Several top high school players' eligibility in question for appearing in advertising videos

[Da Coach]

Several top 2012 and 2013 high school players, as well as a couple prominent high school teams appear in some advertising videos for a line of shoes. This appears to violate NCAA rules on amateurism.

http://www.ballinisahabit.net/2011/09/eligibility-issues-for-andre-drummond.html

Schools like UConn (Andre Drummond is commmitted there) are looking into this possible violatio-

http://www.courant.com/sports/uconn-men/hc-uconn-drummond-0929-20110928,0,7930958.story

It is not clear if any if the amateur players received any compensation for their appearance endorsing the product, but according to NCAA rules, it doesn't matter if they did, it would still be a violation

Video page (videos have been inactivated)-

http://stacktv.stack.com/Basketball/adidas-Crazy-Light-Basketball-Shoes/Top-Prospects-Kris-Dunn-and-Andre-Drummond-Review-the-adiZero-Crazy-Light.html

[tornado]

This has happened at other top schools - Notre Dame, Memphis, Kentucky..and never gets penalized..
but if a Boise State coach buys a lunch for a player - they get slammed with many major violations..