Thus, he was given no opportunity to defend himself, the appeals committee said.

A finding and decision by a tournament director or appeals committee.

The director's decision may be appealed to the appeals committee, whose ruling is considered final.

An appeals committee, however, sliced a third game off the suspension.

The appeals committees themselves have been faced with a difficult task.

The Appeals Committee had to consider a number of points.

The institution may appeal the findings or sanctions to an appeals committee.

"Given the bias of the appeals committee, they were only going to rubber-stamp their decision."

All convictions and penalties were upheld by the school's appeals committee.

However, on March 5, an appeals committee overturned the point penalty and suspension, but increased the fine to $150,000.