Number: RL32529
Title: The NCAA and Due Process: Legal Issues
Authors: Nathan Brooks, American Law Division 
Abstract: Recent events surrounding sports scandals at several of the nations major universities have sparked interest in the National Collegiate Athletic Associations (NCAA) procedures for investigating claims of rules violations, and the procedural protection afforded to the accused in such an investigation. This report examines the NCAAs current investigatory process and outlines two important court cases that have shielded the NCAA from attempts to require the NCAA to adhere to due process principles.
Pages: 10
Date: August 18, 2004