It may be this:
Used to be the University of Miami Hurricanes had a lock on recruiting
football talents in the "state of South Florida," but over the past few
decades other schools have recognized the importance of our local talent
hotbed. Now the NCAA is launching an investigation into allegations of
shady recruiting tactics in the region. No Florida schools are involved,
and the NCAA is targeting Ohio State, Louisiana State, Auburn and
Tennessee.
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The
report comes without much detail from The Sun-Sentinel's Dave Hyde:
"NCAA
investigators are coming to South Florida this week to look into the
recruiting of several high-school football stars and the methods of
several colleges in doing so, according to a source.
...The
schools involved have been successful for years in getting players out
of South Florida, and enough red flags have been raised about money
changing hands in the recruiting process to merit the investigation, the
source said.
High schools officials, street agents, seven-on-seven tournaments - they're all going to be asked questions by the NCAA."
The
investigation probably grew out of probes already targeting Auburn and
Ohio State. The Auburn Tigers are still facing the heat for allegations
of money exchanging hands that lead to the team snagging Cam Newton,
while Ohio State's sweater-vest-loving coach Jim Tressel recently
resigned in the midst of an investigation into his program over, amongst
other things, players trading memorabilia for free tattoos.
Sounds
like the program's problems could just be beginning. It's the rare bit
of news that can make 'Noles, 'Canes and Gators fans all happy. They
have enough competition recruiting the state between themselves without
out-of-state schools coming down here with allegedly shady tactics.
