The Kansas Jayhawks were sent their Notice of Allegations back in 2019 and were one of the six schools the NCAA said would be receiving one. From the day the school received the notice they had 90 days to respond which the Jayhawks ultimately did back in March. The NCAA Enforcement Staff has now sent back their 92-page response in which they call out and dispute all of the Jayhawks claims.
First paragraph, NCAA states the KU men’s basketball alleged violations are “egregious, severe and are the kind that significantly undermine and threaten the NCAA Collegiate Model.”
— Jesse Newell (@jessenewell) May 7, 2020
When Kansas sent their response in March they disputed all five of the violations the NCAA alleged they committed. The NCAA within the 92-page response has countered that the violations were major, egregious, and severe.
This footnote makes it clear: The NCAA was not a fan of KU/Bill Self’s Adidas shirt and money chain Late Night promo vid: pic.twitter.com/H2XK36Rz2b
— Jesse Newell (@jessenewell) May 7, 2020
Now we wait for a hearing to be scheduled with the Committee of Infractions where the Jayhawks will get to state their case. At that point, a ruling, in this case, will be determined on whether the school will face punishment for alleged violations. If punishment is issued the school will get their chance to appeal. This is something has a chance to play out for a long while similar to the North Carolina classes case.
The violations center around the fact that the NCAA alleges that head coach Bill Self and one of his assistants Kurtis Townsend use the school company Adidas to influence high school recruits to attend the school. This, of course, the use of “boosters” is against NCAA rules and is the main basis of why Kansas received the initial notice.
