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ACC, Big 12 siding with NCAA after Big Ten’s demand to pause tampering cases

March 12, 2026

By Ross Dellenger, Yahoo Sports: The NCAA plans to continue its enforcement of tampering, officials tell Yahoo Sports, despite a request from the Big Ten to suspend such investigations.

Executives from the Big 12 and ACC told Yahoo Sports on Thursday that they are opposed to pausing any tampering cases. An SEC official declined comment on the matter for now, but the league’s own commissioner, Greg Sankey, urged the NCAA to pursue tampering violations in an interview with Yahoo Sports just two months ago.

In a letter to the NCAA this week, the Big Ten urged the association to pause cases related to tampering while the NCAA works to reform and modernize policies. Such a move — the suspension of active investigations — requires a vote from the Division I Board of Directors and is not an NCAA staff decision.

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