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No Rush NCAA taking its time in UCLA star's case
Posted: Friday January 28, 2000 07:57 PM
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Missouri freshman Kareem Rush returns this weekend from his nine-game suspension from the NCAA for accepting extra benefits from a summer team coach while he was a high school student in Kansas City. However, his brother, JaRon, a sophomore at UCLA, is still playing a waiting game with the NCAA. The NCAA has decided to re-interview some of the people in the investigation into whether Rush accepted money from an agent. That means Rush's playing status is in limbo for another few weeks. He's been practicing with the team in the meantime. The NCAA is apparently interpreting some rules differently than UCLA, and the governing body's investigators want to talk to several people involved in the case. Rush spoke with investigators by phone last week. UCLA sent a supplemental report to the NCAA last week in addition to the original findings from the university's investigation that were forwarded Jan. 13. School officials hoped the NCAA would announce the penalties against Rush within a week or two, but now are uncertain when a decision will come. "It's a very complicated case," athletic director Peter Dalis said. "The most complicated case I've ever been involved in. ... The institution and the NCAA can't agree on some of the facts." Rush has admitted he accepted money from agent Jerome Stanley, who has denied the accusations. Also being examined is Rush's involvement with former AAU coach Myron Piggie of Kansas City, the man who was involved in Kareem Rush's case.
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