Carla Williams said a cease and desist request sent by the university compliance office “was just a misunderstanding” and the result of excess caution.
"Yeah, that was crazy to me that that’s illegal because that’s what a registry’s for," Virginia junior guard Kyle Guy said of NCAA informing his fiancee they needed to stop sharing their wedding registry publicly.
“That was just a misunderstanding,” she said in an interview at U.S. Bank Stadium on Friday, the day before top-seeded Virginia plays No. 5 seed Auburn in the NCAA tournament’s national semifinals. “The NCAA did not tell us that he could not do that.[De’Andre Hunter enters Final Four in scoring slump, but Tony Bennett is not worried]
“Yeah, that was crazy to me that that’s illegal because that’s what a registry’s for,” Guy said, somewhat incredulous. “Yeah, NCAA said it was illegal, so I’m not going to argue with it right now. I’m going to try to win a national championship, and we’ll open that book.” NCAA rules stipulate college athletes are not permitted to receive extra benefits, including “cash, gift certificates or other items with value” from athletic representatives, boosters or fans.
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