NCAA meets with 2 Clemson players
July 30, 2010
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP)—Clemson athletic director Terry Don Phillips said Fridaythat the NCAA had been on the Tigers’ campus this week to talk with two membersof the football team.
Phillips issued a statement Friday about the visit, but did not say what theinquiry was about. Phillips also did not identify the athletes, but said Clemsonis cooperating fully.
“We do not have reason for concern,” Phillips said.
The NCAA is investigating Alabama, North Carolina, Georgia and SouthCarolina in connection with possible rules violations at a party in Miami.
A person familiar with the situation tells The Associated Press that theClemson inquiry is not linked to the investigations looking into impropercontact with agents at the other schools. The person spoke on the condition ofanonymity because the subject of the inquiry is confidential.
Clemson coach Dabo Swinney did not return messages Friday left by TheAssociated Press. However, Swinney has said that his players are educated aboutthe rules regarding contact with agents and he won’t hesitate disciplining thosewho break them.
“You can’t legislate integrity,” he said at the ACC’s football gatheringin Greensboro, N.C., last week. “People are still going to do things wrong. Itsounds like the NCAA is trying to send a real strong message. I think it’s agood thing.”
The NCAA’s contact with Clemson means both of the state’s major footballprograms have had to respond to inquiries from the governing body. Earlier thismonth, South Carolina tight end Weslye Saunders spoke with NCAA officials abouthis possible link to the South Beach gathering.
Gamecocks coach Steve Spurrier said Wednesday he had no update on Saunders’status.
Clemson and South Carolina begin summer practice Tuesday night.
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