Russell Wilson's Baseball Card for Sale on eBay
The University of Wisconsin Compliance Office is sending out cease-and-desist emails to eBay selleres who have Russell Wilson's baseball card up for auction. While the article is a bit cynical about NCAA amateurism rules, it is not uncommon for Compliance Offices to send out these notifications companies or publications that use the photo of a current student-athlete without anyone at the Athletics Department's knowledge. Commonly, this happens when a photo is taken off of the athletics website and re-used without anyone's knowledge. This case is a bit unique because Wilson is a legitimate two sport athlete and the card company got his photo at spring training. As long as either the student or the University make an effort to stop the amateurism violation that is occurring, that will be sufficient in most cases, but it is not uncommon to see this type of reaction to a possible Bylaw 12.5.2.2 issue.
