huskernumerouno Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 Nebraska football player found not guilty in NCAA investigation By Andy Boyle, Daily Nebraskan January 29, 2008 (UWIRE) LINCOLN, Neb. -- Andre Jones has been driving Robert Peinado's 2001 Jaguar around Lincoln, Neb., since August. A Husker football player driving around someone else's Jaguar might seem suspicious, but in this case, no one is breaking the rules. NCAA officials investigated the case last week, which is a standard job for the Nebraska Athletic Compliance Office. Records obtained by the Daily Nebraskan show Jones has been getting tickets for driving a car titled to Peinado, who is a senior business administration major. An NCAA bylaw that prevents "extra-benefits" to athletes prohibits free transportation, including the use of a car, or free or reduced-cost services. On paper, it looked like Jones violated an NCAA bylaw, but he's not, Peinado and NCAA officials said. Peinado said Jones bought the car in August for about $17,000, which is more than its Kelley Blue Book retail price of $13,000 to $15,650. Peinado originally bought the car and tricked it out, adding a high-quality sound system and bigger wheel rims. Then he sold it to Jones. There's documentation that proves Jones paid for the car and that it belongs to him, said Josh White, an NU assistant athletic director in charge of compliance. This is one of the handful of cases White and others in the compliance office deal with on a weekly basis. Only in this occasion, White said, the peculiarities of the case and the high profile of the athlete made his office jump into overdrive to make sure no NCAA bylaws were broken. And none were. "Having someone else's name listed on a title, that is cause for us to look into it no matter what," White said of Jones' case. "And we checked everything out, we interviewed all parties, there was documentation that he paid for the car at a fair market value for the car." White said his office looks into cases similar to this on a regular basis. The compliance office fields comments from recruits, fans and athletic boosters to make sure theirs and others' actions are within the NCAA bylaws. Constant sports gossip on online message boards, also sometimes leads to a boost in speculative rumors that get called to the compliance office. Nine times out of 10 there isn't a problem, White said, but that one time could be a NCAA issue. It's part of his job to investigate incidents that come to the compliance office. But he's not the only one who does the investigating. Jo Potuto, the faculty athletic representative and a professor in the College of Law, also helps check any alleged NCAA violations. She considers it time well spent to look into complaints. "We are very appreciative of anyone who is concerned that there might be a violation letting us know because we want to be sure that the university and the staff are not violating NCAA rules," Potuto said. "And we have a very good history of not violating NCAA rules." For Jones' case, the investigation was pretty quick. A parking official called Thursday afternoon after Jones' car was towed and explained Jones' Jaguar situation. It was resolved by Friday afternoon. "The thing of it is, you can see how this would be a red flag around people on campus," White said. "On issues like this that could be big, we get them done right away." Quote Link to comment
papersun87 Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 Take that, Colorado. Quote Link to comment
macroboy Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 And Andre Jones got $17,000 to buy this car how? Just bc/ no NCAA laws were broken doesn't mean this isn't shady. Besides, Jones play warrnats more of a Corolla than a Jaguar. Quote Link to comment
red_black Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 a loan? investigate a guy who actually owns a car? guys at ou use to drive a dealers car non stop two get caught in not for that and ou gets a slap on the wrist. this is nothn compared to mcfadden his previous car and his new suv. a local station runs with the story and the $huts up about just as quick as they ran with it. ncaa does nothing. usc bush the proof is there but yet nothing has been done and that involves well over $250 k in money for house etc. Quote Link to comment
xkbubo Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 well, ain't that a relief. Quote Link to comment
huskerswrkhavoc Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 And Andre Jones got $17,000 to buy this car how? Just bc/ no NCAA laws were broken doesn't mean this isn't shady. Besides, Jones play warrnats more of a Corolla than a Jaguar. he is going to school for free...... theres 17k in one year alone saved..... IF your instate... Quote Link to comment
Husker B Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 This is not surprising. It happens at every school. I almost got ran over by Keyon Dooling in his tricked out Yukon while walking around downtown Columbia after a Husker game. I imagine every school has 20-30 guys with "shady" car deals and housing issues that the NCAA never gets wind of. Quote Link to comment
