Ray Drew's announcement leads to NCAA violations
When HS linebacker Ray Drew made an announcement of the school he was planning to sign his NLI with, NCAA violations resulted from two former UGA players being present at the announcement. The former players were invited to Drew's signing event through some connections he had made with the former players in the Atlanta community. The former players did not consult with the UGA Compliance Office prior to attending the event, thinking that it would not result in a violation; however, they were photographed at the event, which lead to the Athletics Department finding out and reporting the violation. Even though neither former player had been considered a "Representative of athletics interests" at UGA, when they attended Drew's announcement they were considered to have assisted in his recruitment; the announcement taking place at Drew's high school (off-campus), lead to that encounter being an evaluation- and as you all should know only countable coaches who have passed the recruiting test can recruit off-campus.
It is an interesting case, please remember that coaching staff's cannot attend signing events for PSA's (the UGA coaches declined an invitation to Drew's event for that reason). Along those same lines, PSA's and their friends/family cannot attend the institutions announcement of its NLI signees (Bylaw 13.10.9.2).
