So BYU has its first recruiting penalty thanks to volleyball

[Indy Coug]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

What, a $17,000 payment from a booster to aid a player is an NCAA violation??? I had no idea!!!

It wasn't to a player. The aid came with the understanding that the person would not be eligible for collegiate athletics afterwards.

"What would any decent person have done?" asks Peterson. "This booster even now believes he did the
right thing for this young man, who later joined the LDS church. The booster told
the young man that if he accepted assistance he would not be able to play
volleyball for BYU. This defection and assistance given had nothing to do with
the recruitment of a volleyball player."