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FB: Oregon & Chip Kelly are in deep! (allegedly) - NCowl - 07-01-2011 01:16 PM
Defrocked scout details relationship with Oregon, Kelly
By Charles Robinson and Dan Wetzel, Yahoo! Sports
HOUSTON – Embattled scouting service owner Will Lyles told Yahoo! Sports that University of Oregon coach Chip Kelly personally approved a controversial $25,000 fee that sparked an ongoing NCAA investigation and was in constant contact as Lyles provided the Ducks with recruiting assistance that may have violated NCAA rules.
In a wide-ranging, multi-day interview, Lyles said Kelly “scrambled” in late February and asked Lyles to submit retroactive player profiles to justify the $25,000 payment to his company, just days before the transaction was revealed in a March 3 Yahoo! Sports report. Lyles also provided details of his fledgling company – Complete Scouting Services (CSS) – as well as the extent of his relationship with numerous Texas high school stars and his role in Ducks’ recruitment of certain prospects.
Lyles insists Oregon did not make a direct request or payment to steer recruits to Eugene. However, he now says Oregon did not pay him for his work as a traditional scout, but for his influence with top recruits and their families and his ability to usher prospects through the signing and eligibility process. That dual role as mentor to prospects and paid contractor to Oregon is believed to be a focus of the NCAA probe...
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RE: FB: Oregon & Chip Kelly are in deep! (allegedly) - westcoastwolf - 07-01-2011 02:12 PM
Those letters are so awesome.
RE: FB: Oregon & Chip Kelly are in deep! (allegedly) - pilot172000 - 07-01-2011 04:02 PM
Oregon is Soooooo over with! They may get it worse than USC or Ohio St.
RE: FB: Oregon & Chip Kelly are in deep! (allegedly) - Geaux Cajuns - 07-01-2011 04:33 PM
(07-01-2011 04:02 PM)pilot172000 Wrote: Oregon is Soooooo over with! They may get it worse than USC or Ohio St.
No way, they have NIKE backing them. They will get minor sanctions. The NCAA is a joke and the more high profile schools get caught the worse they look. The schools have become more powerful than the affiliation.
RE: FB: Oregon & Chip Kelly are in deep! (allegedly) - Burn the Horse - 07-01-2011 05:05 PM
(07-01-2011 04:33 PM)Geaux Cajuns Wrote:(07-01-2011 04:02 PM)pilot172000 Wrote: Oregon is Soooooo over with! They may get it worse than USC or Ohio St.
No way, they have NIKE backing them. They will get minor sanctions. The NCAA is a joke and the more high profile schools get caught the worse they look. The schools have become more powerful than the affiliation.
Yep.
RE: FB: Oregon & Chip Kelly are in deep! (allegedly) - pilot172000 - 07-01-2011 09:19 PM
I think with the Feds knocking on the door about the BCS that is about to change.