Ole Miss graduate and Ocean Springs businessman Scott Walker may have inadvertently admitted to an NCAA violation, according to a report by the Clarion-Ledger.

Walker was recently cited for renting his Ocean Springs, Miss. guest cottage without the proper permit, according to GulfLive.com.

Mayor Connie Moran said Monday city officials were notified that as many as “eight or nine” people were staying in the guest cottage on the Walkers’ property over the weekend.

“We issued a warning a few weeks ago (after the Walkers’ home appeared on a short-term rental website) and Tuesday we will issue a violation notice,” Moran said. “If it happens again, they will have to go to court.”

That’s a pretty minor offense. One that is hardly newsworthy.

But Walker couldn’t leave that alone, and his defense for the usage of his cottage may have created the potential for a bigger ordeal:

Tuesday, however, Scott Walker told The Mississippi Press he and his wife played host to four college football players who “were absolutely not paying” to stay in the guest house.

As the Clarion-Ledger’s Hugh Kellenberger points out, that could be an NCAA violation for impermissible benefits from a booster:

A booster is defined by the NCAA as anyone who has purchased season tickets, made financial contributions to the athletic department or a university booster organization, participated in or was a member of an organization promoting the university’s athletics, arranged for or provided employment for enrolled student-athletes, has assisted in the recruitment of potential student-athletes or provided benefits to enrolled student-athletes and their families, or been otherwise involved in promoting university athletics. Once that person has been identified as a booster, they retain that affiliation forever.

But before we get ahead of ourselves, we don’t even know who these alleged college football players are that spent spring break at Walker’s cottage.

The report doesn’t identify individual players, nor does it indicate which school they attend.

At this point, it is simply something for SEC football fans to monitor.

The Clarion-Ledger reports that Walker was recently released from prison after serving 13 months for public corruption charges.