The following article is a guest contribution by Benjamin Haynes, Esq. Haynes is a former Division 1 Basketball Player at Oral Roberts University and currently practices law in the State of Florida. It’s almost that time of the year, the time of the year when NCAA college football players all across the nation will be padding […]
Category: NCAA Violations
The following article was written by Spencer Wingate. Jarrod Uthoff arrived to the University of Wisconsin in 2011 fresh off winning Iowa’s Mr. Basketball Award. In his first year in Madison, he failed to play or accumulate any stats. Following the season, Uthoff requested to transfer as he did not believe the offense was a good […]
The following article was written by Spencer Wingate. Baylor University announced Monday that it has been involved in a three year investigation by the NCAA for impermissible contact with potential prospects. ESPN cited an NCAA summary disposition that shows coaches for both the men’s and women’s basketball programs made more than 1,200 prohibited phone calls and […]
Each Friday we will feature an article from our good friends at The Legal Blitz. Please enjoy the following piece and check out The Legal Blitz when you get a chance! A recent New York Times Op-Ed about a “hockey exemption” to the NCAA’s prohibition on student-athletes hiring agents made it seem as if agents, schools and athletes […]
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An Impermissible Benefit
The following article was written by Cyle Kiger. Nearly every high school senior planning to go on to higher education visits college campuses either in-state or nation-wide. Mr. Basketball out of Illinois, Ryan Boatright, was suspended by the NCAA for six games due to impermissible benefits his mother received while attempting to attend campus visits during […]