This has been very hard on Matt who is one of the nicest guys you will ever find.  Watching him have to go through this process and now hearing his name on the radio and seeing it tomorrow in the paper attached to "NCAA violation" is enough to make me literally feel sick all day.

The employee Matt went on the trip with was someone who had become a great friend of Matt's.  As an NCAA athlete I guess he screwed up, but if you knew the degree to which these guys were buddies, you might sort of understand it better.  You know, you just don't think "NCAA violation" when going on a trip with a friend.

The former IWU employee owns a condo in Vegas.  Matt did not pay any sort of "lodging expense" for his share of the 3 days or whatever in the condo.  Matt was completely honest when asked about it, he could have said "Yes, I gave him $50 cash per day and this may have gone away, but he was honest."  This was deemed by IWU to be a "extra benefits" and thus, they reported the violation, but I know if I  owned a place and had a friend there, I sure wouldn't charge him "hotel fee."

Matt knows now he screwed up.  He feels like he has let his school and team down - this has been horrible to see him deal with.  Titan Q, thanks for asking the good people here for that "discretion."