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Posted on 4/13/14 at 8:40 pm to LSUFOREVERAMEN
Posted on 4/13/14 at 8:40 pm to LSUFOREVERAMEN
Just googled...found:
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You see, for decades, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) did not particularly pay attention to whether teams were running "clean" programs (as in not paying their players). A 1929 Carnegie Foundation investigation over a number of years revealed just 28 "clean" programs of the 112 universities that they visited.
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In fact, the NCAA did not even have an enforcement division until 1952!
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In 1956, an assistant coach was found to have paid two high school recruits (twin brothers) $500 as an enticement to come to Auburn.
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Posted on 4/13/14 at 8:50 pm to beaver
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In 1956, an assistant coach was found to have paid two high school recruits (twin brothers) $500 as an enticement to come to Auburn.
Well, that's not as bad as I would've thought. I imagined something SMU-esque was going down or something. $500 "enticements" were probably par for the course across the SEC during the 1950s.
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