Country club memebrs normally can invite guest. if they have a fully paid membership. they can bring any guest for free. The journalist is speculating. Anything paid for the golf outing would of gone to the member not the club. and you would have to establish it was a benefit offered due to his status as an athlete because im sure the journalist had many guest who wre not athletes.
According to the story. Tressel found out and it didnt happen anymore.
Once again the reporter clearly established that it was not a recruiting violation. Pryor had already signed and it was quickly stopped when they found out.
You also dont know if this went to the compliance department or not. Im assuming not but really these are the kind of stories the NCAA gets all the time but do not always determine an infraction.
but lkets look at the ncaa rules
(g) Free or reduced-cost services, rentals or purchases of any type;
Except as provided in Bylaw 13.2.1.3, for violations of Bylaw 13.2.1 in which the value of the offer or inducement is $100 or less, the eligibility of the individual (prospective or enrolled student-athlete) shall not be affected conditioned upon the individual repaying the value of the benefit to a charity of his or her choice. The individual, however, shall remain ineligible from the time the institution has knowledge of the receipt of the impermissible benefit until the individual repays the benefit. Violations of this bylaw remain institutional violations per Constitution 2.8.1, and documentation of the individual's repayment shall be forwarded to the enforcement services staff with the institution's self-report of the violation. (Adopted: 10/28/97, Revised: 11/1/00, 8/12/10)
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An institution's staff member or any representative of its athletics interests shall not be involved, directly or indirectly, in making arrangements for or giving or offering to give any financial aid or other benefits to a prospective student-athlete or his or her relatives or friends, other than expressly permitted by NCAA regulations. Receipt of a benefit by a prospective student-athlete or his or her relatives or friends is not a violation of NCAA legislation if it is determined that the same benefit is generally available to the institution's prospective students or their relatives or friends or to a particular segment of the student body (e.g., international students, minority students) determined on a basis unrelated to athletics ability. (Revised: 10/28/97, 11/1/00, 3/24/05)