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NCAA Official: Memo is No Excuse for Gambling

“While the NCAA's Bill Saum would not speak specifically about the current investigation into Washington football coach Rick Neuheisel betting on college basketball, he did say that it is the responsibility of the coaches to know and understand the rules.

“Neuheisel was part of a four-man team that bet $5,000 and won $20,000 in an NCAA men's tournament auction in 2002 and bet and won an unknown amount this year. Over the weekend, he released a March 13 memo from Dana Richardson, a UW assistant athletic director who oversees NCAA compliance, stating that it was permissible for athletic department employees to bet on the tournament as long as it was with friends outside the athletic department.

“…`Participating in a pool would be a violation,’ Saum said. "

“…Neuheisel released the memo hoping it would show that he had been following UW rules — which he said he felt were also the NCAA rules — and would exonerate him.

“…The existence of the 2003 memo could mean, however, that the NCAA could find Washington at fault as well as Neuheisel, which means the UW could face stiff penalties…”

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