- The NCAA also is making Wiseman donate $11,500 to a charity of his choice.
- The sports world immediately mocked the NCAA for its punishment, noting the irony of making an unpaid college athlete donate a large sum of money after his family accepted money two years ago.
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The sports world mocked the irony of the NCAA for making Memphis star James Wiseman donate $11,500 to a charity for accepting money
The NCAA suspended Memphis basketball star James Wiseman for 12 games after he and his family accepted $11,500 from current Memphis coach Penny Hardaway for "moving expenses" in 2017.
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The NCAA on Wednesday suspended Memphis basketball star James Wiseman for 12 games after he and his family accepted money from now-head coach Penny Hardaway in 2017.
Wiseman, the potential No. 1 pick in the NBA draft next June, initially played after the NCAA's injunction, as the university pushed back against the NCAA. The school relented last week and ruled Wiseman ineligible.
The NCAA alleged that Wiseman and his family took $11,500 in "moving expenses" from Hardaway, who was not then Memphis' head coach, during Wiseman's junior year of high school.
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In addition, the NCAA on Wednesday ruled that Wiseman must donate $11,500 to a charity of his choice.
The latter punishment was immediately mocked by the sports world for, well, obvious reasons.
Wiseman will be eligible to return to the floor in January.
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