I am not an NCAA compliance attorney, so I could be totally misreading this. I was watching a message board discussion about whether Rogers and/or Cecil could be considered Cam's agent(s). I decided it made sense to look up the Agent rules in the NCAA Div I Manual ( http://www.ncaapublicatio...roductdownloads/D110.pdf )
Here is what jumps out at me:
<span style="font-weight: bold;">12.3 USE OF AGENTS</span><br style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">12.3.1 General Rule.</span><span style="font-style: italic; background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"> An individual shall be ineligible for participation in an intercollegiate sport if he or she ever has agreed (orally or in writing) to be represented by an agent for the purpose of marketing his or her athletics ability or reputation in that sport</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">.</span> Further, an agency contract not specifically limited in writing to a sport or particular sports shall be deemed applicable to all sports, and the individual shall be ineligible to participate in any sport.
And then, here's the good part:
<span style="font-weight: bold;">12.3.3 Athletics Scholarship Agent</span>.<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"> Any individual, agency or organization that represents a prospective student-athlete for compensation in placing the prospective student-athlete in a collegiate institution as a recipientof institutional financial aid shall be considered an agent or organization marketing the individual’s athletics ability or reputation.</span><br style="background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">
Isn't this pretty much what Kenny Rogers does for a living? (When he is not an agent's runner out misrepresenting himself to proffesional players, that is).
Now, there is an exception to the above, and I guess Kenny would claim his business falls in this category
<span style="font-weight: bold;">12.3.3.1 Talent Evaluation Services and Agents</span>. A prospective student-athlete may allow a scouting service or agent to distribute personal information (e.g., high school academic and athletics records, physical statistics) to member institutions without jeopardizing his or her eligibility, provided the fee paid to such an agent is not based on placing the prospective student-athlete in a collegiate institution as a recipient of institutional financial aid.
I guess if he charges a flat fee to just distribute personal information, then maybe he's in the clear....but I think MSU needs to get Kenny as far away from the program as possible.
Here is what jumps out at me:
<span style="font-weight: bold;">12.3 USE OF AGENTS</span><br style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">12.3.1 General Rule.</span><span style="font-style: italic; background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"> An individual shall be ineligible for participation in an intercollegiate sport if he or she ever has agreed (orally or in writing) to be represented by an agent for the purpose of marketing his or her athletics ability or reputation in that sport</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">.</span> Further, an agency contract not specifically limited in writing to a sport or particular sports shall be deemed applicable to all sports, and the individual shall be ineligible to participate in any sport.
And then, here's the good part:
<span style="font-weight: bold;">12.3.3 Athletics Scholarship Agent</span>.<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"> Any individual, agency or organization that represents a prospective student-athlete for compensation in placing the prospective student-athlete in a collegiate institution as a recipientof institutional financial aid shall be considered an agent or organization marketing the individual’s athletics ability or reputation.</span><br style="background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">
Isn't this pretty much what Kenny Rogers does for a living? (When he is not an agent's runner out misrepresenting himself to proffesional players, that is).
Now, there is an exception to the above, and I guess Kenny would claim his business falls in this category
<span style="font-weight: bold;">12.3.3.1 Talent Evaluation Services and Agents</span>. A prospective student-athlete may allow a scouting service or agent to distribute personal information (e.g., high school academic and athletics records, physical statistics) to member institutions without jeopardizing his or her eligibility, provided the fee paid to such an agent is not based on placing the prospective student-athlete in a collegiate institution as a recipient of institutional financial aid.
I guess if he charges a flat fee to just distribute personal information, then maybe he's in the clear....but I think MSU needs to get Kenny as far away from the program as possible.
