re: Miss State LB Leo Lewis received $21,000 before National Signing Day from 2 SEC schools

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$65k I'm sure is what she meant and I'm not certain I'm buying that.. was Lewis that highly ranked/recruited?

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In the NCAA's rebuttal to OM's NOA response, their investigators pretty much said they didn't believe a word that came out of her mouth.

A lot of people shied away from recruiting Lewis. I could easily see a situation where once they got a little money, she started telling others it would cost X dollars to sign him, getting a "I'll see what I can do", and then telling all her buds so-and-so promised me this amount when in fact those recruiters went back and told their people to move on to another recruit.

That's pretty much what happened with Albert Means. He was shopped to a lot of people with the amount demanded varying depending on what they thought they could get for him. Lots of programs did the smart thing and walked away (or were warned off depending on what you believe) but some didn't and paid a big price.