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Message: [QUOTE="Madbiker, post: 2980512, member: 312"] I don't believe the top schools are paying recruits directly. What they are doing is arranging for them to be paid by third parties after they leave the school to enter the draft. Either by contracts arranged by the school with shoe companies or cash payments from an agent or agent company. I believe Calipari initiated this at UK and Coach K has copied it at Duke. It is not illegal per the NCAA because there is no written contract and no payment is made during the time the kid is in school. The compensation is paid AFTER they leave school. When this kid receives the promised compensation, they become a "reference" for future recruits who confirm that they got what was promised so the recruit can trust the school will deliver on the promise. Very shrewd. The shoe companies are the big facilitators of a lot of these under the table promised deals. [/QUOTE]