Mark Alesia of the Indianapolis Star reports this morning that former IU coach Kelvin Sampson is appealing the NCAA's decision to hand down upon him a five-year show-cause penalty. Alesia explains the former Hoosier's two-point position:
The first is that the infractions committee misinterpreted testimony by former IU assistant Rob Senderoff, which led to a conclusion that Sampson knowingly placed impermissible recruiting phone calls, and thus was guilty of unethical conduct.The second is that the NCAA enforcement staff, essentially the prosecutor in the case, was biased and showed a prejudgment of guilt by requesting a hearing before all of the interviews were complete.
Alesia, who in my opinion does as good or better of a job covering NCAA issues than anyone else in the country, cites "a source close to Sampson," who returns to the state Wednesday when his Milwaukee Bucks play the Pacers. You'll remember Sampson is now an assistant under Scott Skiles in Milwaukee.
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