Memphis reports NCAA violation in recruiting Tony Parker: bit.ly/I1W6g9
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Michael Carvell (@RecruitingAJC) April 19, 2012Memphis coach Josh Pastner has self-reported a secondary NCAA violation for tweeting the name of a highly touted high school basketball recruit.
According to reports, Pastner accidentally tweeting the words “Tony parker” from the basketball team’s official Twitter account. He claims he was simply putting Parker’s name in Twitter’s search engine and simply typed it in the wrong space.
Umm…What? RT @UofMTigersHoops: Tony parker—
Christopher Hrabe (@chrabe) April 18, 2012
Pastner himself tried to explain what happened in detail:
“My wife was yelling at me because I was on the phone too loud. I was waking [the couple's infant daughter] up and waking my wife up because I had the TV on. She was complaining that I not only woke my daughter up, but I also woke the baby inside her up because she’s pregnant.”
Um…awkward!
But was it really a violation of NCAA rules?
I'm still not totally convinced Memphis committed NCAA violation by tweeting "Tony parker" … bit.ly/I1W6g9—
Michael Carvell (@RecruitingAJC) April 19, 2012
NCAA rules say you can't comment on a prospective student-athlete but you CAN publicly confirm your school is recruiting him/her—
Michael Carvell (@RecruitingAJC) April 19, 2012
We’d be surprised if the NCAA handed down any type of serious penalty for what seems to be an honest mistake.
