NCAA Sanctions University of Miami For Illegal Recruitment Of Cavinder Twins
Haley Cavinder #14 (L) and Hanna Cavinder #15 (R) (Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images)
It appears the wild days of NIL recruitment are coming to an end. The NCAA is ramping up enforcement of NIL violations and has targeted the University of Miami recruitment of Haley and Hanna, The Cavinder twins. The NCAA changes that brought about this investigation were instituted back in January. That change lowered the violation standard.
The rule violations involved Miami booster John Ruiz. The same John Ruiz who's behind the plan to build a new football facility on Miami’s campus in Coral Gables. This is the tweet that got the attention of the NCAA. This would fall into the area of circumstantial evidence.
Nicole Auerbach also has the complete statement:
John Ruiz, who is caught in the middle of the Cavinder twins recruitment violation, is NOT happy.
In the ruling, it allows both Cavinder twins to continue to play. It means they'll also continue to post on Tik Tok. Their last post was just yesterday.
The twins made their mark after three seasons at Fresno State. That's when they hit the transfer portal to up their profile. Miami is the spot they chose. At last report, their NIL valuations were around $800K. Quite a bit shy of Livvy Dunne's $2.3 million, but still a nice haul for playing college basketball and making short videos. Speaking of, it wouldn't be right if we talked about the twins and didn't post some of their videos to go along with the story.
