Shelby legislators team up to protect Wiseman from NCAA ruling
Memphis center James Wiseman shoots a free throw against UIC during action Friday, Nov. 8, 2019 at the FedExForum. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
State Rep. Antonio Parkinson and state Sen. Brian Kelsey are amending legislation in an effort to defend University of Memphis star James Wiseman from an NCAA ruling he is "likely ineligible" for the season.
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Antonio Parkinson Brian Kelsey James WisemanSam Stockard
Sam Stockard is a Nashville-based reporter with more than 30 years of journalism experience as a writer, editor and columnist covering the state Legislature and Tennessee politics for The Daily Memphian.
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