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This makes me want to watch the movie "Blue Chips".
It is my belief that coaches seek to maintain a level of Culpable Deniability. They have no knowledge of what is going on, so they can not be blamed for it.
I am pretty sure that similar issues exist with many schools that have big time boosters. The NCAA gets involved when the program or player is high profile and the under the table benefits are too obvious. Someones family getting a giant new house is a big example. Also, a poor kid driving a new Escalade is a red flag.
Coaches don't want to know that this is happening, so they can escape the blame for it.
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Todd Day, Former Arkansas Basketball player. Used to drive around Fayetville in a brand new Nissan Maxima.
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Maybe McGwire and Big Unit timed their announcements as a smoke screen to make things easier for their buddy and former teammate Del Rio when he slides in to take over that mess...
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yaman3 
SO you would say Florida is cheating and probably Texas too? I would say those teams have been more successful than USC over the last 5 years for sure. I am not arguing I just want to be clear.
Read about the recruitment of JaMarcus McFarland - interesting stuff...
The New York Times > Log In
The Times published part of a paper written by McFarland for his English class where he detailed a party he attended in Dallas that was hosted by Longhorn fans
"I will never forget the excitement amongst all participants," McFarland wrote. "Alcohol was all you can drink, money was not an option. Girls were acting wild by taking off their tops, and pulling down their pants. Girls were also romancing each other. Some guys loved every minute of the freakiness some girls demonstrated. I have never attended a party of this magnitude."
He continued: "The attitude of the people at the party was that everyone should drink or not come to the party. Drugs were prevalent with no price attached."
"Allegations from the report upset her because she said she had received numerous offers of gifts in exchange for her son to attend Texas. She said she did not believe that Brown or anyone officially with Texas was involved or had any knowledge of the enticements."
"Earlier this month, a former classmate called Adams and asked if she would coax her son into attending Texas. If so, a banker had promised the former classmate any type of loan."
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c.y.c.l.o.n.e.s Read about the recruitment of JaMarcus McFarland - interesting stuff...
The New York Times > Log In
The Times published part of a paper written by McFarland for his English class where he detailed a party he attended in Dallas that was hosted by Longhorn fans
"I will never forget the excitement amongst all participants," McFarland wrote. "Alcohol was all you can drink, money was not an option. Girls were acting wild by taking off their tops, and pulling down their pants. Girls were also romancing each other. Some guys loved every minute of the freakiness some girls demonstrated. I have never attended a party of this magnitude."
He continued: "The attitude of the people at the party was that everyone should drink or not come to the party. Drugs were prevalent with no price attached."
The article also claims that Texas offered money to McFarland's mother. She claims in the article that the source of any offers did not come from within the Texas athletic department -- something she can only speculate.
"Allegations from the report upset her because she said she had received numerous offers of gifts in exchange for her son to attend Texas. She said she did not believe that Brown or anyone officially with Texas was involved or had any knowledge of the enticements."
And:
"Earlier this month, a former classmate called Adams and asked if she would coax her son into attending Texas. If so, a banker had promised the former classmate any type of loan."
Are you sure this wasn't written by HB about UNC?
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id say yes to texas and florida cheating at times.. if your a major player with money and you are not cheating in basketball or football you are crazy in todays world.. the penalties are weak, and nothing happens... you make millions, and watch as everyone praises you for years, then leave, or retire with nothing ever leaking that hurts... whats the worst thing that has happened of late? Memphis getting some banners removed? wow! no one cares... the only people that get punished are the current players at usc that had nothing to do with it... thats humerous... so sorry new kids we know you werent even here when reggie bush played but you no longer can play in a bowl game and o yeah you lose your coach cause he will just take a different job that pays more.
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Everyone cheats, including ISU to some extent whether it's boosters or coaches. It's the nature of the beast.
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The_Architect Everyone cheats, including ISU to some extent whether it's boosters or coaches. It's the nature of the beast.
If we're cheating, we're certainly not very good at it.
