Plan to welcome Manti Te'o at Notre Dame given an Aloha
To what lengths are BYU fans willing to go to get all-everything linebacker Manti Te'o to choose the Cougars?
Apparently, Notre Dame students were about to shower Te'o in Hawaiian leis -- literally -- before being told their plan to distribute 8,000 or so leis prior to Saturday's USC-Syracuse game in South Bend, Ind., could have been a violation of NCAA rules.
According to an article in the Los Angeles Times, Te'o, the No. 9 high school prospect from the Class of 2009, is visiting Notre Dame this weeked.
The students were going to hand out the leis outside the stadium in honor of Te'o's visit.
However, Notre Dame officials feared that a concerted, organized effort could be seen as a NCAA violation for publicizing a recruit's visit to campus and asked the students to stop the effort.
According to the Times, signs, videos and messages over a public address system or printed T-shirts are among other no-nos as they relate to advertising a recruit's visit to campus.
Te'o has Notre Dame among his top five, along with USC, UCLA, Stanford and BYU. He has stated that he will go on an LDS Church mission after his freshman season in college.
-- Jay Drew
Apparently, Notre Dame students were about to shower Te'o in Hawaiian leis -- literally -- before being told their plan to distribute 8,000 or so leis prior to Saturday's USC-Syracuse game in South Bend, Ind., could have been a violation of NCAA rules.
According to an article in the Los Angeles Times, Te'o, the No. 9 high school prospect from the Class of 2009, is visiting Notre Dame this weeked.
The students were going to hand out the leis outside the stadium in honor of Te'o's visit.
However, Notre Dame officials feared that a concerted, organized effort could be seen as a NCAA violation for publicizing a recruit's visit to campus and asked the students to stop the effort.
According to the Times, signs, videos and messages over a public address system or printed T-shirts are among other no-nos as they relate to advertising a recruit's visit to campus.
Te'o has Notre Dame among his top five, along with USC, UCLA, Stanford and BYU. He has stated that he will go on an LDS Church mission after his freshman season in college.
-- Jay Drew
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talk about missionary work? wow.
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