What is a lack of institutional control?
A lack of institutional control is serious corruption, negligence or incompetence on the part of a school or university. That’s my one sentence synopsis of this statement issued by the NCAA (PDF file) and its actions against several schools over the last decade. The term is probably thrown around a little too liberally. It’s generally a reference to internal issues like administrators changing grades or assistant coaches buying meals for recruits. Another prime example is when a school allows a player to compete or practice when he or she is academically ineligible.
