NCAA Hands Baylor Probation, Fine in Sex Assault Scandal

NCAA Hands Baylor Probation, Fine in Sex Assault Scandal
The Baylor University logo is displayed on the football field at McLane Stadium in Waco, Texas, on Aug. 18, 2014. Waco Tribune-Herald via AP/AP Photo
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The NCAA said Wednesday that its long investigation of the Baylor sexual assault scandal would result in nothing more than probation and other relatively minor sanctions because the egregious, “unacceptable” behavior at the heart of the case did not violate its rules.

The NCAA ruling came more than five years after the scandal rocked the world’s largest Baptist university, leading to the firing of successful football coach Art Briles and the departure of athletic director Ian McCaw and school president Ken Starr.