Young commercial cleared by UF
A commercial involving Florida junior center Patric Young was cleared by school compliance in advance and will not result in self-reporting any NCAA violations.
Young appeared in the commercial for the Providence School, a private Christian high school in Jacksonville. He was not in his UF uniform. Young attended Providence in his senior year of high school before enrolling at UF.
Under NCAA rules, student athletes are not permitted to be involved in the advertisement, endorsement or promotion of a commercial product or service of any kind. However, there are exceptions for institutional, charitable, education or nonprofit promotions. Under those exceptions, Young had to receive written permission from UF before the commercial aired and all money derived from the activity had to go directly to the educational or nonprofit entity.
UF spokesman Denver Parler said Young received permission from school athletic department officials before the commercial aired.
Young is one of three starters returning from a Florida team that finished 26-11 and reached the Elite Eight for the second straight season. He averaged 10.2 points and 6.4 rebounds.
Florida begins practice Oct. 13 and its preseason opener is Nov. 1 at the O’Connell Center against Nebraska-Kearney.
Kevin Brockway gave up on his dream of becoming a lefty starting pitcher for the New York Mets when he walked four straight batters, then hit one in a middle school game in Suffern, N.Y. Since graduating college in 1993, he’s worked as a sports writer at daily newspapers throughout the state of Florida, beginning with the Key West Citizen. He then moved on to the Northwest Florida Daily News and Naples Daily News before becoming the men’s basketball writer for The Gainesville Sun in 2003. Brockway has won multiple state and national writing awards during his 16-year career. Favorite pastimes include karaoke and watching baseball. Favorite college hoops team growing up was St. John’s.
slow news day………
by SB
The NCAA shouldn’t worry about Young’s promo for his alma mater, they should be in Lexington checking out Calipari’s recruiting methods.
by william