OU fan asked to stop fund-raiser for slain recruit

 
By Jake Trotter
Published: August 28, 2007

NORMAN — Just hours after Oklahoma football recruit Herman Mitchell was shot to death Friday in Houston , Adam Fineberg started raising money for Mitchell's family.

But after raising $4,500, enough to cover almost half the cost of Mitchell's funeral, Fineberg stopped. An OU compliance officer told him his actions would constitute an NCAA rules violation against the Sooners.

Now, Mitchell's mother like...


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