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[QUOTE="bpo57, post: 1348664, member: 1572"]
Yeah I guess boosters are capable of anything. People like to point to Calipari as the poster boy of illegal recruiting tactics because of the vacated wins at UMass and Memphis. The facts, as I know them to be, are that Marcus Camby accepted $40 K from an agent and Derrick Rose had somebody take the SAT for him (although he still denies this). Calipari was not cited for any involvement in either case.  That seems plausible to me that he would not get the blame for that. The other issue was that it was revealed that Rose's brother traveled with the team for free which amounted to a benefit of approx. $1,700.  That's not good but hardly the crime of the century.

All of the Memphis and UMass stuff aside, I don't understand why UK or even its boosters would need to pay players that are likely one and done. They pretty much have the pick of whomever they want. A recruit hears that the team has some of the best facilities in the country, sold out 23 K every night, top 5 program for pretty much eternity, tons of 1st round draft picks that have largely done well in the NBA and a coach that is well regarded for preparing kids to play at the next level. With all that it would seem unlikely that UK would have to resort to paying players.  If anything that is the one thing they could do that would blow the hole thing up.
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