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TexasTowelie

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Fri Jul 10, 2020, 12:43 AM Jul 2020

NCAA denies UMHB football appeal, vacates 2016 national championship

BELTON — The NCAA notified the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor that the Infraction Appeals Committee denied the university’s appeal, vacating the school’s 2016 Division III national championship.

The NCAA upheld its Committee on Infraction’s vacation of records penalty for the 2016 and 2017 football seasons.

“This process has taken more than two years to complete, and we are deeply disappointed by this final decision,” Dr. Randy O’Rear, UMHB president, said in a news release. “We believe it is a harsh penalty, especially for all the student-athletes who had no part in the infractions. Today’s decision could cause serious concern about whether the current NCAA enforcement system will encourage or discourage cultures of integrity and self-reporting for those facing similar situations in the future.

“As soon as we became aware of rules violations, we took immediate and decisive action and we self-reported to the NCAA. But in the end, student-athletes who had nothing to do with the violations have been stripped of their team accomplishments by the NCAA.”

Read more: https://kdhnews.com/news/breaking/ncaa-denies-umhb-football-appeal-vacates-2016-national-championship/article_8447bcba-b7f0-11ea-9d37-6bd70351e89a.html

With this decision, I guess that I should take solace that my alma mater, Southwestern, did not lose 44-10 to UMHB in 2017.

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