Memphis Star Freshman James Wiseman Declared Ineligible

The College of Memphis introduced that star freshman, James Wiseman, has been deemed ineligible and will likely be withheld from video games, in line with ESPN’s Jeff Borzello.

The NCAA notified Memphis that Wiseman was doubtless ineligible previous to the beginning of the season. However the college and head coach Penny Hardaway determined to play him anyway. 

Wiseman and his authorized group filed a swimsuit towards the NCAA, and a Shelby County choose granted Wiseman a short lived restraining order final Friday (November eight). 

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The ineligibility stems from cash that Wiseman’s mom accepted from Hardaway in 2017, earlier than he was the college head coach, to maneuver the household from Nashville to Memphis. 

Hardaway is listed as a booster by the NCAA due to 1,000,000 greenback donation he made in 2008. 

The shifting bills, $11,500 paid to Wiseman’s mom, would represent an unlawful profit in line with the NCAA bylaws. 

Memphis and Wiseman will await reinstatement proceedings by the NCAA, and as such Wiseman has dropped his swimsuit, in line with Shams Charania of The Athletic. 

Wiseman’s authorized group was adamant in regards to the swimsuit after they filed, however his reinstatement couldn’t transfer ahead whereas a swimsuit was pending, in line with ESPN’s Jay Bilas.

As of now, Wiseman will follow and practice with the group however won’t play in any video games. 

The swimsuit can all the time be refiled if the reinstatement proceedings don’t go favorably for Wiseman.