re: People who cry about Cal/UK cheating

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Long arse read.. but the UK fans need to stfu :P LINK It's biased.. as it's a KENTUCKY source.. but it has details :)

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Interesting read. The section I quote below which addresses payments to players also implicates Paul Bear Bryant as much as Rupp. Apparently, giving players some walking around money was pretty commonplace back then, i.e. the Michigan St. example. Most of the material was from a statement made by Judge Streit and was never proven in a court of law. That should be remembered.

As far as payments to players, Rupp testified and admitted that he did provide some cash to players after playing well in games, in particular as part of the Sugar Bowl trip. When asked about the source of the money, Rupp stated that it came from excess monies that had been collected to send additional team members to the 1948 US Olympic games in London England. This was confirmed by University officials, who had knowledge of the payments and considered the monies acceptable, given that football players at the time were regularly afforded similar gifts for participating in Bowl games. (including, as noted by UK President Herman Donovan, former LSU coach and current SEC Commissioner Bernie Moore himself.)