CONFIRMED - Brosnan committed multiple NCAA violations at UCLA

Why does he care? He is not going back to coaching in the NCAA. He has a very long list of current world stars and future stars all fighting to be coached by him as part of his elite pro group

The records clearly show it was his personal phone not university issued. He never gave permission for anyone to look at the files they accessed. That’s why the NCAA had to retract all the files after taking them, but unfortunately, the damage was already done. It also explains why Brosnan was so adamant about getting the metadata from his phone before his interview. Seems like he eventually got the data and saw what they did was illegal and from what it looks like, the NCAA shared files they had no legal right to take or distribute. It’s a serious breach, and it’s shocking they acted like that.

NCAA and UCLA did a big legal oooops

Maybe, but maybe not. We're not privy to what he agreed to when he accepted a position coaching in within the NCAA and/or with UCLA. There may contractual language that compels him to cooperate with such investigations.

Or not. Point is, no one here can speak in absolutes on that.

Legal super genius Sean Brosnan has the NCAA by the balls now if he ever wants to sue them.

pacermonitor.com

Selma Sax v. One Athletics, Inc. et al (2:25-cv-03569), California Central District Court

Selma Sax v. One Athletics, Inc. et al (2:25-cv-03569), California Central District Court, Filed: 04/22/2025

Link:www.pacermonitor.com/public/case/57746...

Oh I’m quite certain someone posting here can speak in absolutes about that

Mom of Prospect #2 didn’t find out she had stage 1 cancer until AFTER Prospect #2 had already transferred

If SB had illegally contacted parents of athletes because they were friends, no one would have turned him in and there’d be no investigation; but he did sign the athletes after the illegal contact. I’m sure there’s some cheating but this was brazen enough that it had to be acted on. Pretty clear cut to me.

Prospect #2 admitted that Brosnan talked to her father about transferring before she was in the portal.

"During prospect 2’s interview with the enforcement staff, she recalled her father telling her about one of the calls he had with Brosnan in which Brosnan expressed that he would love to have prospect 2 at UCLA. Following her entry in the transfer portal January 2, 2023, prospect 2 enrolled at UCLA and competed for the institution."

THIS IS CLEAR PROOF OF BROSNAN'S WRONGDOING ADMITTED BY THE ATHLETE HERSELF!

There was some sketchy stuff happening with the phone, BUT IT ACTUALLY HELPED BROSNAN. They used phone issues as a mitigating factor to SIGNIFICANTLY LESSEN his penalty.

"Finally, Brosnan proposed Bylaw 19.12.4.2-(g), Other factors warranting a lower penalty range, requesting “significant mitigation” due to his belief that the enforcement staff mishandled the imaging of his phone. The enforcement staff opposed the application of this factor, reiterating its position that it did not violate any NCAA bylaw or IOP related to the imaging of Brosnan’s device. The panel determines that the factor applies due to the unique facts and circumstances of this case, which have been addressed elsewhere in this decision and include (1) the order and timing related to the imaging of Brosnan’s phone; (2) the institution’s delay in providing relevant education related to preexisting relationships with family members of potential transfer prospects; and (3) the unique familial and personal circumstances surrounding the transfer of prospects 1 and 2. The panel applies this factor with significant weight"

Not to mention the enforcement staff didn't actually even used anything from his phone:

Theenforcement staff also stated that it did not rely on any of the records imaged from Brosnan’s
phone in bringing or supporting its allegations.

Anyone who has worked at any public institution will tell you, it does NOT matter if it's your personal phone or your work phone. If you do ANY work on that personal phone it's subject to FOI and investigation. Same with your computer.

You are 100% wrong on this. A public institution absolutely has no right to your personal phone. If you actually read the document, that was the issue. Brosnan cooperated fully with the NCAA and volunteered all work-related texts and calls. But from the documents, it looks like the NCAA messed up big time and took everything off his phone— all 8,000 files— and then passed them out to UCLA and NCAA employees. Think about that, that’s a major screw-up on their part. It’s a huge invasion of privacy and clearly against the law. This is exactly why Brosnan demanded the metadata. It’s all laid out in the report. To be clear, working at a public university does not give them access to your phone! Anyone who says otherwise is brain dead.

They didn’t use anything from his phone because they broke the law getting the info from it. That’s really bad for them, really bad

No kidding, your private phone is legally considered a computer, and since you work at a public university, they do not have access to your phone or computer. I totally agree with the assessment that the NCAA completely screwed this up.
They are lucky Brosnan Volunteered his work related texts and calls. The NCAA got greedy

If you are using a personal phone to conduct business for a public institution you’ve now made your personal phone public. It can be searched in a FOI request. 100%

You cant hide business communication for a public institution on a personal device.

I too work at a public institution and have been warned of this situation many times- and have seen employees be subject to the search of their personal devices (phones/computer) because they made a single email or phone call on them.

This is completely incorrect. If it’s your phone, they need a damn search warrant. That’s exactly why Brosnan told them they don’t have anything work-related on there. Now they’re in deep sh!t because they didn’t follow the damn rules.

What the hell is everyone smoking? If you work for UCLA, they have ZERO right to look at your personal messages on your phone. They can only access work-related stuff if you give them explicit permission, and that’s it. Downloading 8000 files from Brosnan’s personal phone? They’re completely up sh!ts creek with no paddle. This is beyond messed up. The NCAA just broke state and federal privacy laws.