The report, released last Thursday, details what it terms the "improper" actions of several coaches, two students and eight recruits.

On several occasions and in violation of Ivy League policy, head football coach Phil Estes, men's basketball coach Glen Miller, men's soccer coach Michael Noonan and women's volleyball coach Diane Short tried to lure potential recruits by promising them financial aid deals underwritten by the Brown Sports Foundation, a non-profit organization which had no ties to the university.

Under league rules, Ivy schools cannot give athletic scholarships, and all financial aid is awarded strictly on a need-only basis. The report notes Brown's own financial aid rules had changed in 1999 to allow aid packages to be composed of both university and private funding sources.

Other violations included a Brown overseer having "inadvertently" talked to the family of a recruit.

In a self-determined response to the violations, Brown officials proposed solutions to pre-empt any NCAA action.

The most immediate effects will be the loss of several recruiting privileges. The football team will be allowed 10 percent fewer "official visits" by coaches this year. The football team will also be permitted five fewer enrollees over the next two years. The women's volleyball, men's soccer and men's basketball teams will have one fewer official visit next year.

Three coaches will have an official reprimand letter placed in their personnel files. Two coaches will be required to run any source of financial aid by the Brown financial aid office. Four administrators will be reminded of how careful they need to be in overseeing the awarding of outside financial aid.