Posted on Tue, Aug 17, 2010 : 2:40 p.m.
NCAA compliance directors a target from all angles
By AnnArbor.com Staff
Working as a compliance officer in the athletic department of a major university may be the most thankless job in college sports, writes Seth Wickersham of ESPN.com.
Nobody knows that better than Michigan's Judy Van Horn, he says.
Van Horn and Michigan's current NCAA infractions case are big topics in Wickersham's report, which tells the broader story of difficulties compliance officers face dealing with the NCAA and their own institutions.
The story is on ESPN Insider, but members can find the link here.
Comments
MetricSU
Wed, Aug 18, 2010 : 9:21 p.m.
Judy is suffering from the bad karma of leaving a job at MSU to take one at UM. Either that, or she's a loyal Spartan who has successfully infiltrated the UM athletic department, and is working single-handedly to bring it down.
3 And Out
Tue, Aug 17, 2010 : 9:14 p.m.
eric you make good points but the problem was the beaurcracy was at an all time high and as evident by some of the emails, mainly from draper he was deflecting her requests with nonsense such as "if you have a problem with Brad (Labadie) talk to me since Im his supervisor"...anyone who has ever dealt with that type of environment in business aka CYOA (cover your own ---) knows that it is a cancer...and it proved to be a cancer to our program...there is no place for that...Judy made repeated requests for the info and was denied flat out. This is documented and it was a problem.
jameslucas
Tue, Aug 17, 2010 : 8:21 p.m.
The truth is incontrovertible.
eric
Tue, Aug 17, 2010 : 8:17 p.m.
The compliance dept has one job -- ensure compliance. They failed, hence Judy does deserve some of the blame. If Draper and Labadie failed to do their jobs (as documented), there should have been more done to bring them in line with the program. Also, there was misinformation given from the compliance office on the rules regarding quality control personnel and stretching being included in practice time. This falls back on Judy and training of her employees as well. Should she be fired? Probably not. But, she certainly did not "do her job well".
Sean T.
Tue, Aug 17, 2010 : 6:04 p.m.
I agree, 3and out.
3 And Out
Tue, Aug 17, 2010 : 3:25 p.m.
Judy did her job well... the problem was that the current football dept. (draper + labadie who left) continued to ignore her requests for the necessary information that her dept. needed. It is unfortunate that her team's efforts were ignored and her multiple requests were dissmissed in such a careless manner. Ultimately the fault lies with the current football administration, which is getting cleaned up by Brandon thankfully.