....later reinstated. Good to see uniform enforcement of NCAA rules! (even if most of them are ridiculous and hypocritical)

 

:plain

 

Leinart ruled ineligible; reinstated for Rose Bowl

 

USC quarterback Matt Leinart violated an NCAA rule by appearing in a promo spot for ESPN earlier this month. The USC football team reported the violation to the NCAA and petitioned to have him reinstated. After reviewing the case, the NCAA has agreed to allow Leinart to play in the Rose Bowl.

 

"Whenever we are aware that media outlets ask student-athletes to do these kinds of tags we immediately cut them off," said Tim Tessalone, USC's sports information director. "Unfortunately, this one slipped by." Leinart's actions were "unintentional and inadvertent," said the NCAA's Kent Barrett.

 

"This was the type of thing where it was obvious the student-athlete was not attempting to become an endorser of a network," Barrett said.

 

Leinart, who finished third in this year's Heisman balloting, has practiced three times in preparation for the Jan. 4 Rose Bowl against Texas. Barrett said athletes can practice and take part in team and school activities while petitions are being considered by the NCAA's reinstatement staff.

 

 

Posted by Kevin Donahue

http://www.fanblogs.com/usc/006280.php

 

Another story here http://www.deadspin.com/sports/college-foo...icks-144506.php

 

I'd bet that if this were the 3rd string QB from Southern Miss, he wouldn't have been able to play in the New Orleans Bowl last night. Of course he probably wouldn't have been in an ESPN promo either.

The whole NCAA eligibility stuff is stupid.

 

They want the best athletes, yet prohibit them from doing anything lucrative in college regarding marketing. Michelle Wie, Sarah Hughes, etc., etc. are all youngin's with marketing contracts.

 

Get off the antiquated ideals, NCAA, and then perhaps college sports will retain college athletes for their full college careers.

 

Am I the only one who feels this way?

I think the concept of big sport (basketball, football, baseball, etc) athletics at the Division 1 level still being amateur is stupid.

 

In the Ivy leagues, some D2, and D3 levels, amatuer athletics are still applicable. But at the D1 level the NCAA's rules and the whole "amateur" concept are pretty much a joke.

I think the concept of big sport (basketball, football, baseball, etc) athletics at the Division 1 level still being amateur is stupid.

 

In the Ivy leagues, some D2, and D3 levels, amatuer athletics are still applicable. But at the D1 level the NCAA's rules and the whole "amateur" concept are pretty much a joke.

Yeah, but if you make D1 athletics non-amateur than you have to make it a universal decision.

Right, that's one of the biggest problems, and the lower revenue sports and lower divisions (D1AA, 2, and 3), all of which depend on the shared revenue from D1A, would get screwed.

 

Nothing huge will change unless schools decide to defect from the NCAA, which is unlikely any time in the near future

What's awesome is that some baseball player had cancer or something and wrote a children's book about his survival story, sold it for profit, and the NCAA declared him ineligible. Gotta love the NCAA. The same ones that wouldn't allow Jeremy Bloom to play college football because he did ads. For skiing. To pay for Olympic training. F**ing morons. I'm sure Mr. Leinart's celebrity had nothing to do with such a swift action.

wasnt this ALL ESPNS FAULT... they are the ones that did the comerical or whatever with him

 

the ncaa has great rules and i like that the players are exposed..i mean theres never been a problem with a player in a tv comerical and now this year espn f*d up.

 

im glad that he got reinstated bc it wouldnt be a game without him but this was all espns mistake

 

ncaa did what the rules stated and the rules are fine.