OT: Willie Lyles asked Texas A&M for $80K

[tlongII]

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=6275253

Not sure if this should be in the Ducks forum or not... Oregon looks bad for associating with this guy imo.

Willie Lyles, a Texas-based football trainer who is under NCAA investigation after receiving $25,000 from Oregon, told Texas A&M it had to "beat" $80,000 if it wanted to sign star recruit Patrick Peterson in 2007, a former Texas A&M coach told ESPN on Wednesday.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Sounds like we got a steal of a deal!

 

[PapaG]

Title should read "Fired aTm ass't coach claims Willie Lyles asked for $80k, yet didn't report it to NCAA or Big 12".

It doesn't look good for aTm, if this is true. What else is Van Malone hiding, and why didn't he bring this up while at aTm?

http://sportstwo.com/threads/182929-Former-aTm-Coach-Claims-Lyles-Wanted-80k-for-Patrick-Peterson