Clearinghouse question

The answer is no. Having someone make a video/website is a subcontractor to the person marketing your son, who is you. They had no direct influence in the marketing.

The NCAA is looking for agent/adviser contact. It is legal to have an adviser, if that adviser charges you a fee. That adviser is not supposed to be marketing a player, meaning having direct contact with the team, but advising the player on marketing, and letting the player have the contact with the team. So, even if you had a paid adviser, the answer would still be no, because he did not directly market your son, only advised.

The poop is going to hit the fan very soon for the NCAA. They are trying to be heavy handed with players in light of the loss of the Andy Oliver case regarding agent/advisers.

The next thing you are going to encounter, is a questionnaire from the NCAA asking all sorts of questions about contact with agents/advisers/teams. It actually asks to intercede on attorney/client privilege and states that not answering the questions could mean a forfeiture of eligibility. The intent seems to be, to put together a list of all the people that have violated their antiquated amateurism rules, so that if the Andy Oliver case gets overridden on appeal, they can come after those players. The advice I have seen regarding how to fill out that form, is to lie and tell the NCAA nothing.

You are your own "marketing firm".
I also think NCAA is "digging" on companies like PG & SkillShow...
"Paid someone to market you", might mean anything...
don't do anything to shoot yourself in the foot, like offer information that is designed to be used against you.

What is the NCAA doing with the companies and/orindividuals that "market" academic students for a fee?

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Originally posted by TRhit:
What is the NCAA doing with the companies and/orindividuals that "market" academic students for a fee?

The only person they have jurisdiction over is the athlete (and the institution), so the answer to your question is...nothing. They can't do anything to any company or individual outside of the player or institution.

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Originally posted by TRhit:
What is the NCAA doing with the companies and/orindividuals that "market" academic students for a fee?

Just be a pain in the rear. They have no jurisdiction. They'll just "invent" another hassle for athletes....ummm, I mean, another way to "protect" athletes.

CPLZ,

re: atty/client privilege. It is not a violation to ask if you spoke with an attorney - that question is fully and acceptably answerable (yes/no). It IS a violation to ask what was said.

Just clarification, not saying I like it though.

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Originally posted by no11:
CPLZ,

re: atty/client privilege. It is not a violation to ask if you spoke with an attorney - that question is fully and acceptably answerable (yes/no). It IS a violation to ask what was said.

Just clarification, not saying I like it though.

If you read the questionnaire, it asks about the nature of the relationship, which is a violation of attorney/client privilege.