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Did the NCAA illegally access information in Frank Haith’s bank account?

NCAA Basketball Tournament - Norfolk St v Missouri

OMAHA, NE - MARCH 16: head coach Frank Haith of the Missouri Tigers looks on late in the second half against the Norfolk State Spartans during the second round of the 2012 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament at CenturyLink Center on March 16, 2012 in Omaha, Nebraska. (Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)

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If an accusation from Missouri head coach Frank Haith proves to be true, the NCAA’s enforcement arm may have just been dealt another blow.

According to a report from Dennis Dodd of CBSSports.com, Haith is alleging that the NCAA was able to gain access to canceled checks from his account with Bank of America improperly, and potentially illegally.

The allegation stems from the NCAA’s investigation into Haith’s tenure at Miami and his association with Nevan Shapiro, a former booster currently in prison for running a Ponzi scheme.

From the report:

Some of Haith’s bank statements were voluntarily turned over to NCAA investigators as part of the two-year old investigation of the Miami Hurricanes athletic department. The petition states that certain information could have been obtained improperly by accessing the actual microfiche reproductions of the checks. Those microfiche copies were not turned over to the NCAA, according to a source.

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The Haith camp became aware of possible improprieties when it sought microfiche copies of the checks at the request of the NCAA, according to Buckner. It was told by a Bank of America official that those microfiche copies -- which contain more detail than bank statements -- already had been “viewed or ordered” by another party.


Haith has filed a petition in a Florida court against Bank of America which essentially says that the bank allowed someone illicit access to the information in his accounts, and that they have done nothing to investigate how that information was accessed and who allowed it.

The bigger issue for us is that this is just the latest example of the NCAA abusing their enforcement power. If you’ve forgotten, during that same case, the NCAA used some incredibly questionable tactics in order to sidestep their lack of subpoena power.

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