREAKDOWN, SEE PAGE 10: A information about the kind of work they actually performed.”

“Well I got paid through the YMCA of Oneida,” former Syracuse quarterback Perry Patterson said last Monday in a Facebook message. “And I was on payroll for doing small jobs like mentoring a troubled teen, coaching and helping with basketball tournaments, like setting up the gym, coaching, etc.”

Patterson was first identified by The Post-Standard as one of the four football players who were either paid by an account run by the representative, identified by The Post-Standard as Jeff Cornish, the former sports director at the Y, or one who interned there. According to the report, Cornish admittedly paid only three football players and two

men’s basketball players.

On Monday, Patterson admitted that he was one of the three football players paid.

Cornish paid a total of $8,335 to the former quarterback and four other student-athletes, according to the report.

In the report, it states that any work associated with the YMCA was volunteer work.

But that’s not how it was made out to be for Patterson.

“Think we even signed like the normal tax papers you would sign when you start a new job,” Patterson said.

But Patterson didn’t realize the future implications this “job” would have in the NCAA’s investigation into an entire university.

“For me it was just a job,” he said. “No different than working for this hotel or at the car auction that some of us used to work at.”

Patterson said he remembers being interviewed by who he believes was the NCAA in 2007 or 2008, but added that he didn’t recall anything coming from the interview. mcschnei@syr.edu | @matt_schneidman

PERRY PATTERSON worked small jobs at the Oneida YMCA and admitted he was paid. The payment provided was later found to violate NCAA rules. daily orange file photo

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Investigators use computer data to uncover SU’s violations

By Brett Samuels news editor

In uncovering instances of improper academic benefits at Syracuse University, investigators used metadata to track emails from stuFOR VIOLATION dent-athletes and athletics BREAKDOWN, SEE PAGE 10: B, C staff members.

Throughout the NCAA’s report on SU, the document notes that members of the athletic department wrote or revised the work of student-athletes.

While interviews and testimony at the NCAA Committee on Infractions Hearing in October 2014 played a role in the investigation, so too did metadata, which School of Information Studies professor Jian Qin said is essentially “data about data.” Information is embedded in an email the moment it’s sent, including the time stamp, which server the email was initiated from and where the email was transferred to, Qin said. Metadata can also be used to learn more about computer files.

“This metadata is necessary because it tells the network where to send this information, but this kind of information also becomes public once the email is generated,” she said. “Metadata is extremely important in email tracking and digital forensics.”

According to the report, emails were often exchanged between student-athletes, athletics staff members and student-athlete support services employees. Metadata allowed investigators to view the author of emails and coursework attached to those emails, as well as who the documents were last edited by.

In multiple cases, the use of metadata revealed that the assignments had been altered or created on a network account belonging to someone other than a student-athlete.

For example, the report details the case of “student-athlete 8,” who had a five-page paper due that required at least five peer-reviewed scholarly papers and a bibliography.

An investigation found that two versions of that paper existed.

One, a four-page paper, was saved on student-athlete 8’s network user profile. The other, a six-page paper that included scholarly articles and a bibliography, was saved under the name of the support services mentor and on the same type of computer she had at home, according to the report. The Post-Standard has identified Debora Belanger as the support services mentor.

The support services mentor emailed student-athlete 8 a copy of the second, longer paper. The student-athlete’s email account then forwarded the paper to the director of basketball operations. The student-athlete ultimately received a B in the course, according to the NCAA report.

In another instance, metadata analysis showed that student-athlete 8 received assistance on a presentation assignment. The first version of a presentation outline file was saved to the student-athlete’s network. A second, substantially revised version was saved under the support services mentor’s user ID, according to the report.

The report further details that the support services mentor emailed the presentation and script to the director of basketball operations asking him to print it for the student-athlete to take.

Student-athlete 8 presented and received a C in the course, according to the report.

In regards to a different student-athlete, identified in the report as “student-athlete 9,” metadata was used to uncover that multiple versions of a midterm document was saved to the student-athlete’s user profile.

Over a month later, student-athlete 9 met with the support services mentor for a two and a half hour tutoring session. The report reads that three items were saved to the student-athlete’s profile during the session — a final exam, an expanded midterm consisting of 25 definitions and one essay.

Only one of those items, the essay, was opened for editing during the tutoring session, according to the report.

The metadata on the three files showed that at some point, the documents were housed on the same type of device the support services mentor used at home. In addition, the name appearing in the “author” field differed from the vast majority of student-athlete 9’s other documents.

Qin, the iSchool professor, said it’s a misconception to think that information attached to email and documents will remain private. In reality, data is attached to each email that can be used to track where it originated.

Particularly in today’s technological environment, she said, it’s difficult to keep things private.

