One of the articles I read said this case and lack of punishment will come back to bite the NCAA. It sets up a defense for other infractions as long as you offer the same benefit to plain old students as well as student athletes. The example they gave was for an alum to throw $50,000 on a table in front of a student athlete and a regular student and let them grab what they can. As long as the alum includes a non-athlete, there is no infraction. What the heck....just fund the athlete and his non-athlete girlfriend and they can both get their college paid for. Or how about a brother or sister as long as both enroll in the university. Small price for some alums that want a National Championship. And if you need to run a help wanted ad in the student paper to hire a couple students to wash cars for a couple weeks in the summer. Pay could be $25,000. Just make sure you hire both athletes and non- athletes. Keep it all "legal".
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