https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...ball-football-university-responds/4970775002/
LAWRENCE, Kan. — Kansas has laid out the defense it will use in its ongoing battle with the NCAA.
The NCAA has 60 days to reply to the case, with a hearing in front of an infractions panel to follow. However, the overall process could still take months to complete, and Kansas could also potentially challenge any decision in federal court, which would further delay a resolution.
″[T]here are several facts that are in dispute; there are assumptions made; and, perhaps most importantly, there are unprecedented and novel theories put forward that, if found to have merit by the Panel, would dramatically alter the collegiate sports landscape in ways not contemplated by the Membership,” Kansas' response read. “This infractions proceeding would redefine the criminal verdicts in the federal trials if the Panel adopts the enforcement staff’s theories.”
Kansas cited former Adidas executive James Gatto’s conviction at the trials, with a jury determining beyond a reasonable doubt that under-the-table payments from Gatto and Gassnola were concealed from the university and that the university was defrauded in the process — as well as the judge’s order that the two provide restitution to the university — as evidence that Kansas is a victim in the situation.
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Bill Self will be long retired before they figure any of this out.
LAWRENCE, Kan. — Kansas has laid out the defense it will use in its ongoing battle with the NCAA.
The NCAA has 60 days to reply to the case, with a hearing in front of an infractions panel to follow. However, the overall process could still take months to complete, and Kansas could also potentially challenge any decision in federal court, which would further delay a resolution.
″[T]here are several facts that are in dispute; there are assumptions made; and, perhaps most importantly, there are unprecedented and novel theories put forward that, if found to have merit by the Panel, would dramatically alter the collegiate sports landscape in ways not contemplated by the Membership,” Kansas' response read. “This infractions proceeding would redefine the criminal verdicts in the federal trials if the Panel adopts the enforcement staff’s theories.”
Kansas cited former Adidas executive James Gatto’s conviction at the trials, with a jury determining beyond a reasonable doubt that under-the-table payments from Gatto and Gassnola were concealed from the university and that the university was defrauded in the process — as well as the judge’s order that the two provide restitution to the university — as evidence that Kansas is a victim in the situation.
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Bill Self will be long retired before they figure any of this out.