Tim Floyd

I'd like to ask all the people out there, how dumb do you think Tim Floyd is? The answer to that is simple. He is about as smart as the couch that I'm sitting on. How could he honestly think he could get away with all the things he allegedly did at USC? I guess the educational system in Louisiana where he grew up is not very good. Maybe he did the same at Iowa State and/or University of New Orleans. I don't know but I don't doubt it.

After reading several different article over the past couple of days I've come to the conclusion that this scenario is not unusual but a head coach usually isn't the one giving straight cash homie (Thanks Randy Moss) to a runner. You must go through different avenues to funnel money to recruits. I will tell you how they do and how they get away with it.

Here it goes...
1) Player A plays for a non-profit travel team (not going to call it AAU because they aren't necessarily AAU teams). Head Coach at State U wants Player A and they need to figure out a way to get Player A money to entice him to come. State U Head Coach calls one of his prominent boosters and tells him to donate money to Player A's travel team. The booster gets a tax write off while the travel team gets extra money for their funding. This does not necessarily mean State U will get Player A but it will certainly help.

2) Player B plays for a travel team during the spring and summer. The travel team coach is the one controlling Player B's recruitment. Travel team coach decides to help himself out he will start a scouting service. This scouting service will have Player B's info as well as other players on the travel team. Travel team coach will charge anywear from $300 to $700 for this service. So as a college coach the only way you can even get a chance to recruit Player B is get to get his travel team coach's scouting service. Imagine if twenty schools are involved for one player and the service is $500, that would be $10,000 in the travel team coach's pocket and/or in Player B's family's pocket.

The system obviously needs to be changed. One of the things that needs to be changed is that coaches that continiously break the rules shouldn't be coaching in the NCAA.