Perhaps the BEST B1G Forum anywhere, here at College Football Fan Site, CFB51!!!

Yahoo has snagged some well respected journalists. I am curious how they have monetized the work they do.

Same goes for The Athletic. That model is easier to understand however with direct membership.

Both have countered ESPN and Fox, with less videos and more detailed writing. Guys like Wetzel, Rosenthal, and others seem to get free reign to be real journalists. It’s refreshing.

Dickie V ragged on the dirtiness of coaching and college basketball last night.

A few minutes following that he was hyping the Duke recruiting class next year with the 1,2, and 3 recruits in the country coming in. No recognition of the fact that A could be connected to B. Or that the constant promotion of B creates A.

Now that the dirty laundry is aired out over the next month, I am more interested in what the solutions are. And for the simple-minded that say pay the players, I would be more curious on the mechanics of how that works. men vs women, power 5 vs non, revenue vs non revenue sport. And if not paying players how do we fix and enforce the current environment?

Fellow Arizona fans saying there must be more to the story of Miller trying to pay for play; saying it doesn't make sense for Miller to get busted so red handed only for Arizona AD, University Admin, & State Board of Regeants to fully back Miller yesterday.

Got it: http://www.ncaapublications.com/productdownloads/D118.pdf
12.1.1.1.2 Institutional Responsibilities.
<snip>
12.1.1.1.2.2 Sharing Information and Reporting Discrepancies. If an institution receives additional information or otherwise has cause to believe that a prospective student-athlete’s amateur status has been jeopardized, the institution is responsible for promptly notifying the NCAA Eligibility Center of such information. Further, an institution is responsible for promptly reporting to the NCAA Eligibility Center all discrepancies in information related to a student-athlete’s amateurism certification. (Adopted: 4/30/07)

So there is a requirement that MSU or IU, if these contacts actually occurred, would have information that suggests that if Bowen is being represented by an agent [who is clearly suggesting he has the power to sway a decision] that Bowen's amateur status is jeopardized. By rule, they have a responsibility to report this to the NCAA.
Granted, I'll bet this is something that comes up quite a bit, and I'll bet it's something that athletic departments basically ignore.
But there is a rule. If these conversations have been proven to exist, and thus it is shown that the schools absolutely had this information, they are in violation if they didn't report it to the NCAA.

Izzo said in his post game that they determined no money at all ever went to Bridges' mom.  Not sure how you prove or disprove a small amount like that, absent a deposit of exactly $400 the next day.

The guy was fired for lying about $60,000 in made up expenses, so it wouldn't be surprising, but considering ever other amount was $1,000+, I assumed the one small one to Bridges mom was true.