In accordance with NCAA rules and regulations, all suspected or alleged violations of NCAA rules shall be investigated. If the Assistant Athletics Director for Compliance determines that a violation has occurred, the Assistant Athletics Director for Compliance will report the violation (or possible violation) to the NCAA national office and/or appropriate conference officials.

Definitions of Secondary and Major Violations

A secondary violation as defined in Bylaw 19.02.2.1, is one that provides only a limited recruiting or competitive advantage and is isolated or inadvertent in nature.

A major violation as defined in Bylaw 19.02.2.2, is any other violation, specifically those that provide an extensive recruiting or competitive advantage.

Repeated secondary violations by a member institution may be identified as a major violation.

Reporting A Violation

1. Any individual (e.g., athletic department staff member, student-athlete, university employee, representative of the University's athletics interests, and member of the community) may report an alleged, rumored, or suspect violation.
   
   
2. The individual may report the alleged, rumored, or suspected violation verbally or in writing. He/She may report an alleged violation anonymously.
   

To Whom an Alleged Violation Shall be Reported to

1. If an alleged or rumored violation is communicated to any athletic department staff member, the staff member has an obligation to notify the Compliance Office of the violation in a timely manner.
   
   
2. Individual other than athletic department staff members may report an alleged violation to any or all of the following:

• The Compliance Office
  Sarah Fraser, Assistant Athletic Director - Compliance:
  (401) 863-7584 or Sarah_Fraser@Brown.edu:
  Joan Taylor, Senior Associate Athletic Director: (401) 863-2272
  Kristin Wood, Compliance Intern (401) 863-3945
  
  
• The Director of Athletics, an Associate Director of Athletics or an Assistant Athletics Director.
  
  
• The Faculty Athletic Representative.
  Howard Chudacoff: (401) 863-2625 or Howard_Chudacoff@Brown.EDU

The Assistant Athletics Director for Compliance shall determine that a violation occurred whenever the preponderance of the evidence, considered as a whole, establishes the occurrence of the violation.

Information to be Included in the University's Self-Report

The NCAA Enforcement staff recommends that the following information to be included in an institution's report of a violation:

The date and location of the violation.

The identities of involved student-athletes, coaches, staff members and any other individuals involved in the violation.

The means by which the institution became aware of this information. Note: If a newspaper article alerted the institution, a copy of the article shall be included.

The cause of the violation (e.g., lack knowledge, human error, etc.), an explanation of the circumstances surrounding the violation and any mitigating circumstances that may exist.

A list of corrective and/or punitive actions taken by the institution in response to the violation.

The institution's position regarding the violation and surrounding circumstance. The institution will indicate whether it believes a violation occurred and the specific legislation it believes has been violated.

Alleged Violations Involving Other NCAA Institutions

1. If an individual has knowledge of an alleged violation that involves another NCAA member institution and impacts the University, he/she shall report the alleged violation(s) to the Assistant Athletics Director for Compliance and/or the Director of Athletics.
   
   
2. The Assistant Athletics Director for Compliance will discuss the violation and desired plan of action to address the situation with the Director of Athletics and the appropriate coaching staff member who have lodged the accusation. The Assistant Athletics Director for Compliance may then contact the compliance administrator or the athletics director at the accused member institution to request that the alleged violation be investigated. The Assistant Athletics Director for Compliance may then contact the Ivy League or the NCAA staff and request that the Conference office or NCAA staff contact the accused institution or that institution's conference.

Penalties Associated with Secondary Violations

NCAA Bylaw 19.6.1 Penalties for Secondary Violations. The assistant executive director for enforcement, upon approval by the chair or another member of the Committee on Infractions designated by the chair, or the committee may determine that no penalty is warranted in a secondary case, that an institutional- or conference-determined penalty is satisfactory or, if appropriate, impose a penalty. Among the disciplinary measures are:

1. Termination of the recruitment of a prospect by the institution or, if the prospect enrolls (or has enrolled) in the institution, permanent ineligibility to represent the institution in intercollegiate competition (unless eligibility is restored by the Eligibility Committee upon appeal);
   
   
2. Forfeiture of contests in which an ineligible student-athlete participated;
   
   
3. Prohibition of the head coach or other staff members in the involved sport from participating in any off-campus recruiting activities for up to one year;
   
   
4. An institutional fine for each violation, with the monetary penalty ranging in total from $500 to $5,000;
   
   
5. A limited reduction in the number of financial aid awards that may be awarded during a specified period in the sport involved to the maximum extent of 20 percent of the maximum number of awards normally permissible in that sport;
   
   
6. Institutional recertification that its current athletics policies and practices conform to all requirements of NCAA regulations;
   
   
7. Suspension of the head coach or other staff members for one or more competitions;
   
   
8. Public reprimand (to be invoked only in situations where the Committee on Infractions or the assistant executive director for enforcement, upon approval by the committee, determines that a penalty, in addition to any institutional- or conference-determined penalty, is warranted), and
   
   
9. Requirement that a member institution that has been found in violation, or that has an athletics department staff member who has been found in violation of the provisions of NCAA legislation while representing another institution, show cause why a penalty or an additional penalty should not be imposed if it does not take appropriate disciplinary or corrective action against the athletics department personnel involved, any other institutional employee if the circumstances warrant or representatives of the institution's athletics interests.