Report: Iowa’s ‘endorsement’ of Donald Trump could be an NCAA violation

On Tuesday, members of the Iowa Hawkeyes football and wrestling teams attended a Donald Trump presidential rally. At the rally, Trump was presented with an Iowa football jersey, which made for a really cool moment if you are in support of the republican hopeful.

He talked about how the athletes were actually “endorsing” him for his presidential candidacy. This could end up being a NCAA violation, if Trump didn’t just make a blunder about the Hawkeyes’ intentions for being at the rally.

Per the Daily Caller:

According to the NCAA’s Advertising and Promotional Guidelines, student athletes are not allowed to appear in any advertisement that “endorses a political candidate or party, or … advocates a viewpoint on controversial issues of public importance.”

This could end up not being a huge deal, but you never know with how the NCAA handles some of these touchy situations.

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Mizzou backup QB Eddie Printz leaving as grad transfer
Mizzou backup QB Eddie Printz leaving as grad transfer