NCAA Says Pacific 10 Sanctions Against Arizona State Are Enough

MISSION, Kan. —  The NCAA Committee on Infractions announced Thursday that it will not impose penalties against Arizona State University beyond those taken by the Pacific 10 Conference in connection with violations in the school’s baseball, men’s gymnastics and wrestling programs.

“It was the committee’s opinion that actions taken by the conference were consistent with NCAA policies and principles” and the NCAA infractions committee saw no need to take further action, committee chairman Frank J. Remington said in a statement.

The conference found that certain athletes at the school had received excessive financial aid; that the school had exceeded the permissible number of grants-in-aid in baseball, men’s gymnastics and wrestling; that certain athletes had received improper income for hours not worked, and that lodging and use of an automobile had been provided improperly for relatives of two athletes.

In November, the conference placed the university on probation for a two-year period and imposed grant-in-aid reductions on the school’s baseball, wrestling and men’s gymnastics programs.

The conference also prohibited the baseball team from postseason competition following the 1985 season.