Wiseman inspires move for collegiate athletics panel
The University of Memphis faces an NCAA investigation into the case of James Wiseman, whose family received $11,500 from coach Penny Hardaway (left) when Hardaway coached at Memphis' East High School — to move Wiseman and his famliy to Memphis from Nashville. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian file)
Lawmakers made a move Tuesday toward pay for student-athletes, an effort designed to avert situations like the James Wiseman case at the University of Memphis.
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Kevin Vaughan Antonio Parkinson Joe Towns 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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