🏀 Court ruling "stays" NCAA suspension of Memphis player. A weird story where Penny is labeled as a booster giving money to a current player.

[TerryP]

A couple of snippets from the article. This is a strange one, folks.

Memphis freshman James Wiseman was ruled ineligible by the NCAA but still took the floor in the Tigers' home game Friday after a Memphis court granted a temporary restraining order against the NCAA's decision. Wiseman, the No. 1 overall recruit and a potential future No. 1 draft pick, was granted the temporary injunction on an emergency basis by a Shelby County judicial court.

Initially, after a joint standard eligibility review by the University and the NCAA, as is common for all high-profile incoming student-athletes, James was declared eligible by the NCAA in May 2019. However, based on information that necessitated a deeper investigation, the University began to work alongside the NCAA in investigating the matter. After several months of interviews and, after a review of documentation, it was determined that in the summer of 2017, while James was a high school student and prospective student-athlete, Penny Hardaway provided $11,500 in moving expenses to assist the Wiseman family in their relocation to Memphis, unbeknownst to James.

Wiseman's attorney, Leslie Ballin, said the NCAA believes Hardaway -- the second-year Memphis coach who coached Wiseman in high school -- helped finance Wiseman and his family's move to Memphis when he was in high school.
Though the two have a long-standing kinship, Ballin says the NCAA deemed Hardaway a booster, leading to the ruling of Wiseman's ineligibility. Hardaway donated $1 million to the University of Memphis in 2008 to help fund the university's Penny Hardaway Hall of Fame, which by NCAA rules deems him a booster.

Memphis' James Wiseman, the nation's top recruit, gets court order to play after NCAA rules him ineligible

Wiseman was ruled ineligible by the NCAA, but a judge's restraining order allowed him to play Friday

www.cbssports.com

 

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[OldPlayer]

Memphis is taking a big risk by playing him. It could lead to the team being ineligible for the NCAA tournament.

 

[#80]

Not a smart move by Hardaway playing him.

 

[TerryP]

Is this as confusing to you as it is to me? It's in response to the Wiseman story but I don't get the link.

“No Tennessee public university may discriminate against a player based on a donation to the university by a coach.”

Donation to the university vs giving the kid's mom money to move to Memphis?

This response sums up how I've read the story.

He recruited, signed and is coaching the player he committed an infraction with as a booster.

 

[Max]

 

[252BAMA]

Memphis declares James Wiseman ineligible to play after he drops lawsuit vs. NCAA

"Memphis has declared James Wiseman ineligible and will withhold him from games after the star freshman withdrew his lawsuit against the NCAA on Thursday."

Wiseman drops NCAA lawsuit, declared ineligible

Memphis has declared James Wiseman ineligible for competition and will withhold him from games after he withdrew his lawsuit against the NCAA on Thursday.

www.espn.com