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After a season of streaks, upsets, and tremendous promise, the UC Santa Barbara men’s water polo team now has a major distraction to overcome on the way to perhaps its first national championship tournament in three decades: the NCAA.<\/p>\n

Sanctions<\/a> that were leveled earlier this week have focused unwanted attention on a Gauchos program that has so far enjoyed a magical 2019 campaign, with a program record 15-match win streak, wins over Cal, Stanford and USC and a stint<\/a> at the top of the national polls for the first time ever.<\/p>\n

\"ucsb\"When the sanctions were revealed, a number of questions arose which were quickly answered by UCSB Head Coach Wolf Wigo<\/strong>. Perhaps the most pressing question is: who will be coaching for the rest of the season? As part of the penalties levied, both the head and assistant coaches will have to sit out 30% of the team\u2019s matches.<\/p>\n

Wigo swatted that away a concern this penalty might impact this season. In an email to Swimming World,<\/em> he wrote that the suspensions will take place at the start of next season, one after the other. And each coach will miss approximately seven to eight games.<\/p>\n

In fact, the UCSB head coach was emphatic that this current season will not be affected at all, including a key match in San Jose today against Golden Coast Conference rival San Jose State. The Gauchos are 2-1 in conference play, with two more GCC matches to play\u2014the game against the Spartans, and a season-ending contest on the road next week against Pepperdine.\u00a0 Winning both will likely make them the #2 seed behind Pacific when GCC tournament play begins on Friday, November 22 in Malibu.<\/p>\n

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Danny Roland and his Gaucho teammates are unbowed in pursuit of success. Photo Courtesy: UCSB Athletics<\/p><\/div>\n

Some of the finer details of the report include what penalties will be levied against specific players or past seasons. Wigo stated that there are no ineligible players on the current roster, and that no Gauchos have been ineligible to compete since 2017. Victories will be vacated, but they will be from three seasons ago, leaving this campaign \u2014 one of UCSB\u2019s best since the team won an NCAA title forty years ago \u2014 intact.<\/p>\n

[Remembering the Remarkable \u201979 UCSB Gauchos\u2014NCAA Men\u2019s Water Polo Champs<\/em><\/a>]<\/p>\n

As to the NCAA report in general, which levied Level II sanctions against the program, it\u2019s important to note that the investigators determined negligence rather than deceit, and commended both UCSB Athletics and Wigo\u2019s club program, Santa Barbara Premier Water Polo, for cleaning up what the committee deemed to be carelessness and poor judgement.<\/p>\n

The report<\/a> was explicit that Wigo and his program were not looking to buck NCAA conventions.<\/p>\n

“But these failings demonstrate that he did not meet his head coach responsibility; they do not demonstrate that he was willfully attempting to subvert NCAA employment compensation rules. Furthermore, although he conferred an advantage on the student-athletes by covering their housing costs, the institution stated that the same advantage could have been provided through other permissible means.<\/em><\/p>\n

This admission is underscored by the improvements the club has made to its record-keeping practices since the events in this case, as well as the mutual efforts by the compliance staff and the head and assistant water polo coaches to improve their lines of communication\u00a0 The panel acknowledges the head water polo coach’s long history of compliance, but it is not enough to overcome the presumption of responsibility.”<\/em><\/p>\n

It is also significant to recognize that the NCAA enforcement team alleged Coach Wigo had violated By-Law 10, which requires institutional staff members to conduct themselves in an ethical manner. In accordance with Bylaw 10.1 staff members must not knowingly involve themselves in offering or providing a prospective or enrolled student-athlete with an impermissible recruiting inducement or extra benefit.<\/p>\n

But, the NCAA panel emphatically rejected that allegation:<\/p>\n

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The amended NOA alleged that the head water polo coach violated Bylaw 10 unethical conduct <\/em>legislation by knowingly arranging a recruiting inducement\u2014housing\u2014for student-athlete 1 and <\/em>knowingly providing extra benefits in the form of improper compensation for student-athletes 1 <\/em>and 2. The panel concludes that the facts do not support an unethical conduct violation because <\/em>the head water polo coach did not willfully attempt to subvert NCAA recruiting or benefits <\/em>legislation.<\/em><\/p>\n

The head water polo coach’s conduct in this case does not rise to the level necessary to conclude that he acted unethically. His actions demonstrated carelessness toward rules compliance, to be sure. And he exercised poor judgment in how he handled student-athlete 1’s early arrival prior to enrollment and the compensation arrangements for both student-athletes. But nothing in the record or in the head coach’s statements at the hearing suggest that he was intentionally trying to skirt NCAA rules to provide the student-athletes with housing and excess compensation. Carelessness and poor judgment support the head coach responsibility violation; they do not support unethical conduct.<\/em><\/p>\n

The NCAA manual is 443 pages long, and each year coaches in every NCAA sport must pass a 50-question test on its by-laws in order to be certified to recruit off campus. The exam is one hour long and is taken open book, with 80% or better being a passing grade. (Practice tests available online).<\/p>\n

But, applying the rules day in and day out can be confusing. And new legislation is introduced each year that can render prior best practices illegal. Most university compliance departments have staff with legal training to help with interpretations and guidance of the coaching staff.<\/p>\n

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What it’s all about: NCAA hardware circa 1979. Photo Courtesy: UCSB Athletics<\/p><\/div>\n

It’s clear in this case that the NCAA panel clearly made the distinction between blatant malfeasance and inadvertent infringement by Coach Wigo. It also revealed that the UCSB compliance department was caught off guard for not being aware that water polo student athletes were employed as coaches at the club owned by the Gaucho coaches. The compliance team and the coaches have made appropriate corrections, steering the program back into compliance.<\/p>\n

While part of the NCAA punishment is public censure, probation, and the coaches scheduled suspensions looming in 2020, the majority of the penalties have been already served. The process took over two years to reach the announcement this week \u2014 which is what led to the unfortunate timing of a Gaucho team that already voluntarily sat out the post-season last year and is driving for success in the 2019 GCC tournament.<\/p>\n

Given the success Wigo and his team have enjoyed thus far in building an 18-5 record, it’s obvious they are well equipped to weather this storm. That’s a credit to the coaching staff, the UCSB athletics administration, and the players \u2014 and should give Gaucho faithful confidence that this season’s magical ride will continue.<\/p>\n

With reporting by Michael Randazzo<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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