Sporting News · Oct 28, 2016
New NCAA rule basically will pay schools for committing academic fraud
Mark Emmert So now it literally pays to cheat in NCAA athletics.
It always had been hypothetical before. Like, a booster might slip $100,000 into that figurative shoebox for the quarterback whom coach really wants to sign, but there never has been a guarantee the player would turn out to be a superstar. It’s not unprecedented for a five-star prospect to become a fifth-string washout.
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A school could gerrymander a defensive lineman’s grades so he’s available when otherwise he might not be, but it’s possible that player could tear up his knee and be unavailable for the big rivalry game.