The phone case shows Michael Porter Jr. in a white Nathan Hale High School basketball uniform. The T-shirt portrays the freshman in a blue-and-white Tolton jersey.
There are sweatshirts, too. And posters and autographed basketballs — all showing the name, likeness or image of Porter, a Columbia local and Missouri freshman whose influence has reached profit-driven vendors across the country.
It’s all against NCAA rules. And it's all illegal.
As an NCAA athlete, not only is Porter’s image not his to profit from, but it’s also up to him and the university to stop the production and sale of such products to avoid NCAA eligibility violations.