It's coaches saying it; not the writer.
I know you are in the industry but the reporter is asking them the questions and they are answering. By asking them he is stirring the pot. Directing the dogs where to attack. Reckless journalism IMO.
Recruiting is a sewer. All sorts of stuff goes on. There is little doubt that stuff went on with some of the players listed in the article, and it's likely that something went on with most of them. It isn't exactly a new phenomenon.
So nobody should write about it? And in writing about it nobody should ask coaches - who may have been recruiting some of these players and lost out because somebody bent the rules - where to look and who to write about?
Also, the article is one of a series of coaches polls that this writer has been doing. Previous polls asked which coaches were the dirtiest, etc. Oddly enough, many of the players on this list just happen to have gone to schools where they play for the very same coaches who in previous polls were felt to be the dirtiest, took best (legal) advantage of the rules, etc..
But hey, if you think Calipari is a straight arrow who plays and has always played on the up and up and would never, ever, bend break or skirt the rules, you're entitled to your opinion. Schools that took the penalty for what he did after he left while he walked off for another job scot free might disagree with you.
