Chase Younger of the Ohio State Buckeyes seems to be on in opposition to the Northwestern Wildcats at Ryan Subject on October 18, 2019 in Evanston,
Chase Younger of the Ohio State Buckeyes seems to be on in opposition to the Northwestern Wildcats at Ryan Subject on October 18, 2019 in Evanston, Illinois.
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Ohio State’s star defensive finish, a favourite for the NFL’s No. 1 draft choose subsequent 12 months, has been suspended from this week’s upcoming recreation for accepting a mortgage from a household good friend final 12 months — in violation of NCAA guidelines.
“Ohio State’s Chase Younger is not going to play on this Saturday’s recreation between the Buckeyes and the Maryland Terrapins resulting from a doable NCAA problem from 2018 that the Division of Athletics is trying into,” Ohio State’s Affiliate Athletics Director Jerry Emig stated in an announcement to CNBC. The suspension is for one recreation solely, however the college is unsure if it is going to be prolonged, he stated.
Younger’s agent Tim Nevius, a former NCAA investigator, on Twitter that Younger accepted the cash from a “shut household good friend to cowl fundamental life bills.” He known as the NCAA guidelines “unfair and outdated,” and says the mortgage was repaid months in the past.
Neither Younger nor Nevius responded to requests for remark made to Nevius’ workplace. The scale of the mortgage wasn’t disclosed.
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