re: say what you will, but Auburn Basketball did not benefit in any way from this

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No. You weren't paying them to leave.

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People keep saying this because Person was quoted as telling the mom of one of the players he wanted him to leave for the NBA after the season.

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You were paying your two best players to use certain representation when they did leave.

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A money manager was paying our assistant coach to steer players to him and the assistant funneled some of that money to players families.

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the reality is that top recruits would clearly be able to see that if they go to Auburn, the coaching staff could hook them and their families up with cash down the road if they are pro prospects.

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There is a chance Person used this as a recruiting ploy, but given the small amount of money that he funneled to the parents, I doubt that is the way this played out. The indictment really makes it seem like Person was simply being an opportunistic a-hole to line his own pockets.