This podcast is by Doug Franz who used to work at 98.7FM and now has a podcast.
The link is here https://dougfranzaz.podbean.com and the ASU segment starts at about the 40-minute mark if you want to jump ahead
Franz has on David Ridpath, who is not only his friend but also a professor at Ohio University in their Sports Admin dept.
David Ridpath's claim to fame is that he is the only person who successfully sued the NCAA for imposing a show-cause (no details given on the circumstances, etc.)
Ridpath, who isn't a lawyer, did represent two lower level ASU staffers in the recruiting department during the NCAA investigation; those two did lose their job as a result of the investigation. He took exception to two lower staffers being blamed way too much for following the directive of their superiors. So his knowledge of the investigation does come from that angle, so to speak.
He claimed that just being part of the process and representing his clients, he could that ASU's alleged violations were “over the top” compared to other schools and mind-boggling overall.
On the one hand, he said that the NCAA would be extra tough if you didn’t cooperate. Yet, even though ASU did dismiss four assistant coaches and did reduce some evaluation days on the road, Ridpath gave ASU a D-minus grade in cooperating because Herm Edwards was never dismissed due to this investigation. It’s almost as if those four dismissed coaches didn’t matter. He said that coming out publicly like Michael Crow and Ray Anderson did as they doubled down in backing up Edwards while knowing full well the extent of alleged violations that happened on Edwards' watch naturally had bad optics even though Ridpath admitted that many schools would have done what ASU did and not dismiss their head coach in similar circumstances. Still, he said ASU not dismissing Edwards due to the investigation was mystifying.
One of the lead NCAA investigators in ASU’s case passed away a month ago, which has delayed the timing of the Notice of Allegations (NOA) being presented. Ridpath thought that six to eight months from now, we can expect the NOA to be served. He did think that some personnel moves, i.e. staff dismissals, could still take place over the next few months as more information comes out.
Ridpath said he was “somewhat” surprised that Ray Anderson is still ASU's Athletic Director but did feel that as the investigation progresses and more information comes out that he could see Anderson potentially being one of those aforementioned personnel changes taking place. Now, this is just the opinion of Ridpath and I still feel that if there ever is going to be a firing for cause of Anderson that the full NOA would have to come out.
When Ridpath projected what kind of sanctions ASU would get, he thought that the sanctions would be severe just because of the apparent blatant disregard for rules that ASU had shown. At the same time, he said that the only consistent thing about the NCAA’s punishment is their inconsistency so that’s the wide card factor here.
He did expect a modest reduction in scholarships (didn’t give out a figure), and a reduction in the number of days coaches could be on the road recruiting. Ridpath also expected the show clause on every coach who was dismissed due to the investigation, as well as one on Edwards.
The link is here https://dougfranzaz.podbean.com and the ASU segment starts at about the 40-minute mark if you want to jump ahead
Franz has on David Ridpath, who is not only his friend but also a professor at Ohio University in their Sports Admin dept.
David Ridpath's claim to fame is that he is the only person who successfully sued the NCAA for imposing a show-cause (no details given on the circumstances, etc.)
Ridpath, who isn't a lawyer, did represent two lower level ASU staffers in the recruiting department during the NCAA investigation; those two did lose their job as a result of the investigation. He took exception to two lower staffers being blamed way too much for following the directive of their superiors. So his knowledge of the investigation does come from that angle, so to speak.
He claimed that just being part of the process and representing his clients, he could that ASU's alleged violations were “over the top” compared to other schools and mind-boggling overall.
On the one hand, he said that the NCAA would be extra tough if you didn’t cooperate. Yet, even though ASU did dismiss four assistant coaches and did reduce some evaluation days on the road, Ridpath gave ASU a D-minus grade in cooperating because Herm Edwards was never dismissed due to this investigation. It’s almost as if those four dismissed coaches didn’t matter. He said that coming out publicly like Michael Crow and Ray Anderson did as they doubled down in backing up Edwards while knowing full well the extent of alleged violations that happened on Edwards' watch naturally had bad optics even though Ridpath admitted that many schools would have done what ASU did and not dismiss their head coach in similar circumstances. Still, he said ASU not dismissing Edwards due to the investigation was mystifying.
One of the lead NCAA investigators in ASU’s case passed away a month ago, which has delayed the timing of the Notice of Allegations (NOA) being presented. Ridpath thought that six to eight months from now, we can expect the NOA to be served. He did think that some personnel moves, i.e. staff dismissals, could still take place over the next few months as more information comes out.
Ridpath said he was “somewhat” surprised that Ray Anderson is still ASU's Athletic Director but did feel that as the investigation progresses and more information comes out that he could see Anderson potentially being one of those aforementioned personnel changes taking place. Now, this is just the opinion of Ridpath and I still feel that if there ever is going to be a firing for cause of Anderson that the full NOA would have to come out.
When Ridpath projected what kind of sanctions ASU would get, he thought that the sanctions would be severe just because of the apparent blatant disregard for rules that ASU had shown. At the same time, he said that the only consistent thing about the NCAA’s punishment is their inconsistency so that’s the wide card factor here.
He did expect a modest reduction in scholarships (didn’t give out a figure), and a reduction in the number of days coaches could be on the road recruiting. Ridpath also expected the show clause on every coach who was dismissed due to the investigation, as well as one on Edwards.
