Casey Martinez was/is playing with fire.

[Brasky]

Taylor Martinez's father has licensing deal with Nebraska, but it doesn't violate NCAA rules - latimes.com

"The NCAA said the business partnership does not violate college rules, but spokesman Erik Christianson acknowledged such deals 'could raise concerns' about recruiting inducements."

"Steve Morgan, an attorney at Bond, Schoeneck & King, a firm that specializes in representing schools and athletes in NCAA cases, called the deal "scary."

I look at it this way. If Cam Newton went 10-3, his little recruiting scandal would not have gotten near as much attention as it did.

By the same token if Nebraska was undefeated and headed to the NC Casey Martinez's stupid little "Corn Fed" operation would have been brought into national discussion. Probably not with the same level of controversy, but controversy nonetheless.

 

[iruletheskool]

if someone with a dad at adidas comes to Nebraska, are we gonna be in trouble?

 

[corn train]

Taylor can just say he didn't know what his Dad was doing, seems to work for others

 

[Brasky]

CT: sup with the Okie St. fan logo??

 

[Brasky]

if someone with a dad at adidas comes to Nebraska, are we gonna be in trouble?

There would definitely be a lot of red tape to tip-toe around for sure.

 

[Red_Alert]

CT: sup with the Okie St. fan logo??

He's changing it for whatever bowl team he's rooting for atm..

 

[iruletheskool]

really though.. I think I've read enough about Casey Martinez..

glad this didn't violate any rules, at least..

 

[Brasky]

I just couldn't bring myself to do that. Still it's good to see our opponents whoopin up on those nancies in the Pac 12.

 

[corn train]

CT: sup with the Okie St. fan logo??

Pimping my picks tonight, my hypocrisy will not allow me to do as such on N game day however

 

[corn train]

I wondered when this was going to be brought up, thought about the ramifications when I first heard about his little convenient enterprise. NU must have addressed this long ago I would imagine

 

[iruletheskool]

also, Taylor was barely a D-1 prospect his junior year..

 

[Suhsyourdaddy]

This is a non story. We were the only school to even offer Taylor a scholarship. It's not like this gave us any sort of recruiting advantage.

 

[corn train]

Sup, suhsyourdaddy, welcome to

 

[Brasky]

This is a non story. We were the only school to even offer Taylor a scholarship. It's not like this gave us any sort of recruiting advantage.

Well we weren't the only school recruiting him, but I see what your saying. I would just be concerned when we start winning big. Like the the lawyer said that regularly represents people, organizations, and universities in this type of situation: "It's scary."

 

[Suhsyourdaddy]

Well we weren't the only school recruiting him, but I see what your saying. I would just be concerned when we start winning big. Like the the lawyer said that regularly represents people, organizations, and universities in this type of situation: "It's scary."

Well, it's not scary because the NCAA said it doesn't violate any rules. You're right, we weren't the only school recruiting him, but we are the only one who offered. Colorado state, Hawaii, and Utah were pretty much the only others he heard from. Not exactly a bunch "major college teams" as the article would lead you to believe. Lawyers see dollar signs in every situation, so I would take anything they say with a grain of salt. JMHO.

 

[Jack_John_Mark]

I didn't even notice this thread was on here..............

Anyways, Casey Martinez trademarked the name Corn Fed already back in 2000. He signed the deal with Nebraska back in 2007 to use Nebraska's logo on his apparel.

We didn't even know about Taylor Martinez as a football player until 2008. It's just a coincidence that we are in partnership with his dad and just happened to recruit his son later on down the road.