大学体育委员会正在调查多个“权力四强”联盟学校可能存在的违规行为。
The College Sports Commission is investigating possible rules violations at several Power Four conference schools.
埃迪·佩尔斯：大学体育委员会正在调查5至10所“权力四强”联盟学校是否存在向球员支付款项的违规行为。
EDDIE PELLS The College Sports Commission is looking into possible rules violations at between five and 10 Power Four conference schools regarding payments to players.
据首次报道此次调查的CBS Sports称，相关质疑涉及学校可能违反每校2150万美元的支出上限规定（该上限为学校可与球员共享的金额），以及通过第三方向球员支付款项以规避该上限的问题。
According to CBS Sports, which first reported the existence of the queries, the questions involve potential violations of the $21.5 million per school spending cap that schools can share with players, along with third-party payments to players that allow them to circumvent the cap.
一位熟悉调查流程的人士周五告诉美联社，大学体育委员会（CSC）已向5至10所学校提出质询，但这并不表明已展开全面调查。该人士因案件尚未公开披露，要求匿名发言。
The CSC had asked questions at between five and 10 schools, though that does not confirm a full-scale investigation is taking place, a person familiar with the investigation process told The Associated Press on Friday. The person spoke on condition of anoymity because the cases have not been publicly disclosed.
大学体育委员会的主要职能之一是监督与所谓“关联实体”——即与各校有业务往来的个人和公司——之间的第三方交易，以确保这些交易定价合理且具备合法的商业目的。
Among the CSC’s main functions is to monitor third-party deals with so-called “associated entities” — people and companies that do business with their respective schools — to make sure they are fairly valued and that they have a valid business purpose.
由于体育部门利用第三方的“姓名、肖像和 likeness”（NIL）协议规避支出上限，据报道，部分学校今年在橄榄球队阵容上的支出高达5000万美元。
With athletic departments using third-party NIL to circumvent the cap, some schools are reported to be spending up to $50 million on their football rosters this year.
CBS Sports的报道称，其消息来源包括多个未具名的内部人士以及公开记录查询。报道并未提及受调查的学校名称，向美联社透露消息的人士也未透露具体校名。
CBS Sports based its reporting on multiple unidentified sources, along with public records requests. It did not name the schools under investigation, nor did the person who spoke to AP.
该媒体发布了8月发送给校园领导的一份备忘录的部分内容，其中指出CSC调查部门“正在积极开展多项长期调查，针对机构、学生运动员和某些第三方潜在的规避薪资上限行为和NIL相关违规行为。”上个月，CSC报告称，在7月1日至8月31日期间，已批准2.27亿美元的交易，同时拒绝了价值6700万美元的交易。被CSC拒绝的交易会被退回给相关方，后者可以重新修改以使其合规，正如今年早些时候在内布拉斯加大学发生的情况一样。
The outlet published part of a memo sent to campus leaders in August stating the CSC’s investigations department was “actively conducting multiple, longer-term investigations into potential cap evasion and NIL-related violations by institutions, student-athletes, and certain third parties.”Last month, the CSC reported it had cleared $227 million in deals between July 1 and Aug. 31 while rejecting deals worth $67 million. Deals the CSC rejects get sent back to the parties, who can rework them to make them conform, as happened at Nebraska earlier this year.
虽然目前尚无案件达到这一阶段，但CSC有权对学校实施季后赛禁令，并限制其在收入分成上限下在特定体育项目上的支出金额。它还可以宣布球员不具备参赛资格。所有决定均可提请仲裁。
Though no case has reached this point yet, the CSC has the authority to deliver postseason bans on schools and restrict the amount they can spend on certain sports under the revenue-sharing cap. It can also declare players ineligible. All decisions are subject to arbitration.