Quote Originally Posted by Dawgology View Post
This all day long. Things are about to change in a big way.
Remember this- the big boys can get away with paying players because they have such a large fan base, some of them don't even have to know the coaching staff to do their business. These "wannabes" love their skools- Bammer, Ohio State, Meatchicken, USCw, etc. but can't get season tickets, or become official "boosters", both of which would put them under the NCAA's purview.

Because they aren't official representatives of a school (coach, AD official, booster, season ticket holder), nothing can get back to the school, and when the NCAA goes snooping, the Coaches and athletic department have plausible deniability.

Small mid-majors like olimiss have to get the coaching staffs involved. THAT'S why they got any penalty at all (if this was Bammer, the NCAA would've apologized and paid for Bammer's legal fees).