NCAA bylaws and regulations are a tricky thing to navigate. They’re convoluted, complex, and complicated. Plus, there’s an abundance of them. That makes things difficult when a student-athlete is dealing with a crisis and can’t accept funds from outside sources due to fear of losing their eligibility.
Unfortunately, this is the sort of situation that Marcus Murphy, and his family, are potentially in.
Murphy is an incredibly talented, former four-star recruit who has joined the Mississippi State football team as a safety. He came to Starkville from another point of the Golden Triangle, just up the road in West Point, Mississippi.