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KICKER INELIGIBLE BECAUSE OF YOUTUBE VIDEOS

- From staff and wire reports

Donald De La Haye, the Central Florida football kicker who got into hot water with the school over his YouTube videos, has been ruled ineligible. De La Haye, a marketing major, met with the university to see if he could get a waiver to make money on the videos. UCF said in a statement that it had sent the waiver to the NCAA on his behalf, and they agreed he could continue to make the videos, with conditions, mainly not selling ads to videos about his athletic endeavors. De La Haye didn’t comply, and UCF ruled him ineligible. Some of his videos had more than 50,000 views, though it is unclear how much money he made. As a sophomore last year, De La Haye had 73 kickoffs totaling 4,441 yards, averaging 60.8 yards per kick and finished with 37 touchbacks.

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