Yes. But, you didn't post this part of that article:
There is a lot of gray area. It's not clearly defined when an act is considered aiding the coaches and when it's not. That line is made hazy by the fact that helping the recruits is allowed but is often of mutual interest to the athlete and program recruiting them.
That's right. He's just a cheater on the field who lets one of his assistants take the fall for him. A real class act there.
Who would ever think that a guy who teaches his athletes to fake injuries would ever do something over the line in recruiting? :birgits_giggle:
What is it that you think that I'm denying?
I don't think many are blowing it off. But, I would be surprised if it ended in worse penalties than USC received.
I'm not sure how much weight the NCAA will give Kelly's comments to the local shock-jock.
Involvement in what specifically?
Albert Means was paid to play football. Unless there is new information we aren't aware of, no athletes in this story were paid to play anywhere. Lyles denies that he was paid to steer players to certain schools.
Maybe. We'll see.
It's like I almost forgot Tennessee is a top ten all time program for a second.
Looking forward to five or so years of Duck fans being put in their place.
Bits and pieces
Oregonian reporter, John Canzano, asked Kelly if he knew Willie Lyles, when this first came out. Kelly responded that he didnt know Willie Lyles. Canzano then request phone records and found out that calls had been made to Lyles. He confronted Kelly again, this time Kelly said that he knew a Will Lyles and he didnt know thats who he meant(something to that matter). Kelly then told Canzano that he had knew him, but Oregon had distanced themselves from Lyles. Phone records obtained after this statement still showed calls made to Lyles by members of the Oregon Football staff, including Kelly.
Chip Kelly exchanged text messages via cell phones with Willie Lyles on numerous occasions while the current Oregon head coach was the offensive coordinator of the Ducks, with the volume greatly decreasing since Kelly’s elevation to run the program in March 2009.
Lyles said Oregon's assistant director of football operations, Josh Gibson, had direct knowledge – and played an ancillary role – in Lyles helping [...] Seastrunk petition to have his grandmother, rather than his mother, sign his national letter of intent with the Ducks in February 2010. Seastrunk's mother, who expressed opposition to her son about attending Oregon, otherwise could have blocked the signing.