On Tuesday, we wrote about a freshman who created a t-shirt to support Joe Julius, the starting kicker on the Penn State football team. All proceeds for the shirt were slated to be donated to THON.

After the post was published, David Friedman was contacted by the Penn State athletic department and told that despite the proceeds going to a charitable organization, he wasn’t allowed to continue to sell the t-shirts, and all of the money raised had to be refunded to the supporters. The athletic department explained that an NCAA rule prohibited Friedman from selling the shirts.

After debating a course of action between he and the co-creators of the shirt design, and receiving feedback from the donors, Friedman decided that instead of altering the design to comply with NCAA rules, he was going to agree to stop the fundraiser and refund the money donated for the shirts.

Friedman sent an email asking for feedback from the buyers of the shirt, which is found, unedited, below.

Unfortunately for supporters, Friedman and his friends chose Option A, and will refund all the money from the fundraiser to the original donors. Friedman explained the decision in a text to Onward State.

“We decided that we are just going to refund everyone,” Friedman said. “It became a thing where there were a lot of people that didn’t want a shirt that had nothing to do with Joe, which is understandable, and we didn’t want to press the issue with the compliance office. It just sucks, the final tally was around $1,400 and 124 shirts. But now, this whole mess is over. It’s definitely something we will never do again without checking first.”

Donors can expect a refund in the coming days.