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CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) NCAA investigators are planning to interview Miami football player Dyron Dye with the belief that there are discrepancies between what he told them previously and what he wrote in an affidavit in support of a former Hurricanes assistant coach, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press.

Meanwhile, in separate affidavits, Dye and former Miami quarterback Jacory Harris both said that when they were interviewed by the NCAA shortly after news of the scandal broke in August 2011, now-retired investigator Rich Johanningmeier threatened their scholarships and remaining eligibility, according to documents obtained Friday by AP.

The developments come less than three weeks before the NCAA's Committee on Infractions - a group that is separate from the association's investigators - is scheduled to begin hearing the case against the Hurricanes, most of which revolves around ties that players, coaches, recruits and administrators had with former booster Nevin Shapiro.

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