Oregon's Josh Huff Blasts NCAA over Canceled Party, Reignites Classic Debate

[Silkk]

The NCAA might be able to prevent Josh Huff, a senior wide receiver for the Oregon Ducks, from charging people admission to his birthday party, but it certainly can't hold him back from speaking his mind.
Daily Emerald's Victor Flores reports on the flood of tweets pouring from Huff's account, most directed at the NCAA for its part in canceling his upcoming birthday soiree.
Now, to be clear, the NCAA, according to Huff, isn't stopping the shindig because it hates parties—the organization isn't that intrusive. No, it has issues with an amateur athlete charging money to throw a massive party.
As we have seen in various stories this year, there is no shortage of people who take umbrage with that particular stance.
Thanks to Flores and Huff's Twitter feed, here is how things stand:

Sorry ppl I can't have my party bc of the NCAA sorry for the inconvenience ! So my party is cancelled.
— Huff 2Live (@Huff_Era_1) October 17, 2013
@DwaynesComeTrue u can but I wasn't doing that.
— Huff 2Live (@Huff_Era_1) October 17, 2013
So it's okay for the NCAA to make money off of my name and likeness but once I go to charge ppl to get in my party it's a problem? Crazy.
— Huff 2Live (@Huff_Era_1) October 17, 2013
I'm just a student-athlete who's trying to make more money to survive off of bc being a student athlete should be treated as a full time job
— Huff 2Live (@Huff_Era_1) October 17, 2013

I don't mean to be a distraction but I honestly feel as if the NCAA is full of bs.
— Huff 2Live (@Huff_Era_1) October 17, 2013

Over the NCAA ! Hope the players union win the case bc y'all are just down wrong for how y'all treat us athletes.
— Huff 2Live (@Huff_Era_1) October 17, 2013

Don't get me wrong I appreciate the scholarship and the degree I have
— Huff 2Live (@Huff_Era_1) October 17, 2013
But for them to make MILLIONS off student athletes and our names is wrong. Do the math of all the hours we spend each day and yearly on
— Huff 2Live (@Huff_Era_1) October 17, 2013
the sport we love. You'll see we're getting paid less then minimum wage at $4 hr. I'm very blessed and grateful but its just not right.
— Huff 2Live (@Huff_Era_1) October 17, 2013

Can't charge ppl to get in my party and had to cancel where I lost $1500 that I won't get bck bc my friends made a flyer lol what a joke
— Huff 2Live (@Huff_Era_1) October 17, 2013



Dont tell me nothing about how its formatted ​

 

[Lord Beasley]

@ the format. yeezus.....

 

[G.O.A.T]

He's an idiot for dropping a $1,500 deposit and actually thinking he could charge people for a party & that not being a NCAA violation. But it's BS that athletes can't even accept birthday gifts from people they know at their own birthday party.

 

[Buckeye Fever]

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I bet a player would get suspended if he was a waitress and accepted a $2 tip smh

 

[RammerJammer]

A nikka (Arian Foster) can't even get Tacos from his coach.
A nikka (Dez Bryant) can't have lunch with Deion Sanders.

 

[PortCityProphet]

they ain't want Phil Knight rollin thru

seriously tho he should lawyer up like johnny football and go at the ncaa. that's fukked up to kill the kid's party

 

[iceberg_is_on_fire]

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I bet a player would get suspended if he was a waitress and accepted a $2 tip smh

If he considered himself a waitress he'd have much bigger problems on his hands.

That said, this is some bullshyt.

 

[Buckeye Fever]

A nikka (Arian Foster) can't even get Tacos from his coach.
A nikka (Dez Bryant) can't have lunch with Deion Sanders.

Sad

 

[Ed MOTHEREFFING G]

wrong thread

 

[diggy]

I found the format easy to follow

wonder what actions they will take on him

 

[Born2BKing]

A nikka (Arian Foster) can't even get Tacos from his coach.
A nikka (Dez Bryant) can't have lunch with Deion Sanders.

Hell AJ Green sold his own jersey for a little pocket money and got in trouble

 

[EducatedBrothaFromTheBank]

who the hell charges people to come to their birthday party

 

[RammerJammer]

Sad

Another one:
An Oklahoma player can't get a copy of GTA V from a former Oklahoma player.

 

[Silkk]

who the hell charges people to come to their birthday party

Cmon fam almost every party an entry fee, especially for males

 

[MegaTronBomb!]

He's an idiot for dropping a $1,500 deposit and actually thinking he could charge people for a party & that not being a NCAA violation. But it's BS that athletes can't even accept birthday gifts from people they know at their own birthday party.

He's not dumb, but the line of what is/what isn't acceptable for these kids to make money from is so murky, that there is no clear line as to what's ok and what isnt.

it's probably nowhere in the NCAA bylaws that says " you can't throw parties and charge people to attend them"

the NCAA is purposely on some vague shyt, just to make sure they can prevent athletes from profiting off their likeness as new things arise.