SEATTLE -- Rick Neuheisel's lawyer met Monday with NCAA officials in Indianapolis, but said he doesn't expect the University of Washington to overturn its decision to fire his client as the Huskies' football coach.

"While this morning's meeting with the NCAA was productive, we don't expect that it will change the UW's decision," attorney Bob Sulkin said in a statement. "The organization indicated a willingness to listen, which we appreciate, but its willingness to act remains unclear. One thing's for certain -- nothing is resolved."

On Sunday, Sulkin requested separate meetings with NCAA officials and Norm Arkans, a special assistant to the UW president. Sulkin said that he hoped to make the NCAA accountable for what he claims is the organization's "rush to judgment" in the firing of the Washington football coach.

"The reason I'm going is to get the NCAA to acknowledge its role in this unfair rush to judgment," said Sulkin, who has criticized NCAA officials for their remarks to reporters shortly after the story broke.

The school planned to announce its resolution of Neuheisel's appeal Monday evening after Arkans met with Sulkin.

Arkans said he could not respond to Sulkin's statement Monday afternoon. "I haven't seen it," he said.

A call to the NCAA was not immediately returned.

UW athletic director Barbara Hedges announced June 12 she was firing Neuheisel, saying he broke NCAA rules against gambling by taking part in neighborhood pools on the past two NCAA basketball tournaments.

She also said he wasn't forthcoming when first questioned by NCAA investigators.

Neuheisel has maintained he didn't know he was breaking the rules, saying an athletic department memo from the school's compliance officer gave him permission to gamble with neighbors.

Sulkin blasted the university for its decision to fire Neuheisel and accused the NCAA of pushing the school to do so.

"What's needed now is real leadership," Sulkin said. "It's clear that the University of Washington's upper campus politics are more important than the integrity of the process. We've asked for copies of key documents, access to witnesses, and an open forum to present the facts. All of our requests have been denied.

"Tonight, the UW will lose a very successful college football coach, and it didn't have to happen," he said. "All that university officials had to do was take their time. But the president of the NCAA, acting as self-appointed judge and jury, called for coach Neuheisel's dismissal before all the facts were known. UW's administration, operating out of fear and self preservation, succumbed to the pressure.

"Unfortunately, bureaucratic momentum has taken the place of real leadership. Coach Neuheisel will actively fight his termination in hopes of shedding light on an unfair process."

Neuheisel has a 33-15 record in four seasons at the UW.

Last week, Neuheisel and university officials agreed to waive a hearing with Arkans, which would have been a final appeal to Hedges' decision to fire Neuheisel.

Hedges rejected an initial appeal July 1.

Washington has said it was firing Neuheisel "with cause." That means he will receive no more money from the balance of his contract, and he will have to repay a $1.5 million loan received last August.

Under a six-year contract extension he signed last September, Neuheisel earns $1.21 million a year, with incentives that could reach $1.46 million. His contract provided that he would have to repay the loan if he did not remain as head coach through the end of the contract in 2008.

Neuheisel owns a $4.2 million home on Lake Washington. According to property records, Neuheisel refinanced his home last summer with a $3.6 million mortgage. The current balance on the home was not available. It underwent a $50,000 remodel in April.

Offensive coordinator Keith Gilbertson was placed in charge of supervising the football program's day-to-day operations last month. The university has said it will wait until the Neuheisel matter is resolved before announcing who the Huskies' new head football coach will be.

The Washington football team begins practices Aug. 6 for its opening game Aug. 30 at defending national champion Ohio State.