Let's say that when Jay-Z visited the University of Kentucky locker room after the Wildcats earned a spot in the Final Four, it was innocent. He's cool with head coach John Calipari; he's a fan of the program; he was already at the game (it was in Newark). He offers congrats, blesses the team with some words, poses for pics in sunglasses with arms crossed. Roc star, inspiration.
Let's say the $50,000 fine the NBA laid on the New Jersey Nets (Jay-Z has partial ownership) for that stunt was a little unnecessary, but understandable. Only because Jay-Z went there representing the icon part of himself, not the minority-owner-of-a-professional-basketball-organization part.
The NBA has its own version of a restraining order. It states that no team owner or executive or coach or paid employee is to have contact or conversation with players who have remaining college eligibility. And if in 2007, the league fined the Boston Celtics $30,000 for GM Danny Ainge sitting next to and having a conversation with then-University of Texas star-in-the-making Kevin Durant's mother during the Big 12 tournament, then the $50K it put on the Nets for Jay's visit is easy.
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