Princeton Women's Tennis Player Accepted $33,000 From Booster For Tuition

The past month there have been various rumors and reports regarding NCAA student-athlete violations.  Those have ranged from USC basically removing any resemblance of the Reggie Bush era for accepting money, the infamous South Beach agent sponsored party that has taken out most of  the North Carolina team, plus academic infractions also coming from North Carolina, Georgia wide receiver A.J. Green being suspended for selling a game worn jersey, so you get the picture.

Now, we can add women's tennis from Princeton to the list; as an unnamed player accepted $33,000 in tuition money from a booster:  

A statement issued Wednesday, Princeton University said it appreciated the NCAA's recognition of the limited nature of the case and the minimal penalties, but it believes the isolated and inadvertent nature of the infraction should have made it a secondary one. The incident covered the 2007-08 academic year and 2008 fall semester.

The relationship between the student-athlete and alumnus originated at a local tennis club near their respective homes, where a local club's tennis professional introduced them prior to the student-athlete's ninth-grade year. The relationship developed based on a mutual interest in the sport of tennis and the student-athlete's athletic abilities.

One question I have is how is accepting $33,000 inadvertent? Perhaps the money just happened to be found in her locker one day and never thought to ask where it came from.  

Princeton is just possibly just trying to keep pace with fellow smarty pants league-mate Harvard who was being looked at by the NCAA for potential recruiting violations by their men's basketball team back in 2008.