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The University of Georgia announced Friday that swimming and diving coach Jack Bauerle was suspended from รขโฌลall job-related responsibilities effective immediatelyรขโฌย after receiving a notice of allegations of NCAA violations.
The NCAA alleged in the notice issued Wednesday that Bauerle made รขโฌลspecial arrangementsรขโฌย on Dec. 10, 2013, with a professor to add menรขโฌโขs swimmer Chase Kalisz to a course for the fall 2013 semester. Classes for the semester already had ended and final exams were underway.
Kalisz, a sophomore from Bel Air, Md., received a passing grade on Dec. 16 รขโฌลdespite not completing any work for the class,รขโฌย according to the NCAA letter to UGA president Jere Morehead.
The case is considered a รขโฌลsevere breach of conduct,รขโฌย according to the NCAA notice that alleged Bauerle violated NCAA bylaws.
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