| Bad Dawg: History of Incidents - Recruiting Violations and Ethics |
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Page 6 of 9 Recruiting Violations and Ethics EtcMake Your Voice Heard, Keep Your Money―ESPN MADDD appreciates this frank commentary by a UW alum. It is their worship of performance and excusing or ignoring some of the unethical means of achieving it that has brought the UW Athletic department and especially its football program to such disrepute. And it will be UW alums, and especially rich donors, who can most effectively insist on high ethics. Some key quotations: <!--[if !supportLists]-->Ø <!--[endif]-->“What I'm talking about is when your school behaves so badly off the field that it becomes a national punchline.” <!--[if !supportLists]-->Ø <!--[endif]-->“I'm going through this right now with my alma mater, Washington, which has spent the better part of the past decade spitting on the ethical sidewalk.” <!--[if !supportLists]-->Ø <!--[endif]-->“The Internet may be infinite, but even it doesn't provide ample space to document the Huskies' offenses.” MADDD tries to provide a reasonable subset of those articles for posterity and as an agent of change.<!--[if !supportLists]-->Ø <!--[endif]-->“Heck, for plunging the department to Defcon 4, athletic director Barbara Hedges was just rewarded with a contract extension.” MADDD notes that “Defcon 4” is a high level of military alert.<!--[if !supportLists]-->Ø <!--[endif]-->“It was to the point where I was rooting for Washington State in last Saturday's Apple Cup, figuring it would take a loss to the hated state rival to force the Huskies to mend their ways.”<!--[if !supportLists]-->Ø <!--[endif]-->“This non-losing-season streak is truly the most pathetic of marks. The school will go to any length to preserve the streak, scheduling such fierce non-conference opponents as Idaho, Indiana and Nevada this season. Unfortunately, the Huskies lost to Nevada, so they will have to find someone much worse and much safer for the future. Any day, I expect them to join the Big East so that they can get Rutgers on the conference schedule.”<!--[if !supportLists]-->Ø <!--[endif]-->“If the school is too arrogant to discipline itself, the alumni must step in and say enough is enough. Cut off the source of revenue…. When a school has run out of shame, the only way it will change is when it also runs out of money.”<!--[if !supportLists]-->Ø <!--[endif]-->“Besides, what's the point of a seat on the 40-yard-line if the view turns your stomach?”UW Regents Pressured President to Leave―SeattleTimes The Times reports that former UW President Richard McCormick was pressured to leave for poor performance and adultery with a female UW employee. After denying for years both that the Regents had pressured him and the affair, McCormick admitted both when he learned that the Times would publish the story. MADDD wonders if perhaps the problem was President McCormick was quibbling over the word “is”. Gilbertson May Have Broken State Ethics Law—SeattleTimes UW Guilty of 3 Minor Violations, Pac-10 Says—SeattleTimes UW Slaps 12 in Betting Scandal—SeattlePI Allegations were made: · That last June, Gilbertson called former UW graduate assistant Ikaika Malloe, who was scheduled to talk to NCAA investigators about betting pools, and told Malloe that he might be in line to become a UW tight ends coach if Gilbertson was named Husky head coach. The report alleges that Gilbertson told Malloe: "I'm going to come clean. I'm gonna tell (the NCAA) that I participated in the pool in 1999, and I'm gonna leave it at that." · That Malloe, when he faced NCAA investigators, felt "influenced" by that conversation to essentially confirm Gilbertson's story. · That Malloe subsequently retracted his story, that he had organized betting pools in the athletic department in 2001-02, and that Gilbertson, Heater, Hundley, Nevin and others had participated. Neuheisel Fires Back—SeattlePI “Rick Neuheisel's legal team yesterday revealed allegations that current University of Washington football coaches participated in office betting pools over the past three years -- charges not cited in the Pac-10 list of violations despite testimony of a former football graduate assistant.” (Emphasis by MADDD.) The 38-page document Neuheisel released can be found here (.doc, .pdf). More Fuel Added to UW Fiasco—SeattlePI “Neuheisel's defenders have named names, including some former assistants he brought to Washington, and cast a dubious eye upon some of the Pac-10 and UW assertions.” (Emphasis by MADDD.) UW To Discipline 12 in Hoops Pool—ESPN “The University of Washington announced disciplinary action