UMass pays scholar who made half-court $10,000 after insurance coverage firm stated his foot was on line

A UMass scholar who made a half-court shot throughout a ladies’s basketball recreation halftime promotion will get his $10,000 prize from the college itself after the insurance coverage firm refused to pay as a result of, it stated, his foot was on the road.

Noah Lee was chosen for the competition on Wednesday that required him to make a layup, free throw, 3-pointer and half-court shot in 25 seconds. He made all of them, however the college stated the insurance coverage firm dealing with the promotion declined the payout.

“After their evaluation of the 4 digital camera angles we supplied, they decided the half-court shot was disqualified because it was not taken behind the half-court line,” the college stated Friday. “We weren’t glad with that final result and arrived on the resolution to offer Noah with each a $10,000 award and a bunch of further UMass athletics advantages.”

Josh Schreiber, who recognized himself as a UMass ladies’s basketball broadcaster and Lee’s finest pal, stated the college initially supplied a package deal that included tickets, reward playing cards and UMass swag. On Friday morning, UMass athletic director Ryan Bamford stated Lee would get his cash — come what may.

“For all these questioning, we’re engaged on getting $10K to Noah,” Bamford posted on X. “If we are able to’t get to a very good end result by way of the insurance coverage firm, we pays him straight. We recognize his assist of @UMassAthletics & need to reward his enjoyable accomplishment the opposite evening at our @UMassWBB recreation.”

OddsOn Promotions, a Reno, Nevada, firm that provides prize indemnification insurance coverage, didn’t instantly reply to an electronic mail from The Related Press in search of remark.

Amongst these coming to Lee’s protection was males’s basketball coach Frank Martin, who reached out to Lee via Schreiber on Thursday. He later retweeted Bamford’s resolution.

“I work for unbelievable those who at all times stand on the proper factor,” Martin stated, including later: “Simply bought out of form and Heard that UMASS athletics stepped up and bought it executed for Noah. Everyone wins.”

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