Tackling the IARP: A Litigator’s Approach to the NCAA’s Infractions Off-Ramp

By Brian P. Kappel, Partner, Lightfoot, Franklin & White LLC Six NCAA institutions have had their rules infractions cases referred to the IARP, shorthand for the Independent Accountability Resolution Process created as a result of recommendations made by the College Basketball Commission in August 2019. Memphis University was the first in March 2020, followed by North Carolina State University, Kansas University, Louisiana State University, University of Arizona, and the University of Lou