Running back Craig (Ironhead) Heyward said a...
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Running back Craig (Ironhead) Heyward said a University of Pittsburgh assistant coach paid him $500 to wear a jacket promoting a metals company during the team’s stay in Houston last December for the Bluebonnet Bowl.
Heyward told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that he knew it was wrong but readily agreed when Frank D’Alonzo, Pitt’s defensive line coach, gave him the money to wear a jacket advertising Summa-Harrison Metal Products Inc., a metal stampings company based in the Detroit suburb of Royal Oak.
Heyward said D’Alonzo gave him an initial installment of $100, followed by a $400 lump sum.
Pitt Athletic Director Edward Bozik and a spokesman for Summa-Harrison said Heyward’s allegations were not true.
NCAA rules prohibit amateur athletes from being paid to endorse products, and coaches from paying money to players.
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