UNLV Will Offer Penalty Suggestions to NCAA

Robert Maxson, president of the University of Nevada Las Vegas, said Friday that the school will offer suggestions to the National Collegiate Athletic Assn. on penalties it might impose on UNLV’s basketball program or Coach Jerry Tarkanian.

Maxson, responding to comments by NCAA executive director Dick Schultz, said university officials will meet soon to find a solution that will satisfy the NCAA’s Infractions Committee.

“We’re not going to wait on the NCAA,” said Maxson. “That’s not our style here. We want to do the right thing, both for the university and the NCAA.”

The infractions committee plans to meet Feb. 3 in San Diego to decide what sanctions, if any, to take against UNLV’s basketball program in the wake of this week’s U.S. Supreme Court decision favoring the NCAA in its 12-year legal fight with Tarkanian.

Schultz said Thursday he doesn’t believe the Infractions Committee will seek to have Tarkanian suspended or removed as a coach, but he also believes it won’t let UNLV get off without any penalties.