19.1.2 Level I Violation. A Level I violation is a violation that seriously undermines or threatens the integrity of the NCAA Collegiate Model, as set forth in the bylaws, including any violation that provides or is intended to provide a substantial or extensive recruiting, competitive or other advantage, or a substantial or extensive impermissible benefit. Among other examples, the following, in appropriate circumstances, may constitute a Level I violation: (Adopted: 10/30/12 effective 8/1/13, Revised: 7/31/14, 1/23/19 effective 8/1/19, 8/1/22, 8/31/22 effective 1/1/23)

(a) Lack of institutional control;

(b) Academic integrity violations;

(c) Failure to cooperate in an NCAA enforcement investigation;

(d) Providing or attempting to influence others to provide false or misleading information, regardless of whether the underlying institutional violations are considered Level I;

(e) Application of Bylaw 11.1.1.1 (Responsibility of Head Coach) based on an underlying Level I violation;

(f) Cash payment or other benefits provided by a coach, administrator or representative of the institution's athletics interests intended to secure, or which resulted in, enrollment of a prospective student-athlete;

(g) Third-party involvement in recruiting violations in which institutional staff members knew or should have known about the involvement;

(h) Intentional violations or reckless indifference to NCAA bylaws; or

(i) Collective Level II and/or Level III violations.