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Former Indiana University men's basketball coach Kelvin Sampson has appealed the punishment imposed by the NCAA in November that virtually prevents him from coaching at an NCAA school for five years. A source close to Sampson said the appeal is based on two points: The first is that the infractions committee misinterpreted testimony by former IU assistant Rob Senderoff, which led to a conclusion that Sampson knowingly participated in impermissible recruiting phone calls, and thus was guilty of unethical conduct. The second is the process had a bias because a hearing date was set before the NCAA enforcement staff issued formal allegations and before it completed interviews, including Sampson's. There is no indication that Sampson intends to file a lawsuit against the NCAA, but sports law expert Michael McCann of the Vermont Law School said that option would be closed if Sampson did not pursue every appeal opportunity within the NCAA.

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January 28, 2009  09:06 AM ET

Why does Sampson do ANYTHING? He's lookin' out for #1......this guy gives used car salesmen someone to look down on.

January 28, 2009  09:21 AM ET

this guy

January 28, 2009  09:33 AM ET

He looks like he is giving himself a breast examination.

Does he feel a lump?

January 28, 2009  09:59 AM ET

Who is more slimy?? This guy or the lawyer who is digging up these technicality... PUT DOWN THE PHONE!!!

January 28, 2009  11:34 AM ET
QUOTE(#3):

He looks like he is giving himself a breast examination.Does he feel a lump?

he needs a cat scan before he needs a breast exam

January 28, 2009  12:49 PM ET
QUOTE(#5):

he needs a cat scan before he needs a breast exam

He does need to get that head checked.

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January 28, 2009  07:01 PM ET

yeessshhh ... i'm so happy that the Hoosiers hired him away from OU!!!! look at how Capel is doing there now;

January 28, 2009  07:30 PM ET

I loathe you Kelvin Sampson. You were the Chairman of the Big XII Ethics Committee while you were cheating your **** off at OU. Once you were caught all you could do is be arrogant and act like it was no big deal. You somehow managed to run off every blue chip recruit we ever got during your tenure and they all went on to succeed at other places, your offense was worse than watching paint dry and having you're son as a fixture on our bench was a nepatistic (if thats a word) embarrassment. To this day I am still surprised that Indiana hired you in mid NCAA probation mind you. You won a lot of games in Norman and I'll give you that but good God man, was I ready to see you go. Wow, I feel better now for saying that...

January 28, 2009  10:26 PM ET

Just please go away!!

January 28, 2009  11:50 PM ET

Wow wered doomed. I understand the hatred if you are an IU fan towards him, but to wish someone had cancer or wish they were to die is a beyond a little distirubing. I think you need just as much help as Sampson does.

January 29, 2009  10:52 PM ET
QUOTE(#3):

He looks like he is giving himself a breast examination.Does he feel a lump?

That's where he hid cell phones and recruit phone numbers...

January 29, 2009  11:19 PM ET

I still cant believe that Indiana ever hired this dirtbag

January 30, 2009  11:11 AM ET

What really sucks is that OU had to pay him compensation when he left. Any college that even considers giving him another job should be banished from the NCAA!!

January 31, 2009  11:59 PM ET

This guy is an absolute idiot. He cheated at Oklahoma and did the same at IU. He doesn't take any responsibility for anything that he has done. Kelvin, hello, do you think that you would be in trouble if you had followed the rules. You were the head coach, that means you are ultimately responsible for your program. Not only did you cheat, but you also brought in a bunch of thugs who didn't go to class. We had a coach who followed the rules for 29 years and had good kids who graduated. Sampson should have never been hired at IU in the first place. Thanks to the administration and Sampson for ruining a clean program that I've followed since I was a kid.

February 4, 2009  12:58 AM ET

IU's biggest rival should hire this guy. he's a good golfer too.

 
February 5, 2009  09:07 AM ET

the man is a sleaze..he should take it like a man for once and just shut up and go away.

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