HuskerExpat Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 B)--> QUOTE(Husker B @ Jan 31 2008, 04:48 AM) 304026[/snapback] This is not surprising. It happens at every school. I almost got ran over by Keyon Dooling in his tricked out Yukon while walking around downtown Columbia after a Husker game. I imagine every school has 20-30 guys with "shady" car deals and housing issues that the NCAA never gets wind of. Yeah, I don't know how it is now, but back in my days at UNL, in the late 80s and early 90s, there were several high profile football players driving very nice cars with license plates that were from western Nebraska. I can't really think of a legitimate explanation for that.... Quote Link to comment
junior4949 Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 B)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Husker B @ Jan 31 2008, 04:48 AM) 304026[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec--> This is not surprising. It happens at every school. I almost got ran over by Keyon Dooling in his tricked out Yukon while walking around downtown Columbia after a Husker game. I imagine every school has 20-30 guys with "shady" car deals and housing issues that the NCAA never gets wind of. Yeah, I don't know how it is now, but back in my days at UNL, in the late 80s and early 90s, there were several high profile football players driving very nice cars with license plates that were from western Nebraska. I can't really think of a legitimate explanation for that.... Maybe because it was Terry Conneally and he was from western Nebraska? There were some high profile football players that drove really nice vehicles while I was in college in the early 90's, but most were guys like Aaron Graham who's family had quite a bit of money and he was on a full ride scholly. Anyone ever remember a LB by the name of Mike Croel? His family had quite a bit of money as well. One would assume they would drive nicer vehicles. Just because a high profile college athlete drives a nice vehicle doesn't necessarily mean violations have been committed. Quote Link to comment
HuskerExpat Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 B)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Husker B @ Jan 31 2008, 04:48 AM) 304026[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec--> This is not surprising. It happens at every school. I almost got ran over by Keyon Dooling in his tricked out Yukon while walking around downtown Columbia after a Husker game. I imagine every school has 20-30 guys with "shady" car deals and housing issues that the NCAA never gets wind of. Yeah, I don't know how it is now, but back in my days at UNL, in the late 80s and early 90s, there were several high profile football players driving very nice cars with license plates that were from western Nebraska. I can't really think of a legitimate explanation for that.... Maybe because it was Terry Conneally and he was from western Nebraska? There were some high profile football players that drove really nice vehicles while I was in college in the early 90's, but most were guys like Aaron Graham who's family had quite a bit of money and he was on a full ride scholly. Anyone ever remember a LB by the name of Mike Croel? His family had quite a bit of money as well. One would assume they would drive nicer vehicles. Just because a high profile college athlete drives a nice vehicle doesn't necessarily mean violations have been committed. Maybe I should have been clear, but the players I saw driving nice cars with western Nebraska plates were from New Jersey, not Nebraska.... Quote Link to comment
melscott62 Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 B)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Husker B @ Jan 31 2008, 04:48 AM) 304026[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec--> This is not surprising. It happens at every school. I almost got ran over by Keyon Dooling in his tricked out Yukon while walking around downtown Columbia after a Husker game. I imagine every school has 20-30 guys with "shady" car deals and housing issues that the NCAA never gets wind of. Yeah, I don't know how it is now, but back in my days at UNL, in the late 80s and early 90s, there were several high profile football players driving very nice cars with license plates that were from western Nebraska. I can't really think of a legitimate explanation for that.... Maybe because it was Terry Conneally and he was from western Nebraska? There were some high profile football players that drove really nice vehicles while I was in college in the early 90's, but most were guys like Aaron Graham who's family had quite a bit of money and he was on a full ride scholly. Anyone ever remember a LB by the name of Mike Croel? His family had quite a bit of money as well. One would assume they would drive nicer vehicles. Just because a high profile college athlete drives a nice vehicle doesn't necessarily mean violations have been committed. Maybe I should have been clear, but the players I saw driving nice cars with western Nebraska plates were from New Jersey, not Nebraska.... even at the lower levels you see this...... I played at an NAIA school and saw it. Quote Link to comment
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