"Limited immunity" is a little-known procedure granted to NCAA investigators to get information...
"Limited immunity" is a little-known procedure granted to NCAA investigators to get information from a player "when such an individual otherwise might be declared ineligible for intercollegiate competition," according to the NCAA Manual.
[NCAA VP of enforcement] Roe Lach put it another way: "When we think that's really our only shot of getting that information."
— Some of the players implicated in the Miami scandal ended up at other schools. They're being cleared by the NCAA in exchange for information.

