RUSH RULING NOT LIKELY TO COME SOON.Byline: Jon Wilner Staff Writer Based on Pac-10 and NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association precedent, suspended UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX forward JaRon Rush JaRon Maurice Rush (born April 12, 1979) is an American former college basketball player from Kansas City, Missouri. He played at UCLA and is the older brother of NBA basketball player Kareem Rush and college basketball player Brandon Rush. probably wouldn't lose his college eligibility if his only NCAA violation was accepting several hundred dollars from a Los Angeles sports agent. However, Rush is also being investigated for possible violations resulting from his financial relationship with former AAU AAU abbr. Amateur Athletic Union coach Myron Piggie. The situation is complicated - it involves the FBI and IRS An abbreviation for the Internal Revenue Service, a federal agency charged with the responsibility of administering and enforcing internal revenue laws. - and could take weeks to resolve. The agent situation seems clear. According to sources close to UCLA and Rush, he accepted between $200-300 from agent Jerome Stanley - a violation of the NCAA's extra-benefits rule that could jeopardize his amateur status. ``Usually, the athlete is immediately ruled ineligible,'' Pac-10 commissioner Tom Hansen said. ``The restoration process begins when the student-athlete pays back the money received and loses a few games.'' If Rush agreed to future representation by Stanley - either orally or in writing - the penalties probably would be severe. If it's only a matter of $200-300, history indicates Rush could return this season: In 1995, USC football player Shawn Walters accepted $16,000 from an agent. His eligibility was terminated, then returned on appeal. Cal basketball player Tremaine Fowlkes accepted $2,000 from an agent to purchase a vehicle. He was ruled ineligible for one year, but the penalty was reduced to 14 games on appeal. UCLA football player Donnie Edwards accepted groceries valued at $150. He was ineligible for one game. Arizona basketball player Ben Davis accepted gifts valued at $3,453 from a New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of businessman who, a month later, became Davis' agent. The infraction Violation or infringement; breach of a statute, contract, or obligation. The term infraction is frequently used in reference to the violation of a particular statute for which the penalty is minor, such as a parking infraction. INFRACTION. was discovered with one game remaining in the regular season. Davis was ruled ineligible for that game and the NCAA Tournament. (Arizona lost in the first round.) Arizona football player Richard Dice was ineligible for one game for making $17 in telephone calls on an agent's credit card. ``I'd say Rush is probably looking at five games or so because of the thing with Stanley,'' a Pac-10 source said. ``But the Piggie situation could complicate it.'' Stanley has denied any wrongdoing wrong·do·er n. One who does wrong, especially morally or ethically. wrong  do . Reached in his office Thursday,
he said: ``I want to talk to you. I've got to get out of this mess.
I'll call you back.''
He did not. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO RUSH |
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