{"id":23399,"date":"1996-11-18T17:31:43","date_gmt":"1996-11-18T23:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/1996\/11\/18\/ncaa-responds-to-maine-no-new-information-offered\/"},"modified":"2010-08-17T19:54:05","modified_gmt":"2010-08-18T00:54:05","slug":"ncaa-responds-to-maine-no-new-information-offered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/1996\/11\/18\/ncaa-responds-to-maine-no-new-information-offered\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Responds to Maine; No New Information Offered"},"content":{"rendered":"
After a two-week extension, the NCAA Committee on Infractions has issued a response to the University of Maine regarding Maine’s appeal of NCAA sanctions. <\/p>\n
“The document is a reiteration of, and slight elaboration on, the Committee on Infractions positions, as explained in their July decision,” said University of Maine spokesperson John Diamond, who has read the report. <\/p>\n
The report offers no new information, and is in no way a resolution to any of the issues. <\/p>\n
Maine now has 14 days to respond, after which time a hearing will be scheduled on the issue, most likely in early December. <\/p>\n
The report, dated Nov. 13, was sent to a Bangor attorney who has been hired by the NCAA for this purpose. According to Maine officials, this is normal NCAA procedure. <\/p>\n
In July, the NCAA issued several penalties against the University of Maine, including a ban from this year’s NCAA Tournament, and also a removal of 13 football scholarships. Maine took exception to these two penalties and filled an appeal with the NCAA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
After a two-week extension, the NCAA Committee on Infractions has issued a response to the University of Maine regarding Maine’s appeal of NCAA sanctions. “The document is a reiteration of, and slight elaboration on, the Committee on Infractions positions, as explained in their July decision,” said University of Maine spokesperson John Diamond, who has read […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":140328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n