Clemson to review Parker's party flier

by TigerNet Staff - Friday, February 17, 2012 8:30 AM

Justin Parker
Pos: LB Height: 6-1 Weight: 235 Hometown: Port Royal, SC (Beaufort HS) Years Played: 2010 - 2012

From Beaufort Gazette:

An promotional flier featuring Justin ParkerJustin 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.