I don't understand why anybody is even mildly surprised. All school football programs that are worth a damn push the rules to the limits and exceed them.
I agree. I'm not a rabid Quaker Backer; I'm more of a Beaver Believer (with Beaver Feaver, but that's a different topic). I think there are a lot of people who really want for the Ducks to have done something wrong, which I think so far the information seems to show they've been extremely careful to avoid. Nothing to see here, except a lot of sports media outlets hoping to sell more soap.
It looks to me like they got a good deal for their money. Much better than trying to pull all that information and game footage together themselves.
This is just the rest of the NCAA trying to put the ducks down before their rise to power is complete!
Next thing you are going to tell me is that boosters are somehow involved in the recruiting process. I don't think this is really news, college football is a very corrupt sport. This is the same a basically every school. It is like steroids in baseball, duh.
lol. I knew Canzano would take this and run with it. Its what he does. Whats more funny is OSU fans citing him as any kind of valid source.
Would you expect anything less from him? Seriously, Canzano is the self-proclaimed moral compass of the state of Oregon.
also just read on another forum that KATU reported that Oregon State spent $40,000 on recruiting services compared to the Ducks spending $28,745... I didnt see it though so I cant say its true. Anyone else here this?
the thing thats weird with this story is that it's getting any light at all. The guy who runs the service that Oregon paid 25K to had one kid (Lache) who went to Oregon. He also had five high profile kids that went to LSU and one that went to Auburn. Schools pay services like Lyles's because they A. provide game video (be it HS or Juco) so schools can evaluate talent and B. they organize contact/background info on the player and the contact info of the people that matter at their school like the coaches and administrators. How ridiculous/inefficient would it be to have every college program sending a video guy to every HS game? This is people spotting a business opportunity serving the needs of the various programs. by the way, here's an O story on the Beavs paying for the same types of services http://blog.oregonlive.com/behindbeaversbeat/2011/03/ducks_arent_only_ones_spending.html STOMP
The conspiracy theorist in me thinks that the SEC is trying to knock the Ducks down a peg. With all the new talent, CK, and Uncle Phil, I don't blame the SEC for being scared.
http://dev.chuckoliver.net/2011/03/more-on-the-ncaa-looking-at-oregons-relationship-with-will-lyles/ Texas throwing Lyles under the bus?
I was listening to some hack on 95.5 tonight, some syndicated show, and the guy was going off about how Ore-gone was the dirtiest of the dirty, and that it was a crime that both Auburn and Oregon were in the natty and not TCU. It's amazing how people have jumped to conclusions about this.
