PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A speeding citation issued to Oregon cornerback Cliff Harris has touched off an investigation by the school to determine whether NCAA rules were violated when a school employee allowed football players to use her rental car.
Harris, 20, was cited early Sunday morning after police clocked him driving at 118 mph on a suspended license in the rental.
University spokesman Dave Williford confirmed that an employee, who does not work in the athletic department, rented the car for personal use.
According to an email exchange between the employee and The Register-Guard newspaper, Harris and an unidentified football player asked her to extend the rental and compensated her for using the car.
She told the newspaper that she was told that another player — not Harris — would be driving.
