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Lost On The Back Page: NCAA Headlines You Might Have Missed This Summer

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NCAA HEAD RECEIVES SECRET PAY RAISE - According to The Kansas City Star, NCAA executive director Cedric Dempsey received a 30 percent raise this August. The hike, which amounts to roughly $150,000 in bonus money, was negotiated unbeknownst to college presidents.

Earlier this year, the NCAA was forced to a $67-million judgment for unlawfully capping the earnings of low-level assistant coaches. The judgment is currently under appeal, but Dempsey's raise has offended more than a few NCAA officials. With his salary now $650,000, Dempsey earns about $450,000 more than the chief executive officers of 207 of the United States' largest non-profit organizations.

CARR SIGNS FOR SEVEN MORE YEARS - After leading Michigan to its first National Championship since 1948, the Wolverines have signed head coach Lloyd Carr to an extension through the 2004 season. He will continue to earn $280,00 per year with a bonus of $465,000 for promotional appearances.

Carr's new deal will also keep $55,000 of university money to distribute among his assistance - in order to "keep a competitive staff here at Michigan," one University official said.

WILDCATS HIRE RECRUIT'S FATHER - The University of Kentucky, who is being accused of hiring Dennis Johnson's father Alvis in order to recruit the second-ranked high school player in the country. Alvis Johnson, a longtime Harrodsburg coach, teacher and administrator, was hired a an assistant athletic director, sparking off a nationwide controversy.

However, despite a report in the Louisville Courier-Journal which claimed the move was a recruiting violation, NCAA executive Steve Mallonee said the rule, which forbids giving jobs to relatives of students who are being recruited, did not apply because the job for which Johnson was hired did not become available until after his son signed with UK. Legal...but still very shady.

OSU, CINCY TO RENEW CLASSIC RIVALRY - Ohio State and the University of Cincinnati have agreed to play in 1999 and three more times in the span of eight years. It will be the first meeting between the Buckeyes and the Bearcats in 68 years.

The schools said Wednesday that they will play Sept. 25, 1999, at Ohio Stadium, in 2002 in Cincinnati and 2004 and 2006 at Ohio Stadium. Ohio State won their last meeting, 67-6 in the 1931 season opener.

FAULK ARREST RULED ILLEGAL - LSU running back Kevin Faulk, whose arrest for resisting an officer was deemed by the Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in a decision made public Tuesday. The appeals court upheld an earlier State District judge's decision that Carencro, LA, police had no right to detain Faulk after a disturbance during Mardi Gras in 1996.