NCAA hits Miami with first NIL sanctions after TikTok-famous basketball players meet with school booster

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The NCAA issued its first ruling in an NIL infractions case against the University of Miami over a dinner shared by two women's basketball players and a booster.

Twins Hanna and Haley Cavinder, who double up as TikTok stars, met with Hurricanes booster John Ruiz, the CEO of LifeWallet and co-owner of Cigarette Racing, in his Miami home April 13, 2022. 

They transferred to the school from Fresno State eight days later.

The meeting between the Cavinders and Ruiz was described as "impermissible contact" because boosters are not allowed to provide potential athletes any improper benefits. The chef-prepared dinner was considered a recruiting "inducement."

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Haley Cavinder, left, and Hanna Cavinder announce endorsements with Boost Mobile via Icon Source July 1, 2021, in New York City.  (John Lamparski/Getty Images)

Miami head coach Katie Meier was found to have set up the dinner, which violates "head coach responsibility." She served a suspension the first three games of this season, and the school was ordered to pay a fine of $5,000 and another payment of 1% of the program's budget.

"The investigation did not develop any facts directly linking activities around name, image and likeness to the prospects’ recruitment to or decision to enroll at the University of Miami," the COI [Committee on Infractions] wrote in its report. "During its review, however, the panel was troubled by the limited nature and severity of institutional penalties agreed upon by Miami and the enforcement staff — namely, the absence of a disassociation of the involved booster. … 

Haley Cavinder, left, and Hanna