Infractions

Jerry Parkinson spent nearly ten years, from 2000 to 2010, as a member of the NCAAs Division I Committee on Infractions, participating in over one hundred major infractions cases. He came away from that experienceand the experience of reading extensive commentary on infractions caseswith the conviction that most observers do not understand the NCAAs rules-enforcement process, despite the amount of public attention many major cases receive. Parkinson uses his insiders perspective, along with illustrative stories, to help readers understand how the NCAAs rules-enforcement process really works. These stories include: a university board of trustees chair committing suicide over an infractions case; a pay-for-play scandal leading directly to the states governor; a head coach falsely portraying a deceased player as a drug dealer to cover up the coachs own misconduct; a gambler laundering his money by making the largest booster payments in NCAA history; and a coachs sexual abuse of children leading to some of the harshest sanctions ever imposed by the NCAA. Based on years of experience and infused with insight, Parkinson provides a broad view of the world of NCAA rule breakers and the NCAA rules-enforcement process.