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3/4/2011: I’m as shocked as you to see those words appear together. But it seems Chip Kelly and Rob Mullens Mike Bellotti or Lorraine Davis paid $25,000 in state money to some guy for his help in getting running back Lache Seastrunk to sign with UO. The NCAA is or is not investigating, depending who you believe. George Schroeder says they will. Paying the player the $25,000, now that would be an obvious violation. Of course. Got it.

Seastrunk’s mother, Evelyn, said Thursday night that she didn’t know Lyles received $25,000 from Oregon. “Willie said he was a trainer,” Evelyn Seastrunk said. “Now Oregon says he’s a scout? Is he on Oregon’s payroll? If Willie Lyles collected $25,000 off my son he needs to be held accountable. The NCAA must find out for me. I don’t know how to digest someone cashing in on my son.” 

Lady, Chip Kelly is cashing in to the tune of $3.4 million a year. Get a clue. Why just $25,000 to the recruiter? Because those pesky state procurement rules require public notice and an open bidding process for amounts over that. Which would have been pretty amusing. One more example of why UO needs independence from the stifling OUS bureaucracy, so we can more efficiently perform our academic mission.

From the probably not ironically named Yahoo sports:

The payouts all took place within the last fiscal year and appeared in the annual college budget expenditures for the university. According to records, the monies were paid under the account for “Books, Publications and other References.” The $25,000 check was made out to “Willie J. Lyles/dba [doing business as] Complete Scouting”. The check to Flenory was made payable to his company, New Level Athletics.

Wow, UO paid Jstor $26,860? Who are they paying off?

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