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Topic: Article on Ole Miss and the NCAA

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847badgerfan

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Re: Article on Ole Miss and the NCAA
« Reply #28 on: June 05, 2018, 04:43:02 PM »
Quote from: Entropy on June 05, 2018, 12:53:17 PM
what local person has blown up a story lately?   
2000 - Wisconsin State Journal (Madison paper) exposes discount shoe store for giving discounts on shoes to student-athletes. 
Result: Suspensions, scholarships and a very long probation. It hurt. Each athlete involved got about $150 in discounts, or so.
Oh.. You said lately.
It was ELA saying the locals wouldn't tell, 20 years ago. In this case.. they did.
A report in the Wisconsin State Journal prompted the university's investigation that found 157 athletes in 14 sports violated NCAA rules by accepting at least $23,000 in unadvertised discounts from The Shoe Box, a store 25 miles from Madison in Black Earth.

"This wasn't one or two athletes and someone bought them a Diet Coke. This was hundreds of kids involving thousands of dollars. That's significant," Yeager said.

The NCAA placed the school on a 5 year probation and reduced the number of football scholarships the university can offer in the 2002-03 and 2003-04 school years from 25 to 20. It also ordered the school to cut a men's basketball scholarship in 2003-04.
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Re: Article on Ole Miss and the NCAA
« Reply #29 on: June 06, 2018, 01:18:40 PM »
What happens if I have deep pockets and simply pay kids to go where I want, perhaps not even on scholarship? I might pay the parents.  Is that illegal?

I pay the gift tax as well.
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Re: Article on Ole Miss and the NCAA
« Reply #30 on: June 06, 2018, 01:54:11 PM »
I don't think it would be illegal, so long as taxes are being paid.

Not being illegal doesn't make it against NCAA rules though.
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Re: Article on Ole Miss and the NCAA
« Reply #31 on: June 06, 2018, 01:56:43 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on June 06, 2018, 01:18:40 PM
What happens if I have deep pockets and simply pay kids to go where I want, perhaps not even on scholarship? I might pay the parents.  Is that illegal?

I pay the gift tax as well.
someone paid Cam Newton's dad.
Didn't cause a problem
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Re: Article on Ole Miss and the NCAA
« Reply #32 on: June 07, 2018, 09:25:40 AM »
it is certainly an area that I'd guess is being abused...
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