Sydney coach John Longmire views Fridays crucial clash with Geelong as a great opportunity for his AFL club and a rallying call behind milestone man and embattled co-captain Kieren Jack.Both sides will be striving to avoid back-to-back losses, which would represent a severe setback with the top half of the ladder being so congested.Midfielder Jack will play his 200th game on Friday, though that milestone has been somewhat overshadowed by a family feud.Longmire said Jack was fine and would be focused on the game.Theres no point getting that milestone if you dont celebrate it the right way and play a good strong brand of footy, Longmire said on Thursday.Thats what it gets down to and thats what Im sure the players will be looking forward to.Taking on Geelong at Geelong for Kierens 200th is a great opportunity for us.Longmire tasted victory at Geelong in his first year as the Swans senior coach back in 2011 when Sydney ended the Cats 29-game winning streak at their fortress.But Sydneys last three visits have all resulted in losses of more than 30 points.Geelong have won their last eight matches at Simonds Stadium.Geelong in Geelong is a great challenge, most teams find it very difficult and we look forward to that challenge, Longmire said.Weve had a victory down there before (in 2011) and it was a special one.But we do know that there needs to be a lot of work put in place before we get ourselves in that position.The Cats will be coming off the bye following a shock loss to St Kilda, but have won six out of seven matches against top-eight sides.Sydney are looking to rebound from a narrow loss to the Western Bulldogs and have successive six-day turnarounds heading into tough assignments at Geelong and at home against Hawthorn.The opportunity to come off a short break this week is probably a good thing, we know we go into another one next week, Longmire said.But theres no better test than playing the best teams and were looking forward to that test particularly on their home ground.Longmire regards the Cats as much more than a Joel Selwood-Patrick Dangerfield inspired machine.Theyve got a very good ruck combination and they are good marking the ball really well inside their forward 50 and have an experienced backline, Longmire said. 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NEW YORK -- Baruch College gave 30 student-athletes more than $255,000 in improper benefits over the course of five years, NCAA officials said in a decision issued Thursday.The NCAA Division III Committee on Infractions said the schools former vice president for student affairs and enrollment management and its former head womens basketball coach both violated NCAA ethical conduct rules.As I stated unambiguously to the NCAA, Baruch College accepts, and takes full responsibility for, the fact that some improper benefits were made available to a limited number of student-athletes during the period from 2010-2015, Baruch Colleges President Mitchel B. Wallerstein said in a statement.The committee said in its report that it had not seen a high-level campus administrator who had such breadth and scope of responsibilities in an infractions case as the former vice president.The former vice president wanted to raise the profile of athletics at the college and as part of that effort he was closely involved in the recruitment, admission and awarding of financial aid for prospects and student-athletes, especially in the sport of womens basketball, Gerald Houlihan, a member of the infractions committee.The administrator and coach were not named in the report and university officials declined to name them.The former vice president, who was with the institution for 10 years, and former head womens basketball coach knowingly arranged or provided impermissible financial aid and extra benefits to student-athletes, according to the NCAA.However, the former vice president claimed he did not receive education on NCAA rules, therefore the violations were inadvertent. The former head womens basketball coach also said he had insufficient rules education, according to the NCAA.The penalties include four years of probation, a one-year postseason ban for the womens basketball team and prohibiting the coach and vice president from all athletically relaated duties for one year.ddddddddddddhen asked about the possibility of an appeal, Baruch spokesperson Christina Latouf said the college will digest the information and respond at another time. The school in Manhattan has 18,000 students and 13 sports teams, according to its website.Violations included granting in-state residency based on athletics, providing impermissible financial aid, cash awards and extra benefits and choosing student-athletes for resident assistant positions when they were not qualified.The case started when Baruch College received two anonymous letters in early 2013 that alleged the former vice president provided two student-athletes improper financial aid. An internal investigation was conducted and a self-report was submitted to the NCAA enforcement staff in January 2014.Wallerstein said the college made some changes during the course of the NCAAs investigation, including revamping the role of the athletics director, appointing a new faculty athletics representative, establishing an athletics compliance team and improving training on student-athlete recruitment and financial aid.This was not the first time Baruch College was found to have committed major violations.In the 2004-05 and 2005-06 academic years, the womens basketball program was involved in a work-study program that wasnt monitored correctly and led to extra benefits and wages for work not completed. Penalties included one year probation, a $5,000 penalty, vacated wins, and a two-game suspension for an assistant coach.Houlihan said the prior case did not factor into the committees decision.I am committed to having an Athletics Program at Baruch College of which our students, faculty, staff, and the entire Baruch community can be proud and that is managed in an ethical and responsible fashion, Wallerstein said. ' ' '