“Metadata can tell people a lot of things about what you did and can be used as evidence against you,” Qin said. “So really people need to be doing the right thing, not thinking, ‘Oh, nobody will detect this or find this.’ It’s almost impossible.” blsamuel@syr.edu | @Brett_Samuels27

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16 march 16, 2015

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CRACKING DOWN

Here’s an analysis of the punishments handed to Syracuse University Athletics in the NCAA report

By Jesse Dougherty staff writer

The NCAA came down on the Syracuse athletic program with a series of penalties on March 6. Here is the full list of the punishments from the report. The punishments, as stated in the summary of the NCAA report, are followed by clarifications based on what we know at this time. jcdoug01@syr.edu | @dougherty_jesse

PENALTIES FIVE YEARS OF PROBATION FROM MARCH 6, 2015 THROUGH MARCH 5, 2020.

Under probation, Syracuse will have to regularly submit reports to the NCAA to prove it is complying with NCAA rules.

VACATION OF ALL WINS IN WHICH INELIGIBLE MEN’S BASKETBALL STUDENT-ATHLETES PLAYED IN 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2010–11 AND 2011–12 AND INELIGIBLE FOOTBALL STUDENT-ATHLETES PLAYED IN 2004–05, 2005–06 AND 2006–07. THE PUBLIC DECISION CONTAINS ADDITIONAL DETAILS.

The NCAA did not report the exact number of wins that Syracuse will have to vacate as a part of this punishment, but did say that it includes 10 athletes throughout these years. The PostStandard has reported that SU basketball will have to vacate 108 wins, which would drop Jim Boeheim to sixth on the all-time wins list. The players cited as ineligible in the report were due to academic infractions by members of the SU Athletics department.

FINE OF $500 PER CONTEST PLAYED BY INELIGIBLE STUDENTS.

Like in the punishment above, the number of games played in by ineligible athletes was not specified by the NCAA report.

THE SCHOOL MUST RETURN TO THE NCAA ALL FUNDS IT HAS RECEIVED TO DATE THROUGH THE FORMER BIG EAST CONFERENCE REVENUE SHARING FOR ITS APPEARANCES IN THE 2011, 2012 AND 2013 NCAA MEN’S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT.

The report specifies that this includes funds Syracuse is set to receive and that they should be “withheld by the conference and forfeited to the NCAA.” The report continues that a full accounting of this financial penalty should be included in Syracuse’s annual compliance reports to the NCAA. SUSPENSION OF THE HEAD BASKETBALL COACH FOR THE FIRST NINE CONFERENCE GAMES OF 2015–16.

As of now, it is likely that Syracuse assistant coach Mike Hopkins will replace Boeheim while he is suspended.

REDUCTION OF MEN’S BASKETBALL SCHOLARSHIPS BY THREE FOR THE 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18 AND 2018–19 ACADEMIC YEARS. IF THE SCHOOL HAS ALREADY EXECUTED SCHOLARSHIP OFFERS FOR THE 2015–16 YEAR, THE SCHOOL MAY BEGIN THE FOUR-YEAR PENALTY WITH THE 2016–17 YEAR.

It’s not clear at this time how this will affect Syracuse’s scholarships for the 2015–16 year, as SU has already received a verbal commitment from Matthew Moyer. It will likely affect the Orange’s pursuit of top-flight recruits such as center Thomas Bryant (Class of 2015) and guard Tyus Battle (Class of 2016), regardless of what the scholarship situation will be like for those years.

REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF PERMISSIBLE OFF-CAMPUS RECRUITERS FROM FOUR TO TWO DURING JUNE 1, 2015 THROUGH MAY 31, 2017.

This punishment will affect the way Syracuse recruits in the next two years by restricting certain actions including the number of off-campus recruiters that can travel to see high school players.

THE PANEL ALSO ACCEPTED THE SCHOOL’S SELF-IMPOSED POSTSEASON BAN FOR THE 2014-15 SEASON, BUT NOTED THAT SELF-IMPOSITION OF PENALTIES AFTER THE CONCLUSION OF INFRACTIONS HEARINGS DOES NOT INFLUENCE THE OUTCOME.

This was confirmed by Chief Hearing Officer Britton Banowsky on a media conference call on March 6, who said that he wouldn’t speculate on how a lack of a self-imposed postseason ban would have played into the NCAA’s decision.

WINS

Before Jim Boeheim’s wins were vacated, he ranked as the second-winningest coach in Division I. The Post-Standard has reported Boeheim will lose 108 wins, which would move him to sixth place.

MIKE KRZYZEWSKI

1012

MIKE KRZYZEWSKI

JIM BOEHEIM

966

BOB KNIGHT

899

BOB KNIGHT

899

DEAN SMITH

879

DEAN SMITH

879

JIM CALHOUN

877

ADOLPH RUPP

876

JIM CALHOUN

877

ADOLPH RUPP

876

JIM BOEHEIM

1012

858

WINS BEFORE PENALTIES

WINS AFTER PENALTIES

11 46 10 5

Number of wins Syracuse football has vacated over three-year span

Number of Syracuse football’s wins in the first 10 years of the 2000s

Number of Greg Robinson’s wins from 2005-08 as head football coach

Number of years of probation given to Syracuse football and basketball