Less than a week after a report stated that the family of LSU running back Leonard Fournette had possibly committed NCAA violations, a lawyer for the school is reportedly looking into the possibility.
From USA Today:
Bob Barton, an attorney representing LSU, has begun interviewing people involved in a website that was built to sell merchandise emblazoned with “BUGA Nation” — Leonard Fournette’s catchphrase — the person told USA TODAY Sports on Tuesday.
Barton, who works for the law firm of Taylor Porter in Baton Rouge and specializes in matters involving NCAA rules, declined to comment.
USA Today reported Thursday that the Fournette family might have committed NCAA violations with an online business. The site was set up to sell "BUGA Nation" logoed clothing. Fournette helped make the statement popular in high school.
The website was functional for less than 24 hours before it was shut down prior to LSU's first game in 2014. The Fournettes have said Leonard Fournette's image was not on the site in any way and reportedly were in contact with the LSU compliance office before the site went dark. As you likely know, athletes and their families can't profit off the player's likeness.
A spokesperson for LSU had no comment to USA Today. Fournette's jersey from the team's game against South Carolina earlier this year was recently auctioned off for over $100,000 to benefit South Carolina flood victims.
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