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Date: | Wed, 23 Nov 1994 15:10:52 EST |
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>Posted on 23 Nov 1994 at 12:51:48 by Bill Fenwick
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>Re: Harkness
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>Date: Wed, 23 Nov 1994 12:23:37 EST
>Reply-To: Bill Fenwick <[log in to unmask]>
>From: Bill Fenwick <[log in to unmask]>
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>Luiz writes:
>>Let's not forget that Ned Harkness was forced to resign as Union College
>>coach due to recruiting violations. It appears that his winning-at-all-
>>costs attitude eventually caught up with him.
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>A minor clarification, though what Luiz says is correct. The violations
>were of NESCAC rules, not NC$$ ones. Back then (1978), Union was a member
>of the NESCAC, which had (and may still have) a rule prohibiting head
>coaches from visiting recruits. Well, Ned visited a few in the off-season
>and, when confronted about it, committed the Really Big Boo-boo and lied
>about the whole thing. He eventually 'fessed up. His resignation came
>some time later and had to do in part with four or five of his players being
>declared academically ineligible during the season.
Thanks for the clarification. I should have mentioned in my post that
the violation involved the NESCAC rule prohibiting visits to the homes of
prospective student-athletes, rather than an NCAA rule.
>According to the recent SI article, this whole situation caused the NESCAC
>to kick Union out of the league. I was under the impression that Union
>withdrew from the league themselves, rather than being forced out. Can
>anybody clarify this?
From what I remember, Union was pretty embarrassed by the whole affair,
and decided to withdraw from NESCAC. NESCAC had nothing to gain by forcing
Union out.
Luiz F. Valente
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