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FlabLoser

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Remember this?



http://blogs.clarionledge...party-and-youre-invited/


Despite all the Jan ~2nd message board and media attention warning of NCAA violations, the promotion and the party went on. Brassell's name and/or likeness was used to promote a commercial event, and that's a NCAA violation. This, we knew.

Today, a little birdie tells me this whole thing is coming to light again.

Somewhere Dwight Jones is shaking his head. He got suspended for doing exactly what Brassell did.
http://rivals.yahoo.com/n...ension?urn=ncaaf,wp11801
 
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FlabLoser

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It doesn't change the fact that Brassell "and his Ole Miss teammates" were used to promote a party. Whether or not the promotion ever evolved to a different poster is irrelevant.
 
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http://blogs.commercialap..._edge/ole-miss-football/


Ole Miss' compliance staff is looking into whether it
believes NCAA rules were violated earlier this month with the promotion
of a $10-per-person birthday party for football player Nick Brassell at an Oxford sports bar.

NCAA rules prohibit student-athletes being used to promote commercial activity. Ole Miss spokesman Kyle Campbell wrote in an email Monday that the school was gathering facts "on what occurred and if there are any compliance concerns."

A
manager at the bar, Oxford's Locker Room, wouldn't comment when reached
Monday afternoon. A message for the owner wasn't returned.

Any violations would likely be reported to the NCAA as secondary in nature.

The
promotion of the party began to surface on Jan. 2, when a graphic
touting it surfaced on the Internet. Ole Miss' compliance office
appeared to take note, tweeting this that same day:

<span class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;">
</span>(The link is to a Dec. 21, 2011 story in the Winston-Salem Journal that reported North Carolina was seeking reinstatement of receiver Dwight Jones after it deemed that his name and photo was used to promote an event. An AP story the same day said Jones had been reinstated for UNC's bowl after canceling the party.)

Four
days later, at 7:31 p.m., the bar posted this on Facebook: "BIG
BIRTHDAY BASH TONIGHT FOR OLE MISS FOOTBALL PLAYER NICK BRASSELL..DOORS
OPEN AT 9PM..ADMISSION $10" It made a similar post two minutes later;
someone in the Ole Miss network responded with "Possible ncaa violation.
Fantastic".

But the graphic that had contained Brassell's photo
and nickname a few days earlier had been changed to one promoting a
party for someone named 'Lil'E.'

Brassell was one of former coach Houston Nutt's
top recruits in the class of 2011, arriving from nearby South Panola
High in Batesville, Miss. As a receiver, he caught 24 passes for 336
yards and two touchdowns; as a defensive back, he logged 14 tackles and
five pass breakups.
 
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RonnyAtmosphere

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..Spring practice Red vs. Blue game. At worst.


The university compliance office might slap his wrist, but the NCAA won't do crap.
 
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RebelBruiser

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our fanbases and really SEC fans in general are some of the best NCAA police out there.

It's really funny watching Arkansas fans react to potential NCAA infractions, since they've never had much of a true rival policing their secondary violations, and they've never had a true rival to police. At most SEC schools it's just another day in in the life.
 
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