Last week, the University of Mississippi received the NCAA Committee on Infractions’ (COI) response to its sanctions appeal. After some deliberation among university officials, that response was released Wednesday afternoon along with a list of actions Ole Miss plans to take in its second appeal.
The official response from the COI is essentially a rejection on all fronts of the appeal. The release states that every argument made by Ole Miss in its appeal is flawed and invalid.
“In challenging the two violations and the scope of the two penalties, Mississippi ignores and attempts to second guess legislated standards.