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NCAA Regulations Block Donations to Coach Kelvin Sampson for Hurricane Harvey

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Houston head basketball coach Kelvin Sampson led a fundraising drive for victims of Hurricane Harvey, asking fellow coaches on Twitter to send shoes and shirts to those affected by the storm and its subsequent flooding, according to Larry Seward of KHOU.com.

But the NCAA's rules have left Houston in risk of punishment if it gives those shoes and shirts away.

"They don't want us sending all this nice gear to the top recruit in Houston," Lauren Dubois, the senior associate athletics director for Houston, told Seward. "But obviously that is not our intention at all.