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http://espn.go.com/college-football...llie-lyles-sold-video-lsu-no-recruiting-value
Ok, so as more information comes out, the picture become more clear that Lyles was just a crappy business man who provide a crap service. As previously stated, LSU paid Lyles more than Oregon, and used him for YEARS, where as, Oregon paid him once and got out. That says a lot.
Also stated in this article is the FACT that other agencies, including SCOUT, receive $25,000 for services. This pretty much eliminates the claim that Oregon knowingly overpaid in an attempt to buy Lyles and his influence.
An "Outside the Lines" review of video scouting reports purchased by the LSU football program last fall from talent scout Willie Lyles has found they contain highlights of players who already were playing Division I football at other programs and poor-quality, full-game shoots that did not isolate or identify any players at all.
The analysis of video footage obtained by "Outside the Lines" through a public-records request concludes that the information would likely be of little use during the recruiting process
The "Outside the Lines" review of the video reports in Lyles' "2010 JUCO per State Package ... Game Film from California and Kansas Junior Colleges" shows some discs contain chunks of games that were of poor video quality -- some dating to 2007 -- with no information about specific players on them.
Like a representative for scout.com, Richard Davis, national sales manager of Player Direct, which is the college recruiting arm of Digital Sports Video, said he was unaware his company's footage had been used by Lyles, who was not a client of the site.
"We had suspected some recruiting services got to our (video) library," Davis said. "We are a password-protected site."
Davis said his company has footage of 60,000 high school games on the site's server and colleges pay up to $25,000 for access to the footage.
Ok, so as more information comes out, the picture become more clear that Lyles was just a crappy business man who provide a crap service. As previously stated, LSU paid Lyles more than Oregon, and used him for YEARS, where as, Oregon paid him once and got out. That says a lot.
Also stated in this article is the FACT that other agencies, including SCOUT, receive $25,000 for services. This pretty much eliminates the claim that Oregon knowingly overpaid in an attempt to buy Lyles and his influence.
An "Outside the Lines" review of video scouting reports purchased by the LSU football program last fall from talent scout Willie Lyles has found they contain highlights of players who already were playing Division I football at other programs and poor-quality, full-game shoots that did not isolate or identify any players at all.
The analysis of video footage obtained by "Outside the Lines" through a public-records request concludes that the information would likely be of little use during the recruiting process
The "Outside the Lines" review of the video reports in Lyles' "2010 JUCO per State Package ... Game Film from California and Kansas Junior Colleges" shows some discs contain chunks of games that were of poor video quality -- some dating to 2007 -- with no information about specific players on them.
Like a representative for scout.com, Richard Davis, national sales manager of Player Direct, which is the college recruiting arm of Digital Sports Video, said he was unaware his company's footage had been used by Lyles, who was not a client of the site.
"We had suspected some recruiting services got to our (video) library," Davis said. "We are a password-protected site."
Davis said his company has footage of 60,000 high school games on the site's server and colleges pay up to $25,000 for access to the footage.
