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UCF Football: Donald De La Haye takes a shot at the NCAA with diss track

By Andrew Miller

HOUSTON, TX - OCTOBER 29: Scott Frost, head coach of the University of Central Florida Knight walks the sidelines during the second quarter of his team's game against the University of Houston Cougars at TDECU Stadium on October 29, 2016 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Richard Carson/Getty Images)
HOUSTON, TX - OCTOBER 29: Scott Frost, head coach of the University of Central Florida Knight walks the sidelines during the second quarter of his team's game against the University of Houston Cougars at TDECU Stadium on October 29, 2016 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Richard Carson/Getty Images) /
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The storyline involving UCF football’s former kicker Donald De La Haye and his YouTube channel continued recently with the drop of his NCAA diss track.

Former UCF Golden Knights kicker Donald De La Haye has been right in the thick of the news this offseason. De La Haye had a decision to make just a few weeks as to whether he would keep his scholarship and continue his kicking career with UCF or continue his YouTube career.

Since De La Haye was making money off his YouTube videos through his college football career the NCAA considered it a violation of his amateur status. “Student-athletes” are not supposed to get paid for anything associated with their likeness during their time playing college football under the governing of the NCAA. That seems to include secondary forms of revenue coming in while they’re a student.

Between De La Haye’s situation and UCLA quarterback Josh Rosen speaking up in an interview with Bleacher Report’s Matt Hayes, the student-athlete label and the payment of college athletes is a subject that just does not go away. It stayed out of the news for most of the offseason. However, most fans knew it was only a matter of time before this headline came back.

The situation for De La Haye first came about at the end of July where he chose his YouTube career over his college career. As a result, his YouTube channel gained a lot of popularity and he might actually be making more money than ever.

De La Haye started with this video on July 31 and has posted a series of videos ever since that detail the process for him up to this point today.

He has since moved out of his dorm and was even driven to drop a “diss track” about the NCAA. However, the diss track did not receive the same support that the original video about why he lost his scholarship.

According to the Orlando Sentinal, De La Haye’s head coach Scott Frost was not too happy or proud of the actions that he took. This stunt, to the tune of rapper XXXTentacion’s Look At Me, was a clear cry for attention by De La Haye which is why it was so unpopular even among people that initially supported him.

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This De La Haye story is one that is unique in its origin and detail and it’s very likely one that we will never see again. It’s just another example of the NCAA’s reach over every college athlete and how soon the issue of paying players could boil over in the near future.

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