Another Rule Violation for Kentucky's John Calipari?

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http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090620/SPORTS02/906200353/1002/SPORTS/Camp+pamphlet+could+be+problem+for+UK+s+Miller

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It doesn't look like much really...Calipari isn't mentioned. It's ok for KY player Darius Miller to be there they just can't advertise it. This seems like an honest mistake by an ex Kentucky player. Actually seems like a stupid rule but I kind of understand it.

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a couple Notre Dame kids were paid for promotion.....to do some TV commercials promoting a local sports TV show...a few years back....

http://www.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=575206

"NCAA bylaw 12.5.3 states that eligible student-athletes "shall not make any
endorsement, expressed or implied, of any commercial product or service."

this WAS illegal, yet the NCAA just looked the other way....the kids are NOT supposed to do that because it constitutes being compenstated for being star basketball players and thus they could lose their amateur status or be suspended.
I doubt it would ever happen unless it was a midmajor like Bradley, then the NCAA would suspend Patrick O'Bryant for another 8 games.


Likewise, several Virginia Tech players were paid to do a series of endorsements & posters & ads for festivals and celebrations that featured beach front parties and booze in the Virginia Beach area.......of course they also never got penalized whatsoever! -- even tho some of them bragged about the whole thing on their Facebooks!

http://www.collegiatetimes.com/stories/13744

When the men's basketball team at Kentucky Wesleyan "appeared publicly at a booster's business" they did get a penalty....but then, they are NOT Kentucky!

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This is similar to something outlined in John Feinstein's book about Indiana University and Bob Knight titled "A Season on the Brink".
It relates the story of IU player Steve Alford posing for a calendar published by a campus sorority. The sales of the calendar went to raise money for a camp for handicapped kids.
Though Alford was not paid, and did not benefit personally from the sales of the calendar, just his participation violated NCAA rules and raised eligibility issues for Alford.
Eventually, the NCAA sanctioned Alford with a 1-game suspension. The game he sat out was December 7, 1985, against Kentucky. With Alford sitting out, Indiana lost their first game of that season in Lexington.
http://books.google.com/books?id=JcN...esult&resnum=6

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but as I said...this is Kentucky we're talking about...I would be shocked if we ever even hear that the NCAA even notices this...
but again...if it were Bradley or SEMO....