NCAA will allow Trevor Lawrence to raise money for coronavirus victims

UPDATE: Trevor Lawrence responded on his Instagram story. The Athletic’s Clemson football writer Grace Raynor has been the best at covering this story. And yes I subscribe to The Athletic, which automatically makes me a better sports fan than you are.

Trevor Lawrence on Instagram: “Shout out to the NCAA. Thank y’all so much for granting a waiver. They’re allowing us to raise money now, to continue to raise money for what we were doing originally.” Lawrence and his GF Marissa Mowry will have a new plan tomorrow.

— Grace Raynor (@gmraynor) March 25, 2020

Trevor Lawrence continued: “Again, I just wanted to thank the NCAA really. Everyone’s made them out to be the bad guy, but it was more just so the rules that have already been in place. They’ve done a really good job of responding and actually allowing us to do it. Thank y’all.”

— Grace Raynor (@gmraynor) March 25, 2020

 

As one of the lone truth tellers in college sports media, Deceptive Speed didn’t go after the NCAA like the rest of ’em after the GoFundMe for coronavirus victims set up by Trevor Lawrence and his girlfriend Marissa Mowry was shut down.

The NCAA was torched by everybody with a Twitter account except the quality, journalistic entity that is Deceptive Speed.

Sad.

We didn’t ask to be the final source for factual news but if that’s the way it works out, we’ll own it.

The NCAA did not ask Clemson student-athlete Trevor Lawrence to take down his fundraiser for COVID-19 patients and their families. https://t.co/5oaG75LNQC pic.twitter.com/fUaux6SXdi

— Inside the NCAA (@InsidetheNCAA) March 24, 2020

Not only did the NCAA not reach out to Trevor Lawrence to shut down the fundraiser, but they reached out to Clemson University to say they will allow them to use discretion on charities to support the community during the coronavirus crisis.

SOURCE: The NCAA has reached out to Clemson about Trevor Lawrence’s fundraiser and told them the NCAA will allow university discretion on charities that support the community during this crisis.

— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) March 24, 2020

As “punishment,” everybody who ran with this story needs to donate to whatever fundraiser comes from this.