Tarkanian Offers the NCAA Four Alternatives to UNLV Ban
Jerry Tarkanian, Nevada Las Vegas basketball coach, offered to sit out the championship tournament, forfeit a personal stake of as much as $100,000 in playoff revenue and abstain from recruiting for a year if the NCAA reverses a ruling blocking the Rebels from defending their national title.
The offer was one of four alternatives Tarkanian and UNLV officials presented during a two-hour meeting Sunday with NCAA Infractions Committee, which has banned the Runnin’ Rebels from the 1991 basketball tournament.
The other alternatives:
--UNLV’s basketball team will not be permitted to compete in the 1992 tournament.
--Tarkanian will sit out both the 1991 and 1992 tournaments.
--UNLV will make no network TV appearances during the 1991-92 season, reduce its scholarships from 15 to 13, and forgo off-campus recruiting for a year.
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