Georgia Tech concludes NCAA appeal

Georgia Tech has made its case why it should be allowed to keep the 2009 ACC football title. Now the school will have to wait several weeks to see if the NCAA appeals committee agrees.

School president G.P. "Bud" Peterson and athletic director Dan Radakovich, as well as legal counsel, represented the school at a hearing that lasted roughly four hours on Sunday in Indianapolis. The school is challenging NCAA findings of a failure to meet conditions and obligations of NCAA membership and a failure to cooperate in an investigation into possible impermissible violations committed by two former football players, rulings that led the infractions committee to strip Tech of its 2009 ACC title.

"Everything went according to plan," said school spokesman Wayne Hogan of the hearing before the five-member appeals committee.

Peterson and Radakovich will not comment until the NCAA reaches a verdict, which is expected to take between 60 and 90 days. The decision will be final. The school has contended that it made mistakes in the investigation, but did not act with intent to violate NCAA rules.

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