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College basketball recruiting was a scandal in the making. Is football all that far behind?

Many people around college basketball thought the recruiting scene was a scandal in the making even before last year.

Then FBI wiretaps confirmed some of the worst fears and sent the NCAA trying to fix its biggest cash cow at warp speed.

As a handful of Division I conferences met recently in Scottsdale, Ariz., the implication of the investigation and the recommendations of the Rice Commission prompted more questions. Among them: Could the same culture make its way to college football?

"I think it's already moving into football," said Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby, who doubles as the chairman of the NCAA Division I Football Oversight Committee.