Law360, New York (December 19, 2013, 6:36 PM EST) -- Before John Calipari, Rick Pitino and other presently successful college basketball coaches, there was "the Shark." Jerry "Tark the Shark" Tarkanian held an impressive run as the men's basketball coach at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas (UNLV) in the '80s and early '90s. However, in the midst of his success, which included a national championship in 1990, he constantly was in the eye of National Collegiate Athletic Association investigations. Adverse findings of the NCAA and UNLV's subsequent implementation of recommended sanctions on Tarkanian resulted in a historic legal battle. The end result was a ruling with implications for every NCAA investigation involving disciplinary or adverse actions with athletics personnel....