I understand why it might be a violation for interested parties to pledge/give money based on services provided while in college. However, this instance, the money is to be used for furthering his professional career. It's not a quid pro quo.
FROM ISU COMPLIANCE: Edozie to Receive Funds for Tryout Camps
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Rather than arguing about jurisdiction, I think I'll just say:
Unintentional crisis averted. Good luck in Vegas, Daniel...I hope you shine there.
Unintentional crisis averted. Good luck in Vegas, Daniel...I hope you shine there.
I have heard stories that Barry Switzer at OU used to have a semi loaded with new cars waiting for the seniors upon graduation. He made sure that the incoming recruits were on campus the same day. I don't know whether the stories really are true or not but I don't have reason to doubt the source. This is the type of thing that the NCAA would be trying to prevent.
What if the funding was to be used for a former athletes daughter that was fighting cancer? Or anything NOT athletics related?
Curious, if a former player was looking to start up a company and tried to use crowd-funding and donors participated that would be a violation? Seems like the NCAA and the schools would have little to no control over this.
But almost impossible to police that, and it opens a big bag of worms as promises could be made behind the scenes for these kinds of things.
I would guess it wouldn't be a problem. Shouldn't be much gray area in that type of scenario.
I concede... all these hoops to jump through, just so a gigantic entertainment industry can maintain tax exempt status.
It would be ISU that would be breaking the rules and be accountable, not Edozie. ISU agrees to follow the rules set forth by the NCAA as a stipulation of membership. Courts would back NCAA.
Yeah the NCAA can't stop Edozie from receiving donor money after graduation, but it can sure as hell punish the school that the donors are a part of.
And the NCAA grants waivers in situations like this that were obviously not some sort of behind the scenes recruiting violation. The NCAA got it right in this situation by granting the waiver.
And the NCAA grants waivers in situations like this that were obviously not some sort of behind the scenes recruiting violation. The NCAA got it right in this situation by granting the waiver.
The bottom line I think is this, if you are an ISU donor and you don't want to commit an NCAA violation, you should contact ISU before starting something like this. They'll be able to properly handle it.
Just because I graduated from ISU doesn't make me a freaking booster. Look at all the Hawk fans that go to ISU because of the academics. They graduate and then start making trouble by publicly giving ISU grads money. A booster should be defined as having to spend at least $500 a year or something along those lines.
So, does this mean that no NBA owner, sports agent or just basic regular society general employer can be a booster of a school then hire a former athlete?
I understand the intent of this rule, but it seems just as easy to tell kids, "Hey, Big Paying Job Inc. is a booster, if you don't make the NBA, you'll get a token job there."
It just seems to me that after graduation, the NCAA should butt out.
I understand the intent of this rule, but it seems just as easy to tell kids, "Hey, Big Paying Job Inc. is a booster, if you don't make the NBA, you'll get a token job there."
It just seems to me that after graduation, the NCAA should butt out.
I agree, the definition of "booster" is pretty loose.
I may have some of the facts mixed up because I'm operating on memory here, so if I have something wrong, someone please correct me.
Remember Jiri's suspension? He had a host family in Marshalltown while he was at the community college there. They had season tickets to ISU FB for a couple of years, but dropped them years before Jiri came to this country. For some reason, Jiri needed a car for a few weeks (I don't remember if his was broken down or what the backstory was). His Marshalltown family loaned him one of their cars. He ended up suspended for several games due to receiving improper benefits. Here's the funny part: the car Jiri drove had Hawkeye plates on it.
The definition of booster is quite wide. It is hard to imagine that most of us on CF are not technically boosters. For instance, I think buying a season ticket makes you a booster. And once a booster, always a booster.
I hear mostly about this in relation to recruiting. It is hard to imagine what are the proper lines for dealing with former students, especially ones who are hired for jobs that have some reasonable tie back to their athletic roles. Of course, we want to prevent abuse, but I just don't understand the rules for dealing with former athletes.
I hear mostly about this in relation to recruiting. It is hard to imagine what are the proper lines for dealing with former students, especially ones who are hired for jobs that have some reasonable tie back to their athletic roles. Of course, we want to prevent abuse, but I just don't understand the rules for dealing with former athletes.
