re: Mississippi State gave Leo Lewis 10 K

google 'corroboration'


Also, I BELIEVE (But, could be incorrect) that an established, pre-existing relationship is excluded from the gift prohibition.

I recall that LeBron gave some buddy of his an excessive amount of gifts 9trips, vehicles, etc) that were not a problem for that guy's eligibility because they were buddies outside of the connection to a school, etc.


If the money was given (I have no idea if they corroborated this) AND it was from the parent of a friend....may not be prohibited. Obviously, the provenance of the money would be interesting to the NCAA committee.

Might this trigger a separate "look see"? Sure, I suppose.