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http://collegespun.com/sec/texas-am/report-texas-am-freshman-ricky-seals-jones-was-offered-600000-in-cash-to-play-for-top-program
"Yahoo! Sportsā Dan Wetzel got his hands on famed sportswriter Armen Keteyianās brand new book titled āThe System: The Glory and Scandal of Big-Time College Footballā, co-written by Sports Illustratedās Jeff Benedict, and has been spilling some of the contents early.
There are many shocking revelations, including how the NCAA operated during the Ohio State tattoos scandal, how Tennessee utilized a business run by a woman named Lacey Pearl Earps to lure recruits and details about Missouriās inappropriate tutoring culture. But the most interesting storyline involves Texas A&M freshman Ricky Seals-Jones, who was apparently offered boatloads of cash by numerous schools. Check out this quote:
Seals-Jones, once a Texas commit who wound up signing with Texas A&M last February, and his family open themselves up to the entire process. The juiciest part is an alleged offer to the Jones family from a ātop-20 programā ā not A&M ā for the following: $300,000 in cash, use of a luxury suite during football season, eight season tickets and $1,000 per month for Ricky and $500 for the family.
āOh, it was higher than that,ā Chester Jones, Rickyās dad said. āIt was a lot higher than that.ā Chester Jones said the offers grew as high as $600,000 for his sonās signature on a national letter of intent ā one SEC school and one ACC school said theyād double any offer ā but he declined them all out of principle and the fear of inevitably getting caught.
Thatās some serious money. Seals-Jones, once rated as a five-star athlete by numerous recruiting agencies, committed to Texas A&M over a number of other top programs, including Auburn, LSU, Notre Dame, Oregon, Oklahoma and Texas. Itās safe to say he made the right decision to turn down the money."
Honestly, if the accusations are true, I'm trying to think which SEC and ACC schools it could be, in addition to the initial top 20 school who offered him that money.
I'm wondering if Ole Miss could be the SEC school. They certainly got a lot of top recruits out of nowhere. Apparently his final two schools (after decommitting from Texas) were LSU and TAMU.
EDIT: here's a link to the Yahoo article detailing the book, which includes a bit about the Alabama and Nick Saban section.
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/ncaaf---the-system--a-great-read-on-college-football-s-inner-workings-202143287.html
"Yahoo! Sportsā Dan Wetzel got his hands on famed sportswriter Armen Keteyianās brand new book titled āThe System: The Glory and Scandal of Big-Time College Footballā, co-written by Sports Illustratedās Jeff Benedict, and has been spilling some of the contents early.
There are many shocking revelations, including how the NCAA operated during the Ohio State tattoos scandal, how Tennessee utilized a business run by a woman named Lacey Pearl Earps to lure recruits and details about Missouriās inappropriate tutoring culture. But the most interesting storyline involves Texas A&M freshman Ricky Seals-Jones, who was apparently offered boatloads of cash by numerous schools. Check out this quote:
Seals-Jones, once a Texas commit who wound up signing with Texas A&M last February, and his family open themselves up to the entire process. The juiciest part is an alleged offer to the Jones family from a ātop-20 programā ā not A&M ā for the following: $300,000 in cash, use of a luxury suite during football season, eight season tickets and $1,000 per month for Ricky and $500 for the family.
āOh, it was higher than that,ā Chester Jones, Rickyās dad said. āIt was a lot higher than that.ā Chester Jones said the offers grew as high as $600,000 for his sonās signature on a national letter of intent ā one SEC school and one ACC school said theyād double any offer ā but he declined them all out of principle and the fear of inevitably getting caught.
Thatās some serious money. Seals-Jones, once rated as a five-star athlete by numerous recruiting agencies, committed to Texas A&M over a number of other top programs, including Auburn, LSU, Notre Dame, Oregon, Oklahoma and Texas. Itās safe to say he made the right decision to turn down the money."
Honestly, if the accusations are true, I'm trying to think which SEC and ACC schools it could be, in addition to the initial top 20 school who offered him that money.
I'm wondering if Ole Miss could be the SEC school. They certainly got a lot of top recruits out of nowhere. Apparently his final two schools (after decommitting from Texas) were LSU and TAMU.
EDIT: here's a link to the Yahoo article detailing the book, which includes a bit about the Alabama and Nick Saban section.
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/ncaaf---the-system--a-great-read-on-college-football-s-inner-workings-202143287.html
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