Tuesday against 12 athletic department employees, including football coach Keith Gilbertson and compliance officer Dana Richardson, for participation in gambling pools on college basketball.” (Emphasis by MADDD.) MADDD finds it a compelling statement of “lack of institutional control” that a UW Athletic Department compliance officer (and lawyer) not only authorized gambling on athletics, but actually participated in it!Investigations continue on NCAA pools at Washington―SeattleTimes Pac-10: More betting at UW―SeattlePI Coach Gilbertson: “If they want to hang me for being in a damn basketball pool, then hang me.”Gilbertsen Questioned Again Over Gambling―SeattleTimes Coach Confirms NCAA Inquiry―ESPN Ex-Husky Looks Back in Anger [At Racism]―SeattleTimes Lack of Control Could Be an Issue for UW―SeattleTimes “It's hard to remember the last time the University of Washington Athletic Department has been in such sad shape.“An Appaling Lack of Oversight at UW―TacomaNewsTribune Regents Need to Throw a Flag at Hedges, UW Athletics―TacomaNewsTribune Gilbertson Involved in $3 pool―SeattlePI UW tourney pool may have violated state law―SeattlePI Wanted: UW Accountability—Tacoma News Tribune MADDD believes that the UW President asking for accountability in the UW Athletic Department is far too late for the public good. Hedges’ Contract Extended One Year―SeattleTimes MADDD vehemently asserts that this is in diametric contradiction to Pres. Hunsinger’s assertion that he wants more accountability! UW Audit Raises Issues―SeattlePI In one case, former Huskies football player Dominic Daste was found to have worked as a student employee in the fall of 2001 "when he no longer qualified as such." In addition, his timesheets "generally reflected 13-16 hours worked each day without a meal break."The auditor noted about the Daste case: "As it's unlikely an employee would work that many hours without a meal break, it's possible this employee may have been overpaid." [MADDD thinks that auditor was being very legalistically cautious: it seems much more plausible that Daste was being paid for work not done, a severe NCAA violation.]Huskies’ Athletic Department Out of Control―SeattlePIUW in Dawghouse? Dismissal may not get school off NCAA hookHeat on UW Might Get Even More Sticky―SeattleTimes A Proud Tradition Earned over Decades is Sullied in Years―SeattleTimes<!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Neuheisel’s had a Rocky 4 Years at UW―ESPNNeuheisel Can’t Cover the Spread on This―ESPN UW Faces Major Mop-Up—SeattleTimes UW coach's missteps mimic predecessor—SeattleTimes The Lying Game: Deceptions shed light on sports' gray areas—SeattlePI We shouldn't be surprised by Neuheisel's lack of judgment—Tacoma News Tribune Barton ran indirect route to Washington—Seattle Times Dollar paid the price for UW recruiting violations - Hardly—Seattle PI Bonnell will likely have to delay transfer to UW—Seattle Times (NeuWeasel called him, a WSU grayshirt, on the telephone; “It surprised me big-time,” Bonnell told the South County Journal. “I didn't even know I could be recruited.”) MADDD speculates that Bonnell transferred because he saw the skill of Kegel, Hurd, and Swogger, and decided he would not want to be 4th string in 2003 and at best 3rd string in 2004–5. MADDD finds it noteworthy that the Dawgs find a 4th stringer at WSU (“Quarterback U” according to Sports Illustrated) a good catch, and speculates that WSU may be much better off without him. Pac-10 to Investigate Bonnell Recruitment—SeattlePI Newheisel Censured by Fellow Coaches—SeattlePI Lack of Candor Costs Newheisel Credibility—SeattlePI Neuheisel must learn honesty is best policy—SeattleTimes Lie Puts Pressure on Neuheisel: Many Boosters Disappointed with UW Coach—SeattlePI Hedges-No Punishment for Newheisel—SeattleTimes Hedges Regrets Neuheisel’s Latest Misstep—TacomaNewsTribune Washington Will Not Discipline Neuheisel—ESPN Huskies beg for scraps-Get real—Seattle PI Huskies Neuheisel restriction part of Colorado penalty—Seattle Times Huskies UW coach's image as golden boy again starts to show some tarnish—Seattle Times UW Hoops Violations Reviewed—TacomaNewsTribune NCAA places Colorado football on probation—ESPN NCAA slaps Neuheisel—Seattle PI Neuheisel - I didn't try to break rules—Seattle Times Neuheisel apologizes for 'inadvertent errors'—Seattle Times Neuheisel cannot accept deal from Nike—ESPN Neuheisel denies intent to break NCAA rules—CNNSI Neuheisel apologies—Tacoma News Tribune Rick Neuheisel timeline - Dates with trouble—Seattle Times The Drill: Want a free pass? Play for Neuheisel—Seattle PI |
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