Were you a student between December 4, 2006 through January 31, 2008? Did you buy a student ticket to a Pitt sporting event over the internet?

If so, then you get your choice of a free ticket to the Rutgers-Pitt football game on October 25 or the Louisville-Pitt game on November 8 (hat tip to Todd Gack).

This is the settlement for a class action lawsuit (PDF, Coella V. University of Pittsburgh, Case No.: 2:08-CV-00129) for an alleged violation by Pitt of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA).

Specifically, Plaintiff claims that the University of Pittsburgh printed the expiration date of students’ credit or debit cards on receipts issued to them in conjunction with the purchase of sporting event tickets via the Internet, in violation of FACTA, as specifically set forth in the Complaint…

You can either submit your claim online, or print this form (PDF) and send it via snail mail for your free ticket.

Offer expires July 14, 2008.

Well, looks like a couple players may have some work ahead of them.

Sources tell PSI that two members of the Pitt football team will be fighting an uphill battle to keep their academic eligibility. Fullback Shane Brooks and wide receiver Mo Williams both will need to score “very well” in the classroom this summer if they hope to be apart of the 2008 team.

The reports about Williams started last week, so this is beginning to look like more than just catching up with some classes.

There’s depth at WR, and with Baldwin coming in this year it isn’t a killer. Still Williams looked great in the spring and was a near-lock on the two-deep. Hopefully this turns out to be slightly exaggerated.

As for Shane Brooks, well for the sake of the APR and his own future he needs to pick it up. From a football standpoint, it means little. Conredge Collins is the starting fullback and redshirt freshman Henry Hynoski is waiting. Brooks, a junior, was never looking at major playing time.