Interim period awkward for Jarrod Uthoff and future Iowa teammates

[HawkeyeHypnosis]

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NORTH LIBERTY — Jarrod Uthoff competes with and against Iowa players in the summer Prime Time League. He communicates with regularly them during games. But when the game ends, he makes his way to the opposite gym at the North Liberty Recreation Center and shoots either by himself or with non-Iowa players.

It’s an awkward arrangement this summer for the 6-foot-8 Uthoff — and his future Iowa teammates. Uthoff, a Marengo native and Cedar Rapids Jefferson graduate, left Wisconsin after the spring semester under restrictions that he couldn’t receive a Big Ten scholarship for at least one year. Even more challenging, he couldn’t initiate or receive contact from any Big Ten school official.

That holds true even today. Uthoff picked Iowa despite the restrictions but until he attends a class this fall, he can’t speak with anyone in the athletics department. Uthoff’s future Iowa teammates — some of whom have known him for years — are dissuaded from talking publicly about him except in the most generic terms.

 

[BergHawk7]

I am still amazed by that rule. I understand that he can't talk to the coaches, but the fact that he can't hang out with his teammates is the dumbest part of that rule. No one will come out and say it, but I bet uthoff and White play xbox360 together and talk about the cute girl down the street, but if the NCAA knew about it, Iowa could get introuble? I mean c'mon.

 

[HawkeyeShane]

I am still amazed by that rule. I understand that he can't talk to the coaches, but the fact that he can't hang out with his teammates is the dumbest part of that rule. No one will come out and say it, but I bet uthoff and White play xbox360 together and talk about the cute girl down the street, but if the NCAA knew about it, Iowa could get introuble? I mean c'mon.

Now now, BergHawk...let's not be making inflammatory accusations that could land the program on the brink of a death penalty due to their severe indication of lack of institutional control when it comes to that type of criminal behavior!