U. of Nebraska Dismisses 2 Wrestlers From Team for Alleged Porn Photos

Posted on August 14, 2008
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Two top-ranked wrestlers at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln have been kicked off the team for allegedly posing nude in photographs and videos on a pornography Web site, the Associated Press reported.

The wrestlers are Paul Donahoe, a 2007 national champion and the 2008 Big 12 Conference champion in his weight class, and Kenny Jordan, who placed fourth in the Big 12 championship this year. They were declared ineligible to compete and dismissed from the team this week after athletics officials at the university determined that the two wrestlers had violated NCAA rules by posing nude and partially clothed in images featured on the Web site Fratmentv.com. The site, which caters to gay men, charges $24.99 for access to hundreds of images and videos, the AP reported.

NCAA regulations intended to safeguard the amateurism of college sports forbid athletes to accept money in exchange for the use of their images for commercial purposes. If the wrestlers want to compete for another institution, Nebraska officials told the AP, they would have to first seek reinstatement of their eligibility by the NCAA.
U. of Nebraska Dismisses 2 Wrestlers From Team for Alleged Porn Photos
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