NCAA says story about blocking wedding registry gifts is ‘inaccurate’
Anyone who wants to give Virginia guard Kyle Guy and his fiancee a wedding gift now or at any point before the two get married this summer is free to do so, as the NCAA insists it would not block any such act of kindness.
Guy, who is marrying his fiancee Alexa Jenkins in Kauai in July, made headlines this week when he said he was informed it would be an NCAA violation for him to accept any wedding gifts through his registry.
“Yeah, that was crazy to me that that’s illegal, because that’s what a registry’s for,” Guy told reporters on Thursday. “NCAA said it was illegal, so I’m not going to argue with it right now.”
It’s unclear where Guy got that information, but NCAA president Mark Emmert says it did not come from the organization he oversees.
Mark Emmert on the Kyle Guy registry: “Nobody in the NCAA said anything of that sort.”
“That’s simply an inaccurate story.”
— Jeff Borzello (@jeffborzello) April 4, 2019
The NCAA has strict rules about players accepting gifts, and it would not have been a surprise if they viewed Guy’s wedding registry as an avenue for him to receive illegal payments. It may sound absurd, but we have seen the NCAA go after much more from an amateur athlete in the past. Fortunately, the happy couple doesn’t have to worry about that.
Guy is one of Virginia’s better players, as he is averaging 15.2 points per game heading into Saturday’s Final Four matchup against Auburn. If he wants to play things totally safe, he could always shut down the registry until the Cavaliers’ season ends, which will either be this weekend or on Monday. However, the comments from Emmert likely mean people are safe to resume shopping for him and his soon-to-be wife.
