re: Recruits are asking for $5K just to visit a school

This crap is not new.

I had a buddy that got $10,000 on a visit to a team from Florida in the 1970's which almost doubled what he had gotten from all the other schools combined. He got total fo about 21 or 22,000 but didn't get a single scholarship offer from any place that he go money.

That's crazy but since Alabama was recruiting him, all these other places wanted to see him and once they did, no offer but he still got paid.

He ended up at Southern Miss and played well for them and got a degree, taught school and coached for many years.

Kids have always gotten paid, it's known now.