Durham attorney Butch Williams is representing ineligible North Carolina football player Greg Little, the lawyer confirmed today.
Williams would not reveal specifically why the senior wide receiver needed an attorney, but said, "We just hope for a quick resolution, because all of the kids want to get back on the football field.”
Little talked with NCAA investigators in July as part of its probe into possible improper contacts with sports agents, his father said.
Little, who is from Durham, was one of seven players who sat out Saturday’s loss to LSU because he was ruled ineligible. Six others were withheld from the game as UNC gathered more information. The school has said it is unclear how many games the 13 players might miss.
Besides the NCAA investigation, the school is also looking into whether a former tutor, who was employed by both the school and Davis, committed academic misconduct by inappropriately helping football players with papers they were required had to write for class.
Defensive tackle Marvin Austin, who was ruled ineligible by the school last Friday, has been subpoenaed in N.C. Secretary of State Elaine Marshall's investigation of possible violations of North Carolina law involving sports agents, two sources have confirmed.
-- Anne Blythe and Robbi Pickeral
Robbi Pickeral has covered ACC sports for The News & Observer since 2003. She can be reached at
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Little Lawyer
Fri, 09/10/2010 - 08:10 — twoiron757Why should the NCAA be allowed to be judge, jury and executioner in this thing? The players have a right to speedy process, and they are not getting it. It does not appear that they are getting an open process either. Their reputation is sullied with vague categorical charges, but they don't get to defend themselves in the court of public opinion. Meanwhile, damage is being done to their careers. These charges have been out there for over two months now, which would seem enough time for the NCAA to provide some resolution, instead of pressuring the school to impose suspensions without any details to the public. The NCAA is subject to the rule of law, including due process of law.
welcome to the real world
Fri, 09/10/2010 - 09:50 — JPDOhioWhen players accept a scholarship, they accept the rules and regulations imposed by the NCAA. I hate to defend the NCAA, because I believe it is a bloated bureaucracy whose rules are almost impossible to decipher. However, that doesn't change the fact that scholarship athletes accept consideration (college scholarship) in exchange for a promise to follow the rules.
By the way, you apparently have never been exposed to the way our legal system operates. "Speedy" is not part of the legal system's vocabulary.
damage
Fri, 09/10/2010 - 09:13 — gvillegatrthese guys should have thought about the damage the NCAA could do to them before they took trips, money, papers ... etc.
they are the only ones who should get the boot ...
interesting
Thu, 09/09/2010 - 13:26 — gvillegatrone has to ASSume Little is trying his best to seperate from Austin and he was simply spinning his wheels by himslef.
maybe Little isn't as "dug in" here as we are lead to believe?