A student was buzzing after finding out he’d ‘won $10,000’ during a challenge at a women’s basketball game but, in a frustrating twist of fate, he won’t be getting a single penny.
Earlier this week on Wednesday (5 February), University of Massachusetts (UMass) student Noah Lee took to the court during the halftime of a basketball game against St Bonaventure to give the challenge hosted by promotion company Odds On Promotions a go.
The challenge in question was to make a layup, free throw, three-pointer and half-court shot within 30 seconds – all of which Lee appeared to have successfully done, with a video shared to Twitter by Josh Schreiber showing him in action.
Student Noah Lee missed out on a $10k prize during a basketball challenge over a technicality (Twitter/@Jschreiber272)
Schreiber later revealed the devastating twist in a follow-up post on Twitter that explained ‘insurance’ had notified Lee he wouldn’t be getting the money.
Lee was unsurprisingly disappointed by the outcome, telling the Daily Collegiate: “[On Thursday], I got an email from the UMass athletics representative saying that the promotion company got back to them and said my foot was on the line and they will not be paying it out, which is obviously a little disappointing.”
“I would understand if it was well in front of the half court line, took an extra step, but at worst, he is very clearly AT half court,” Schreiber told WHDH in Boston.
“It’s a hard thing to tell.”
