UVA Basketball Star Says NCAA Told Him to Take Down Wedding Registry — But They Say They Didn't

University of Virginia star Kyle Guy ran into a little trouble after his wedding registry began circulating online following his team’s advancement to the Final Four.

Guy — who has been engaged to his longtime love Alexa Jenkins since last February — first brought attention to his wedding registry drama in a since-deleted Tweet on Wednesday.

“Hope you weren’t planning on buying anything off there bc ncaa compliance said it was a violation so i had to make it to where only i can see it,” he wrote, according to the Washington Post. The couple’s Crate & Barrel registry was previously public, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reported.

The following day, Guy addressed the news during an open locker room session, telling reporters that the “NCAA said it was illegal.”

“Yeah, that was crazy to me that that’s illegal because that’s what a registry’s for,” he said, according to the Washington Post. “Yeah, NCAA said it was illegal, so I’m not going to argue with it right now. I’m going to try to win a national championship, and then we’ll open that book.”

Although college sports are a big deal across the country, the NCAA stipulates that its student-athletes cannot be paid.

According to their website, the rule is in play in order to “ensure integrity and fair play among NCAA schools and a level playing field.”

Business Insider has noted that the Department of Education enforces Title IX compliance, which says “all student-athletes must have equal opportunities, perks, and compensation.” Additionally, as not all athletic programs are equally popular and successful, the outlet pointed out that by prohibiting students from being paid, it makes it so a larger number of schools have access to top players.

However, according to NCAA president Mark Emmert, their organization has no problem with athletes having wedding registries — and they never told Guy to take his registry down.

“What we know right now is that nobody in the NCAA said anything of the sort. We don’t know what the source of that information was, whether it came from the institution or not. It’s certainly not the case that that’s a violation of NCAA rules,” he told reporters on Thursday, at a Final Four news conference, according to ESPN. “We allow people to have all the usual and accustomed gifts among families and friends at all holidays and weddings of the sort. There’s not a prohibition against that.”

Emmert went on to tell reporters that the NCAA had reached out to UVA “to try to find out what transpired there.”

The NCAA did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.

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After Virginia’s win against Purdue last week, a link to the guard’s registry was shared online by the website “Busted Coverage,” along with a note about how purchasing something on the list might be a good way to show appreciation for Virginia’s leading scorer, according to the Richmond Times-Dispatch. The post has since been deleted.

Joe Kinsey, founder of the website, went on to receive a cease and desist letter from UVA’s associate director of compliance, according to the Washington Post.

“The University is requesting that you immediately remove the wedding registry link. The receipt of items from the registry could constitute an impermissible extra benefit,” read the letter, according to the Post. “By posting these items, you are jeopardizing the student-athlete’s eligibility for competition.”

He went on to tell the Post, he thought including the wedding registry in the post “was funny” and never meant to get “Kyle in trouble.”

In a statement to PEOPLE, Virginia’s assistant AD for public relations says they took action “to help ensure there would be no issues” with Kyle’s eligibility to continue being a student-athlete.

“Once we were informed about Kyle and Alexa’s wedding registry being online and publicized by a media entity, our Compliance Office instructed Kyle to make the wedding registry private to help ensure there would be no issues with his eligibility. Since that time the UVA Compliance Office has been in communication with the NCAA and while neither the NCAA nor UVA desire to interrupt typical gift giving practices, we will attempt to ensure that student-athletes are not receiving benefits that would violate NCAA rules. We appreciate the NCAA staff and its prompt assistance in handling this matter,” said Erich Bacher.

UVA will face off against Purdue on Saturday to see which team will advance to the NCAA final.