re: Yahoo News To Have Major Story on SEC West School Within Month

so far no one has been able to make a credible link between patrick peterson and lyles

the allegation (from a former A&M coach) was that lyles claimed he could deliver him somehow (for the right price) but lyles had denied that and PP denies having any substantial relationship with Lyles. It would therefore not take proof of payment or asking for payment for LSU/PP to look bad from a public relations standpoint. All it would take is demonstration of a substantial relationship (between PP and Lyles) to raise questions. Something like a lot of personal phone calls between the two might be enough IMO to make PP look like a liar (call his categorical denials into question).

As it is PP's denials have been so strong and so categorical I feel reassured.

At some level I find it weird that people are talking about the amount of money that Lyles was paid in the terms they are. Oregon does appear to have overpaid (compared to the going rate) but even 25K is small potatoes compared to what assistant coaches make. And I doubt most adults would be willing to work most of the year (including traveling all over the place) for a salary that appears to be well under 50K annually.

I mean we see pictures pop up on facebook or wherever where recruits (ahem Auburn) are holding stacks of cash that look like 10K, 20K or more... and if those are real payouts that ends up being a lot more than what Lyles was apparently getting (esp since Lyles had to travel etc)

I wonder if Lyles viewed himself as using this time to associate himself with high school/college kids - with the ambition of eventually being a NFL agent or some-such? I dunno - probably the same thing with Nelson I guess. Unless there is a lot of money under the surface it seems like a lot of struggling to make a lower middle class or lower class salary.