A vacation of all records in which student-athletes competed while ineligible.During that period, any NCAA member school employing him must restrict him from any athletically related duties unless it shows cause why the restrictions should not apply. A five-year show-cause order for the former assistant director of football operations.A reduction of football evaluation days by three during fall 2021 and by 10 during spring 2022.A two-week ban on football recruiting communication during the 2021-22 academic year.A three-week ban on unofficial visits in football during the 2021-22 academic year.A reduction to 30 football official visits during the 2021-22 academic year.Finally, a former assistant director of football operations (Odell James) did not meet his obligation to cooperate and violated ethical conduct rules when he did not participate in the investigation.Īs a result, the NCAA levied the following punishments for Baylor: The university also operated a predominantly female student host program that did not align with NCAA recruiting rules. The NCAA found that a Baylor football student-athlete who committed an academic violation was not reported for failing to meet an academic performance plan. Such an outcome would be antithetical to the integrity of the infractions process." "To arrive at a different outcome would require the to ignore the rules the Association's membership has adopted - rules under which the is required to adjudicate. Ultimately, and with tremendous reluctance, this panel agrees," the infractions panel said in its decision.
"Baylor admitted to moral and ethical failings in its handling of sexual and interpersonal violence on campus but argued those failings, however egregious, did not constitute violations of NCAA rules. However, during its investigation, the NCAA found other impermissible benefits and recruiting violations that occurred between 2011-16 for which it has decided to penalize the Bears. The NCAA's Committee on Infractions could not conclude that Baylor violated NCAA rules when it failed to report allegations of sexual and interpersonal violence on its campus.