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re: Buga Nation is now selling clothing apparel
Posted on 1/31/14 at 1:35 pm to TheDoc
Posted on 1/31/14 at 1:35 pm to TheDoc
One thing to keep in mind is that he is not currently a student athlete under NCAA regulation. I'm not an attorney but work in a industry that is highly regulated and many compliance issues are based on when it started in order to determine if its a violation. I find it no coincidence that this happened before NSD. NCAA can't regulate a business his parents chose to start before he became a student athlete. He is receiving no illegal benefits from the school or anyone. It's no different than his parents owning a meat market and putting GEAUX Tigers in the window and LSU fans buying more from them bc of it. If they did this after NSD then the NCAA might try and make a claim but I think it would be very difficult. As long as this business continues to operate in its simplest form as a we produce a product that people buy I don't think anything will come of it.
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Posted on 1/31/14 at 1:39 pm to tigereye58
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NCAA can't regulate a business his parents chose to start before he became a student athlete.
They won't regulate the business, but there are rules against what an athlete and his "family" can receive money for. One of the things they are prohibited from doing is making money off the student-athlete's likeness. The Johnny Manziel thing is a great example. They are allowed to trademark "Johnny Football" and had to spend large amounts of money protecting the trademark, but Johnny nor his family could make a profit on the name and still maintain his amateur status (the autograph thing clearly is a whole different issue).
There have been a string of twitter endorsement deals for high school recruits, so I believe there is some gray area before the kid becomes a student athlete.
This post was edited on 1/31/14 at 1:41 pm
Posted on 1/31/14 at 1:42 pm to tigereye58
Exactly my thoughts...the timing is probably key. The Honey Badger nickname was given to Mathieu after he started playing at LSU.
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