https://www.si.com/college/2020/04/08/nc-state-ncaa-investigation-dennis-smith
"At the request of NCAA COI chair Carol Cartwright and with the “reluctant” agreement of the school, the case involving a $40,000 payment allegedly to secure the 2015 commitment of former five-star guard Dennis Smith Jr., will be headed to the new Independent Accountability Resolution Process. This will be the second case to be resolved outside the traditional peer-review structure, following a Memphis men’s basketball case earlier this year.
The IARP involves outside advocates and investigators in the basic roles of defense (NC State) and prosecution (NCAA Enforcement). An independent panel will conduct a hearing with both parties and then issue a ruling."
Sounds like NCSU has taken UNC's stance in trying to fight the NCAA:
"Cartwright described NC State’s response to its 2019 Notice of Allegations as being “full of adversarial positions, (and) fulsome attacks on the process.” She also said the school and its former coach, Mark Gottfried, had a “lack of acceptance of the core principles of self-governance and the membership’s infractions process through adversarial posturing that goes beyond simple disagreement and advocacy.”
The school fired back in its acceptance letter of the off-ramp option: “By submitting a referral petition that prejudges open issues of fact, uses legitimate procedural inquiry as a basis for an adverse finding against NC State, and pushes a member institution into a process that causes it to lose a substantive right, the COI has not been faithful to the principles of fairness. … We question the COI’s objectivity because it took legitimate issues of fact and procedural concerns as inappropriate challenges instead of an opportunity for discussion and resolution.”
And NCSU threatens to sue if they lose, because the IARP leaves no mechanism for appeal:
“(B)y conceding to referral, NC State does not concede its substantive right to appeal,” the school noted. “Further, in light of the various concerns described herein, NC State also reserves all rights and remedies, both within and outside of the NCAA structure."
"At the request of NCAA COI chair Carol Cartwright and with the “reluctant” agreement of the school, the case involving a $40,000 payment allegedly to secure the 2015 commitment of former five-star guard Dennis Smith Jr., will be headed to the new Independent Accountability Resolution Process. This will be the second case to be resolved outside the traditional peer-review structure, following a Memphis men’s basketball case earlier this year.
The IARP involves outside advocates and investigators in the basic roles of defense (NC State) and prosecution (NCAA Enforcement). An independent panel will conduct a hearing with both parties and then issue a ruling."
Sounds like NCSU has taken UNC's stance in trying to fight the NCAA:
"Cartwright described NC State’s response to its 2019 Notice of Allegations as being “full of adversarial positions, (and) fulsome attacks on the process.” She also said the school and its former coach, Mark Gottfried, had a “lack of acceptance of the core principles of self-governance and the membership’s infractions process through adversarial posturing that goes beyond simple disagreement and advocacy.”
The school fired back in its acceptance letter of the off-ramp option: “By submitting a referral petition that prejudges open issues of fact, uses legitimate procedural inquiry as a basis for an adverse finding against NC State, and pushes a member institution into a process that causes it to lose a substantive right, the COI has not been faithful to the principles of fairness. … We question the COI’s objectivity because it took legitimate issues of fact and procedural concerns as inappropriate challenges instead of an opportunity for discussion and resolution.”
And NCSU threatens to sue if they lose, because the IARP leaves no mechanism for appeal:
“(B)y conceding to referral, NC State does not concede its substantive right to appeal,” the school noted. “Further, in light of the various concerns described herein, NC State also reserves all rights and remedies, both within and outside of the NCAA structure."
