NCAA appoints nine to new task force

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Nine people were appointed Monday to an NCAA task force that will consider rules changes to help prevent recruiting scandals.
David Berst, an NCAA vice president and the group's former head of enforcement, made the appointments less than two weeks after NCAA president Myles Brand announced the formation of the task force. Berst said he expects the group to eventually have 16 members, including two student-athletes.
The group will look into legislating official recruiting visits after two recent high-profile scandals.
At Colorado, critics and alleged rape victims say sex and alcohol were used to lure top football recruits. Coach Gary Barnett, who has denied the accusations and defended his program, has been placed on administrative leave while an independent commission investigates.
The task force members appointed Monday were Reggie Minton, associate executive director of the National Association of Basketball Coaches; Grant Teaff, executive director or the American Football Coaches Association; Florida athletic director Jeremy Foley; Arizona State athletic director Gene Smith; Maryland athletic director Debbie Yow; Chris Plonsky, women's athletic director at Texas; Sonia Price, interim women's athletic director at Alabama State; Virginia Shepherd, a professor at Vanderbilt; and Stan Wilcox, associate commissioner of the Big East.