{"115431":{"#nid":"115431","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech NCAA Appeal Denied","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe National Collegiate\nAthletic Association (NCAA) Appeals Committee today denied Georgia Tech\u2019s appeal\nof a decision made by the Division I Committee on Infractions in July 2011.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003ELast fall, Georgia Tech\nappealed the Committee on Infractions\u2019 finding of Failure to Meet the\nConditions and Obligations of Membership for not withholding a student athlete\nfrom competing in the 2009 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) football\nchampionship. It also appealed the sanction that it must vacate the 2009 ACC\nfootball championship. The committee ruled last year that Georgia Tech violated\nNCAA policy by playing an ineligible player in the game. \u0026nbsp;The committee also handed down other\ninfractions, but the vacated championship was the only sanction that Tech\nappealed.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe are disappointed with the\nruling of the NCAA appeals committee, but respect the process and the NCAA\u2019s\ndecision,\u201d said Georgia Tech President G.P. \u201cBud\u201d Peterson. \u201cWe felt we owed it\nto the Georgia Tech community and to our student athletes to exercise the\nappeals process provided by the NCAA in order to defend the integrity of\nGeorgia Tech and to reaffirm our commitment to the principles and obligations\nof the NCAA.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EPeterson emphasized that Georgia\nTech fully supports the NCAA\u2019s core values which also include maintaining the\nhighest levels of integrity and sportsmanship while pursuing excellence in both\nacademics and athletics.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech notified the\nNCAA of its intent to appeal the committee\u2019s decision in July 2011. The ruling was\nissued today and is the final decision in the NCAA appeal process. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp align=\u0022center\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"NCAA Upholds Earlier Decision"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe National Collegiate\nAthletic Association (NCAA) Appeals Committee today denied Georgia Tech\u2019s appeal\nof a decision made by the Division I Committee on Infractions in July 2011.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Appeals Committee today denied Georgia Tech\u2019s appeal of a decision made by the Division I Committee on Infractions in July 2011."}],"uid":"27281","created_gmt":"2012-03-09 08:01:37","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:11:48","author":"Lisa Grovenstein","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-03-09T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2012-03-09T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/newsroom\/NCAA_appeals_decision\/","title":"NCAA Appeal Background Information"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"13787","name":"Appeal"},{"id":"1625","name":"athletics"},{"id":"26671","name":"Committee on Infractions"},{"id":"1155","name":"NCAA"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":["matt.nagel@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}