Much ado about nothing.

That was the summation of Virginia Tech athletics compliance director Tim Parker on Thursday after he conducted follow-up interviews with Hokies quarterback Tyrod Taylor and safety Kam Chancellor about circumstances involving the use of their photos in promotional material for commercial events held in Hampton Roads.

"I'm confident at this point that there is no [NCAA] violation," said Parker, referring to an issue that surfaced following a story that was reported in Wednesday's Collegiate Times, the school's student newspaper.

"We just had to confirm what was the primary issue: 'Did you give anyone permission to use your name or you images, in this case a photo?' And they had not, which we knew.

"But we had some secondary issues. For instance, 'did you actually even go to these events ... and if you did, were you provided any payment, any free admission, any gear or anything else?' And there wasn't anything like that. Of the five events we're now aware of, Kam only went to one and Tyrod was at three. But they were treated the same as everyone else who attended."

In addition to Taylor and Chancellor, the Collegiate Times story said the name of tight end Greg Boone and the pictures of ex-Tech players Purnell Sturdivant and Branden Ore also were used on posters promoting various outings in the Tidewater area.

"To close the whole loop on this whole thing, it's still our goal to speak directly to the promoter, just to touch base with him and ask him the same questions. But I have no reason other to believe everything that we were told today," said Parker, who noted he still doesn't know the promoter's last name.

Parker said a couple of the pictures of the promotional posters were on Taylor's Facebook account, which triggered the original story. Parker said he spoke to many members of the football team Thursday morning about keeping close tabs on their Facebook pages.

"What happens is if someone else tags you on a photo then it shows up your Facebook," Parker said. "I spoke to the team about the issue of making sure if anyone asks you for permission is that you've got to turn them down because you place your eligibility in question. We're not trying to run their lives, but they've got to realize that people are going to look. So just pay attention to what's on there."