Great read on NCAA/Newton

**GeronimusClone** · 11-09-2010, 10:15 AM

Newton scandal shows game stays same - College Football - Rivals.com

**CloneIce** · 11-09-2010, 10:34 AM

Great article. A must read.

**benjay** · 11-09-2010, 10:42 AM

articulates well what we all know is college football

**ruxCYtable** · 11-09-2010, 10:43 AM

I hope I am not opening a can of worms by posting this. I heard a story a few years ago regarding LE's recruitment of a guy who is now in the NBA. ISU was in a recruiting battle with a handful of other schools and it was looking pretty good for the Cyclones. One day a rep for a certain unnamed shoe company approached LE and said he could "deliver" this certain recruit if ISU switched shoe suppliers. According to my source, LE told him,"Go to hell. I've never made a deal for a recruit and I never will."

Coincidentally, the school this person ended up attending was wearing new shoes the next year. So I think there was some merit to the story.

It's a shady, shady business.

**GeronimusClone** · 11-09-2010, 11:03 AM

Originally Posted by ruxCYtable

I hope I am not opening a can of worms by posting this. I heard a story a few years ago regarding LE's recruitment of a guy who is now in the NBA. ISU was in a recruiting battle with a handful of other schools and it was looking pretty good for the Cyclones. One day a rep for a certain unnamed shoe company approached LE and said he could "deliver" this certain recruit if ISU switched shoe suppliers. According to my source, LE told him,"Go to hell. I've never made a deal for a recruit and I never will."

Coincidentally, the school this person ended up attending was wearing new shoes the next year. So I think there was some merit to the story.

It's a shady, shady business.

True or not, this stuff happens all the time on varying scales everywhere. When the NCAA made college sports the big business that it is today, what did they expect?

**benjay** · 11-09-2010, 11:06 AM

Originally Posted by GeronimusClone

True or not, this stuff happens all the time on varying scales everywhere. When the NCAA made college sports the big business that it is today, what did they expect?

They are basking in their own success. From TV networks to NCAA compensation packages to University employees, everyone makes money off of college football.

**jbhtexas** · 11-09-2010, 11:09 AM

Originally Posted by benjay

They are basking in their own success. From TV networks to NCAA compensation packages to University employees, everyone makes money off of college football.

Except the Federal government (well, directly anyway). It won't be long though...

**CloneIce** · 11-09-2010, 11:22 AM

Originally Posted by jbhtexas

Except the Federal government (well, directly anyway). It won't be long though...

Yeah, I have to think the NCAA will lose its tax-exempt status sometime in the future the way things are going. Getting harder and harder to argue its not a business when you have Universities trying to join conferences across the country based on how much money they can make from TV deals as the top priority.

**PaulSTI** · 11-09-2010, 11:23 AM

It makes me wonder about ISU. Do we really have boosters out there handing out money to recruits? It just seems beyond belief when you consider how poor this program is.

**CloneIce** · 11-09-2010, 11:27 AM

Originally Posted by PaulSTI

It makes me wonder about ISU. Do we really have boosters out there handing out money to recruits? It just seems beyond belief when you consider how poor this program is.

Probably not... which is almost certainly a factor in why our recruiting rankings are in the bottom half of the conference.

**benjay** · 11-09-2010, 11:29 AM

Originally Posted by PaulSTI

It makes me wonder about ISU. Do we really have boosters out there handing out money to recruits? It just seems beyond belief when you consider how poor this program is.

there's probably a very small percentage of college recruits able to ask for money, and those who do are probably targeting big name schools for the most part.