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Message: [QUOTE="auror, post: 3322129, member: 1329"] The NCAA has very clear exceptions for pre-existing or necessary relationships. High school coaches and non-family guardians/long-standing friends/teammates families, etc. are allowed to provide common and reasonable living expenses including housing, food, etc. to athletes while retaining the athletes eligibility. For Wiseman, paying his family to move across the country to join a team for basketball reasons is not a necessary living expense. As to your question about all the kids Penny has provided support for: as long as Penny dd not provide support to them for reasons because they were an athlete, it's fine. Also would be fine if it falls under the Lomax situation above. It's only wrong by NCAA rules if it's because of potential prospect reasons. As to Wiseman not knowing, the NCAA does not care. They are a private institution and there are plenty of alternatives for Wiseman to play basketball and get scout exposure. Wiseman signed up knowing the NCAA rules forbid boosters to pay families (even without prospect knowledge). He agreed to allow the NCAA to check if he had followed their rules to be eligible and deal with the consequences if he was not. [/QUOTE]