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Mississippi lawmaker proposes bill to govern NCAA investigations

Ole Miss fans are growing impatient with the NCAA’s ongoing investigation into the football program that has spanned multiple years.

The university received a notice of allegations in January 2016, but the case was re-opened back in April when former player Laremy Tunsil said he took money from a coach. It’s now been almost nine months since Tunsil made those comments, and there’s been no resolution.

Trey Lamar thinks he can put an end to all of this and also shorten future investigations made by the NCAA.

Lamar, a legislator in the Mississippi House of Representatives, has introduced a bill that would force the NCAA to complete its investigations and render a final judgment within nine months of a school’s response to a notice of allegations or “letter of official inquiry.