re: Here is the unredacted NOA

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I understand what you are saying here but it depends on how valuable of hunting land it is I guess. If it's some random cow pasture in Rankin county, big deal. If it's land at or near Tara Hunting Camp, big difference because membership at that camp is big bucks (pun intended).

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No it depends on the fact that these players didn't just happenstance on this booster. It requires effort from a coaching staff member or recruiter to offer this "benefit" to the player. Who obviously would show interest if they liked hunting. Then the staff member says "great! I'll hook you up!" The recruiter then puts the player in touch with the booster who gives free access to his land. Which everyone else who uses it, probably has to pay dues to hunt. And obviously, only star football players are allowed free access. No one else. Oh how trivial huh? But it's an orchestrated repeated benefit. It's not just a one time occurrence. Then, you put that with the hotel plan used repeatedly by players and families. The car loan setup. Everybody's got to put a little something in the kitty. People keep trying to pick each violation out like it's a singular issue. Saying "c'mon! That's not that bad!" It's an accumulation. An obvious network. It's cheating on an elevated scale that everyone was in on.