CLEMSON FOOTBALL

Clemson to review Parker's party flier


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From Beaufort Gazette:

An promotional flier featuring Justin Parker Justin Parker

So. Linebacker

#8 6-1, 225

Port Royal, SC

View Full Profile , a former Beaufort High School football standout and current Clemson linebacker, has been forwarded to the university's compliance office for review, athletics spokesman Tim Bourret said in an email Thursday.

A picture of Parker and teammate Darius RobinsonDarius Robinson

So. Defensive Back

#21 5-11, 170

College Park, GA

View Full Profile in their Clemson uniforms appeared on a flier promoting a party at Beaufort's Club Encore on March 3, Parker's birthday. The flier, posted Wednesday on Twitter by former Beaufort High running back Alex Simmons, reads "Ain't no party like a Pisces party! Party with Nique, JP & D Rob @ Club Encore. Saturday, March 3."

NCAA rules prohibit using an athlete's name or likeness to promote a commercial product. Parker said Thursday he didn't know the rule.

"But now I do," he said.

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