The University of Miami, seeking to minimize...

The University of Miami, seeking to minimize the risk of NCAA violations, pays a Kansas City law firm about $50,000 a year to investigate its athletic program.

Led by former NCAA investigators Mike Slive and Mike Glazier, both considered experts in compliance, members of the law firm of Linde Thomson Langworthy Kohn and Van Dyke make unannounced visits to Miami every year. They spend 200 to 300 hours investigating normally private financial records and interviewing players, coaches and administrators, The Miami Herald reported.