According to Yahoo, the feds have given the NCAA the nod of approval to begin investigating the schools implicated in the federal investigation. Until now, the NCAA steered clear as to not interfere with the federal investigation, but now it’s on:
Sources said that the NCAA has been in constant communication with the federal government since September of 2017 when FBI agents arrested 10 men affiliated with the underbelly of basketball. And this step marks a natural progression for the NCAA’s investigative team, which has not wanted to interfere with the federal investigation, to prepare to begin its search for violations of NCAA rules.