Girod & Goff statement and more on case concluding

One other bit on the finally settled case, as I thought this was a practically perfect statement from Chancellor Douglas Girod and Athletics Director Travis Goff on the decisions on and the conclusion of the case.
chancellor.ku.edu/positive-conclusion-ou...aa-basketball-matter

The high points…
“Today’s decision by the Independent Resolution Panel confirms what we’ve said since the beginning: the major infractions of which we were accused were unfounded. Most importantly, the panel decision unequivocally confirms our coaches were not involved in — or had knowledge of — payments to student-athletes."

(All the bloody naysayers in mainstream and social media ignore this reality. -HE)

”While doing our due diligence as part of this process, we acknowledged lesser infractions for which we self-imposed penalties last fall. Regarding the additional penalties announced in today’s decision, we accept them and will move forward.
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We appreciate the members of the Independent Resolution Panel for their fair review of the facts. We fully support Coach Self and his staff, and we look forward to him finishing his career at KU many years from now. Most importantly, we are pleased that our coaches and student-athletes can now move forward with their Jayhawk careers unfettered by the uncertainty this case has brought.”

Additionally —

This AP article by Dave Skretta is pretty evenhanded in its discussion of the case.
It also includes the penalties arising for all of the schools involved in the post-FBI corruption case NCAA cases.

Note that Oklahoma State, which did not choose to go the IARP route but stayed with the traditional NCAA procedure, is the only program to really get the post-season ban shaft out of all this.

Then add in this USAToday article by Dan Wolken. His article is not as level-headed as Skretta’s, but he does excoriate the NCAA.

“The outcome of the final case involving Kansas, the crown jewel of the Adidas family, had pretty well been telegraphed by the other cases that came across the desk of the IARP, an independent group of lawyers who were commissioned by the NCAA to rule on these complex cases. 

Like the other schools whose cases came up over the last couple of years, Kansas and head coach Bill Self got off with minimal penalties, none of which will impact the big business of winning championships. In fact, the IARP downgraded every one of the initial allegations levied by the NCAA from Level 1 to Level 2 or 3. 

It wasn’t just a slap in the face to the NCAA’s enforcement process, it was a complete repudiation of the investigative work that had characterized Adidas representatives as Kansas boosters and pinned a significant amount of responsibility on Self for knowing about and even encouraging Adidas to intervene on Kansas’ behalf in the recruitment of elite prospects.”

Again, all the bloody naysayers in mainstream and social media ignore this reality. -HE