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A former NCAA leader who chaired the committee that imposed stiff penalties on Alabama's football program is now criticizing the way the sanctioning organization handled its investigation of the Crimson Tide.
David Swank, a former chairman of the NCAA's Committee on Infractions, said in court documents that the panel should not have considered information from a confidential witness who was involved in revealing wrongdoing by the program.
Swank also said the committee misclassified some violations it said were committee by former Alabama booster Ray Keller and went to far in labeling Keller and two other boosters as "rogues" and "parasites" on the program, The Birmingham News reported Friday.
A judge previously ruled that Swank, a former vice president of the NCAA, could provide written testimony for Keller, a Jackson County businessman suing the NCAA for defamation. Keller claims the NCAA libeled him during the 2002 investigation that resulted in probation for the Tide.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/football/ncaa/05/05/bc.fbc.swank.alabama.ap/index.html
David Swank, a former chairman of the NCAA's Committee on Infractions, said in court documents that the panel should not have considered information from a confidential witness who was involved in revealing wrongdoing by the program.
Swank also said the committee misclassified some violations it said were committee by former Alabama booster Ray Keller and went to far in labeling Keller and two other boosters as "rogues" and "parasites" on the program, The Birmingham News reported Friday.
A judge previously ruled that Swank, a former vice president of the NCAA, could provide written testimony for Keller, a Jackson County businessman suing the NCAA for defamation. Keller claims the NCAA libeled him during the 2002 investigation that resulted in probation for the Tide.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/football/ncaa/05/05/bc.fbc.swank.alabama.ap/index.html