It could take several months for the Ball State University men's basketball program to receive its sanctions for the team's most recent NCAA violations, Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Tom Collins said Wednesday.
"Unfortunately, once we've sent the NCAA our self-report, we're really running on their timetable," Collins said. "We can't control how long it takes until we know their ruling."
Assistant coaches Troy Collier, Steve Flint, William Howze and Ball State Strength and Conditioning Coordinator Jason Roberson attended practices during the Cardinals' first two weeks of summer conditioning in May. The appearances are secondary violations because members of a team's coaching staff are prohibited to be in attendance during voluntary off-season workouts.
Collins did not comment on whether the assistant coaches would receive individual punishment for the violations.
"We take all rules infractions seriously," Collins said. "It's something that shouldn't have happened, but unfortunately it did. Now, we're dealing with it in the best way possible."
Thompson refused to comment on the violations. Sports Information Director Chris Taylor said Thompson and Collins made a decision that Collins would be the spokesperson for the violations.
The most recent infraction is the second time in a year the men's basketball program has committed the same NCAA infraction. From May 15 to July 21, 2006, members of Thompson's staff regularly attended "open gym" for short periods of time, according to documents obtained through a Freedom of Information request.
The self-report Collins sent to the NCAA proposed each member of the men's basketball coaching staff be given a letter of reprimand and 870 minutes of scheduled practice time be taken away. The NCAA accepted the sanctions, according to a letter sent by an NCAA representative to Collins Aug. 15, 2006.
Collins declined to say what self-imposed sanctions he sent June 4 in the self-report for the most recent violations. However, he said he didn't believe the men's basketball program would be judged more strictly because it was the second time it committed the violation.
"We've done what we've needed to do, and I think the NCAA will respect that," Collins said. "We sent our self-report to the NCAA immediately along with our self-imposed sanctions."
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