“NCAA Asks For Ducks' Recruiting Services Docs” |
| NCAA Asks For Ducks' Recruiting Services Docs Posted: 04 Mar 2011 05:15 PM PST POSTED: 5:01 pm PST March 4, 2011 UPDATED: 11:23 pm PST March 4, 2011 EUGENE, Ore. -- Oregon says it has been contacted by the NCAA to provide documentation about its use of a pair of recruiting services.The Ducks also said in a statement Friday that school officials had contacted the Pac-10 Conference about payments to two agencies that purportedly provided information about potential football recruits.Athletic Director Rob Mullens says the school believes its use of such services is allowed under NCAA rules."We have been asked to provide a series of documents by the NCAA and intend to fully cooperate," Mullens says. "I reiterate that it is our belief that the purchase of such services is within the allowable NCAA guidelines."Yesterday, two prominent online magazines published articles raising questions about the Ducks' recruiting tactics.Yahoo Sports and ESPN reported that Oregon paid $28,000 to two men who ran recruiting services that typically provide biographical information and video about high school players. If either man guided a recruit to Oregon, it would violate NCAA rules.In its article, Yahoo Sports wrote, "The university paid $25,000 to Will Lyles of Complete Scouting Services in Houston, and $3,745 to Baron Flenory of New Level Athletics."And Lyles, the article states, has close ties to Lache Seastrunk from Texas. Seastrunk was one of the nation's top prospects who signed with the Ducks the same year they paid for Lyles' services.The ESPN.com and Yahoo Sports articles question whether payment to recruiting services steered top recruits to Oregon."I feel strongly that the Athletic Department, (head football coach) Chip (Kelly) and the coaching staff there, I mean, I feel very strongly that they've done nothing wrong," says Deryk Gilmore, Oregon's former director of player development.Gilmore says the use of recruiting services is common practice among top college football programs and, in many cases, necessary."If you're in a state like Oregon, clearly you are going to have to recruit across the country," Gilmore says. Copyright 2011 by KPTV.com. The Associated Press contributed to this report. All rights reserved. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
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