The Daily Memphian received the Notice of Allegations and a modified Allegation Notice from the Independent Accountability Settlement investigation. An infringement case involving former Memphis center James Wiseman was the first case to be accepted by the IARP in the spring of 2020. Memphis coach Penny Hardaway is the only person named in the announcement of the complaints, according to the report. He says Hardaway was involved in at least one of the Level I offenses in both Level II offenses. The Memphis Commercial Appeal, which also acquired the documents, said the investigation extended beyond Wiseman. Wiseman, a No. 1 rookie who pledged to play for Hardaway and Memphis during the 2019-20 season, was fined 12 games in November 2019 for two offenses: his mother received $ 11,500 from Hardaway in the summer of 2017 and Wiseman played in three games. while they are ineligible. Memphis appealed the decision, but the Section I Student-Athlete Rehabilitation Committee upheld the decision. The Daily Memphian received Memphis’ response to the allegations, which included the following statement: “The case presents alleged infringements concerning the University of Memphis (modified) that are overcharged and combined with non-infringements, charges relating to a particular sport (football) that has not been charged, information provided by UM itself and incidents related to “A pandemic over which the parties had no control,” he said. “The facts do not indicate a lack of institutional control, a failure to monitor, a failure to cooperate or a lack of (revised) responsibility.” Memphis said Wiseman was unaware of the payment, which was used to cover relocation costs when the Weisman family moved from Nashville to Memphis. At the time of the alleged payment, Hardaway was the head coach at East High School in Memphis and ran Team Penny’s base program. Because he donated $ 1 million to Memphis in 2008 to build a sports hall of fame, Hardaway was considered a booster. Wiseman played three games before Memphis declared him ineligible, but eventually left a month later to prepare for the NBA Draft.
