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Originally Posted by MililaniBuckeye
Actually I see no problem with this. The NCAA said he's ineligible only until the "guests" pay the equivilent to charity. These rules are in place to keep boosters from showering recruits and players with front-row seats to big games, etc. If they let this slide, where do they draw the line? Honest mistake or intentional effort, it's still against the rules. I'm a tad suspicious that this minimum $40,000 donation booster "didn't know it was wrong" to pay for a player's ticket...
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I can completely see why he didn't think about it. To the booster, it isn't "a player", it is his son's best friend.
Think about it. You have 4 season tickets. One night, you are going to use 2 of the 4 seats. You normally would give them away. Your son asks, can I take a friend and his mom? How often would you really think twice about it?
My dad used to have Weekend Season tickets to the Reds and he used to let us take friends all the time. Can completely see why he wouldn't think anything of it.