from their most recent response on one of their basketball recruits getting paid $200K.........<div>
</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(41, 39, 39); font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, serif; ">The statement said neither Kentucky "nor any member of the Athletic Department has offered or paid any money or other illegal benefits to the student-athlete or his family," and that it "fully supports any action the student-athlete and his family may take against Mr. O'Brien and the Chicago Sun-Times." Kentucky did not clarify for the Tribune whether its defense included those associated with the program but not on staff, such as boosters.</span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#292727" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, serif" size="6"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 20px; line-height: 25px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 21px;">
</span></font></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times, Helvetica, sans-serif, serif">Huge shocker that the university didn't stroke the check directly out of their. Reporter is an idiot though - he should have waited until the kid signed before he broke this. Now all that will happen is that UK will pull the scholarship offer, and the booster will try to get his cash back (if he doesn't, big blue will take care of him somehow), and they will use the $200K on a different player, and be more careful this time - all will be good.</font></div>
</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(41, 39, 39); font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, serif; ">The statement said neither Kentucky "nor any member of the Athletic Department has offered or paid any money or other illegal benefits to the student-athlete or his family," and that it "fully supports any action the student-athlete and his family may take against Mr. O'Brien and the Chicago Sun-Times." Kentucky did not clarify for the Tribune whether its defense included those associated with the program but not on staff, such as boosters.</span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#292727" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, serif" size="6"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 20px; line-height: 25px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 21px;">
</span></font></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times, Helvetica, sans-serif, serif">Huge shocker that the university didn't stroke the check directly out of their. Reporter is an idiot though - he should have waited until the kid signed before he broke this. Now all that will happen is that UK will pull the scholarship offer, and the booster will try to get his cash back (if he doesn't, big blue will take care of him somehow), and they will use the $200K on a different player, and be more careful this time - all will be good.</font></div>