06-28-2009, 02:55 AM
Though University of Kentucky forward Darius Miller isn't alleged to have broken any NCAA rules, UK is investigating a potential amateurism violation involving the sophomore and will report its findings to the NCAA.
The potential violation stems from an advertisement and pamphlet touting Miller as a participant in upcoming basketball camps in Muhlenberg County.
He agreed to work two camps hosted by Muhlenberg County High School
coach and former UK player Reggie Warford, an arrangement that falls within NCAA rules. But a pamphlet and advertisement for the camps mentioned Miller's participation, which the NCAA could see as an endorsement by him.
"There are certain conditions under which (student-athletes) can work a privately owned camp," said Sandy Bell, UK's senior associate athletic director and head of compliance. "Endorsements are never permissible."
According to a story last week in the Times-Argus newspaper of Central City, Muhlenberg County athletic director Jim Price released the ad and pamphlet.
Miller no longer will participate in the camps, and UK will report the potential violation to the NCAA, Bell said.
The NCAA will determine if Miller will face any penalty for the endorsement. The penalty will likely be light even if Miller is determined to have violated rules, with a one-game suspension seen as the likely harshest punisment the NCAA would impose.
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The potential violation stems from an advertisement and pamphlet touting Miller as a participant in upcoming basketball camps in Muhlenberg County.
He agreed to work two camps hosted by Muhlenberg County High School
coach and former UK player Reggie Warford, an arrangement that falls within NCAA rules. But a pamphlet and advertisement for the camps mentioned Miller's participation, which the NCAA could see as an endorsement by him.
"There are certain conditions under which (student-athletes) can work a privately owned camp," said Sandy Bell, UK's senior associate athletic director and head of compliance. "Endorsements are never permissible."
According to a story last week in the Times-Argus newspaper of Central City, Muhlenberg County athletic director Jim Price released the ad and pamphlet.
Miller no longer will participate in the camps, and UK will report the potential violation to the NCAA, Bell said.
The NCAA will determine if Miller will face any penalty for the endorsement. The penalty will likely be light even if Miller is determined to have violated rules, with a one-game suspension seen as the likely harshest punisment the NCAA would impose.
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