Huskies’ Boosters Accused by Pac-10 : Investigation: Dozens of alleged violations are listed in 38-page report, including summer no-work jobs for athletes.

The Pacific 10 Conference has charged that University of Washington boosters violated NCAA rules on dozens of occasions in the last eight years, including an alleged scheme in which a Los Angeles businessman routinely provided Husky players with summer jobs requiring little or no work.

If the charges are deemed valid by the conference’s Compliance and Enforcement Committee, which is scheduled to consider the matter in August, Washington might be barred from appearing in a bowl game next season.

The Huskies are widely favored to win the 1993 Pac-10 title and return to the Rose Bowl for the fourth year in a row.

The allegations are described in a 38-page Notice of Charges that was sent to William Gerberding, the university’s president, on Sunday.

Copies of the Notice of Charges and accompanying documents were released to the media Friday after requests by The Times and other news organizations under Washington’s public records law.

The Pac-10 has directed Gerberding to respond to the charges by July 30.

The conference’s inquiry, conducted by David Price, associate commissioner, was begun last year after reports in The Times and Seattle newspapers described alleged impropriety involving Washington boosters and athletes.

Barbara Hedges, Washington’s athletic director since 1991, said Friday that the university will make several changes in the operation of its athletic program, including an “overhaul” of the summer jobs program for athletes and the hiring of an associate athletic director for rules compliance.

Although Hedges’ previous statements have tended to downplay the Pac-10 inquiry, she said Friday she was not surprised by the issues spelled out in the Notice of Charges. When allegations of impropriety were first made public in The Times, Hedges said she was satisfied that the program was being run properly.

“We have known from the very beginning (of the Pac-10 investigation) what the problems were,” she said Friday.

Husky Coach Don James said: “I am pleased there are no coaches involved with infractions at this time. I also recognize that we have come up with some (changes in policy) that will . . . help our athletes and coaches. It will help us to be able to adhere to the rules.”

Regarding the allegations, James said: “You have some . . . that can be proven and some (that cause him to say,) ‘Who do you believe?’ ”

Among the more significant charges is an allegation that booster James W. Kenyon, a Los Angeles real estate developer, provided Husky football and basketball players with thousands of dollars in pay for work they did not perform.

Kenyon, a Husky graduate, is president of a Century City real estate development firm. He previously was an executive in the Los Angeles office of a Boston-based real estate development company, at one time serving as the company’s president and chief operating officer.

Allegations that Kenyon had routinely provided Washington football players with no-show jobs were first reported in The Times last December as part of a series of stories describing alleged wrongdoing by Husky boosters.

The Notice of Charges alleges that eight current or former Husky athletes received pay for work they did not perform on jobs provided by Kenyon between 1985 and 1992.

One such charge focuses on tailback Beno Bryant, the former Dorsey High star who is entering his senior season at Washington. According to the Notice of Charges, Bryant told investigators that he was employed by Kenyon’s company during the summers of 1991 and ’92 and received full pay--$400 per week--despite showing up on the job only 20 hours per week.

If the charge involving Bryant is proved, the player’s eligibility might be in jeopardy. Hedges, however, said such talk is “premature.”

Kenyon will “vigorously dispute” the charges, according to a letter written by his attorney, Patrick Walsh, and included with the Notice of Charges.

Another significant aspect of the case centers on Washington’s recruitment in 1989 of USC wide receiver Johnnie Morton, who was then attending South Torrance High.

According to testimony cited in the Pac-10 report, Morton was led to believe that, had he decided to play for the Huskies, he would have been legally adopted by Herb Mead, a Seattle businessman and prominent UW booster. The report alleges that the adoption proposal was made by Mead’s son, Clint.

Efforts to contact Morton Friday were unsuccessful. Clint Mead has denied the allegation, according to the report.

The Notice of Charges also details several allegations involving former Washington quarterback Billy Joe Hobert, who was declared ineligible last season after a published report revealed that he had received $50,000 in unsecured loans from an Idaho nuclear engineer.

Other charges outlined in the report state that:

--Herb Mead provided improper airline transportation to a pair of Los Angeles-area football recruits, Terrance Powe and Corey Brown, in 1987. The Notice of Charges contains photographs allegedly taken during the players’ trip. Mead denies the allegation, according to his attorney, Ronald Neubauer.

--Jim Heckman, James’ son-in-law, had improper recruiting contact with several athletes, including former Notre Dame linebacker Demetrius DuBose and current Washington State defensive back Singor Mobley. Heckman, publisher of a Seattle-based magazine devoted largely to Husky sports, has denied the allegations.

--The school showed a lack of institutional control in the manner in which it accounted for expenses for football recruits’ official campus visits between 1987 and 1992.

The disclosure of the charges indicates that the case is on track to be decided before the Huskies open their season against Stanford on Sept. 4.

The Pac-10 Compliance and Enforcement Committee is scheduled to hear the matter Aug. 9 and 10. The committee will study the charges as well as the university’s response. The panel will then determine the validity of the allegations and recommend sanctions, if necessary.

Penalties can range from a reprimand to a ban on postseason competition. Other possible sanctions include a restriction on television appearances and limits on scholarships and recruiting visits.

A ruling on the matter, based on the committee’s work, will come from the Pac-10 Council, which includes athletic directors, faculty representatives and senior administrators for women’s sports from all 10 schools.

The council’s ruling will then be reviewed by the conference’s chief executive officers.

Once the matter has been resolved by the Pac-10, it will be reviewed by the NCAA enforcement staff.

The NCAA might take action of its own against Washington, but that scenario is unlikely, Pac-10 officials say.

The Charges

Highlights from the Notice of Charges leveled against Washington by the Pacific 10 Conference: * A scheme by Jim Kenyon, a Los Angeles businessman, to allow football and basketball players to be paid for summer jobs with little or no work.

* A Husky booster offered to adopt South Torrance recruit Johnnie Morton, now a USC wide receiver, if he signed a letter of intent to attend Washington.

* A Husky booster provided airline transportation for two L.A. prep recruits to attend a spring football game in Seattle.

* Improper loans totaling $50,000 were given to starting quarterback Billy Joe Hobert by an Idaho nuclear engineer.

* Jim Heckman, Coach Don James’ son-in-law, had improper recruiting contact with several athletes, including former Notre Dame linebacker Demetrius DuBose.

* The school showed a lack of institutional control in the manner in which it accounted for expenses for football recruits’ official campus visits between 1987 and 1992.