Thursday, September 07, 2006

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Caught in the Web. The school has ruled that the owner of a popular Clemson-themed Web site has not committed wrongdoing after investigating allegations of inappropriate conduct, spokesman Tim Bourret said.

Cris Ard, publisher of TigerIllustrated.com, is a former member of IPTAY, the school’s booster club. NCAA rules prohibit boosters — and by its definition, anyone who has once been a booster — from contacting recruits, which Ard regularly does for stories on his site.

Ard, an IPTAY member from 1995-99, has hired a new employee to handle recruiting calls for his site.

Bourret said Clemson plans to send a letter to the NCAA next week seeking its interpretation of the matter. He also said no violations are expected to result from the investigation.

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