UW athletic department officials released a copy of a canceled check to 27 News as verification the transfer of a moped from Cindy Alvarez to a football player was a sale, and not a gift, but the copy deletes the name of the check writer.
27 News had made repeated requests for a copy of the cancelled check without redaction of the check writer’s name, after a moped dealer told 27 News the moped had been a gift from UW athletic director Barry Alvarez’s wife to the player. A UW official acknowledged such a gift would be a violation of NCAA rules, but said the transaction was a sale.