SAVANNAH, Ga. (WJCL) -- ESPN is reporting that Notre Dame may have committed a NCAA violation on Thursday when they drove from South Bend, Indiana and parked the school's 18-wheeler truck in front of top football recruit Demetris Robertson's house and school. The website says that they may have violated NCAA bylaw 13.4.3.5 that prohibits "publicizing the recruitment of a potential student-athlete."NCAA bylaw 13.4.3.5 Miscellaneous Promotions reads: "Member institutions and their representatives of athletics interests are prohibited from financing, arranging or using recruiting aids (e.g., newspaper advertisements, bumper stickers, message buttons) designed to publicize the institution's interest in a particular prospective student-athlete."A Notre Dame spokesperson told ESPN: "We believe this to be permissible and not to be in violation of bylaw 13.4.3.5 on the basis that it served as transportation of a coach to visit a prospective student-athlete." Robertson tweeted a video of the large truck sitting outside his house Thursday morning. "They told me there would be a surprise. But I didn't know they'd do it this big and bring the equipment truck down here, and show all the love they have for me," he told WJCL.

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WJCL) -- ESPN is reporting that Notre Dame may have committed a NCAA violation on Thursday when they drove from South Bend, Indiana and parked the school's 18-wheeler truck in front of top football recruit Demetris Robertson's house and school.

The website says that they may have violated NCAA bylaw 13.4.3.5 that prohibits "publicizing the recruitment of a potential student-athlete."


NCAA bylaw 13.4.3.5 Miscellaneous Promotions reads: "Member institutions and their representatives of athletics interests are prohibited from financing, arranging or using recruiting aids (e.g., newspaper advertisements, bumper stickers, message buttons) designed to publicize the institution's interest in a particular prospective student-athlete."

A Notre Dame spokesperson told ESPN: "We believe this to be permissible and not to be in violation of bylaw 13.4.3.5 on the basis that it served as transportation of a coach to visit a prospective student-athlete."

Robertson tweeted a video of the large truck sitting outside his house Thursday morning. "They told me there would be a surprise. But I didn't know they'd do it this big and bring the equipment truck down here, and show all the love they have for me," he told WJCL.