re: True question for real answer

Look, I like OM almost as much as most OM fans, but this is probably one of those situations where you might have to accept that OM (or some boosters) got greedy and went for too much too quickly rather than develop their unprecedented success on the recruiting trail at a less-suspicious rate.

As for the question, one possibility that immediately springs to mind is that if he (or Tunsil's mom, which would amount to the same thing if they were married) got paid anything major, they certainly didn't report it, which means real-world troubles with the IRS. Smaller cash payments are easier to get away with.