[PDF] IRISH NEWSLINK: “UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME PUBLIC INFRACTIONS DECISION, NOVEMBER 22, 2016” – NCAA

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“… The agreed-upon violations in this case centered on multiple years of academic violations by a former student athletic trainer and football student-athletes …”

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IRISH NEWSLINKS: “A Letter from the [University of Notre Dame] President on the NCAA Infractions Case” – NDedu

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“We are deeply disappointed by and strongly disagree with the denial of the University’s appeal, announced today by the NCAA, of an earlier decision by the NCAA’s Committee on Infractions to vacate Notre Dame’s 2012 and 2013 football victories due to academic misconduct by several student-athletes. Our concerns go beyond the particulars of our case and the record of two

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IRISH NEWSLINK: “NCAA appeals committee upholds vacation of Notre Dame wins ” – NCAA

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“Notre Dame must vacate all records in which football student-athletes participated while ineligible during the 2012-13 and 2013-14 football seasons, according to a decision issued by the NCAA Division I Infractions Appeals Committee. In the NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions’ decision, the panel found a former Notre Dame athletic training student violated NCAA ethical conduct rules when she committed

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[from Nov. 22] IRISH NEWSLINK Chicago Sun-Times: “NCAA penalties merely latest of Notre Dame football’s problems”

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“… This will be the fourth of Kelly’s seven seasons that the Irish finish outside of the AP Top 25. The negative energy burdening some of those teams has been palpable, and an obvious problem. …”  

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IRISH VIDEO: Brian Kelly Tuesday Press Conference; Southern Cal Preview and Reaction to NCAA Sanctions Against Notre Dame

BrianKelly meets with reporters on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2016, as Notre Dame prepares for their road game at Southern Cal.  Notre Dame also is reacting to the NCAA’s announcement of wide-ranging sanctions against Notre Dame in connection with an academic cheating scandal.  If the sanctions hold, Notre Dame will vacate their wins from their 2012 run to the BCS title

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IRISH NEWSWATCH: “NCAA: Notre Dame Must Vacate Wins After Academic Misconduct” – AP

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“Brian Kelly’s worst season at Notre Dame took an embarrassing turn … the NCAA announced that academic misconduct orchestrated by a student athletic trainer will cost the storied program all 21 victories from the 2012-13 seasons, including the 12-0 run that vaulted the Fighting Irish into the national championship game against Alabama. … just the fourth time the NCAA has

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IRISH NEWSLINK USA Today: “Notre Dame must vacate football wins after academic violations by trainer”

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“Notre Dame will be forced to vacate victories in the 2012 and 2013 football season due to NCAA violations by a student-trainer. The NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions panel ruled the trainer violated ethical conduct rules when she committed academic misconduct for two football players by completing their coursework. The two players and another also committed individual academic misconduct,

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IRISH NEWSLINK: NCAA News Release: “Former Notre Dame student trainer acted unethically, committed academic misconduct”

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“A former University of #NotreDame student athletic trainer violated #NCAA ethical conduct rules when she committed academic misconduct for two football student-athletes and provided six other #football student-athletes with impermissible academic extra benefits, according to a Division I Committee on Infractions panel. One additional football student-athlete committed academic misconduct on his own. The panel prescribed one year of probation, a

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[PDF] IRISH NEWSLINK: NCAA DOCUMENT: “UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME PUBLIC INFRACTIONS DECISION NOVEMBER 22, 2016”

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“The NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions (COI) is an independent administrative body of the NCAA comprised of individuals from the Division I membership and the public. The committee decides infractions cases involving member institutions and their staffs.1 This case involved academic violations in the football program at the University of Notre Dame. A panel of the committee considered this

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