Quote Originally Posted by trkykilr View Post
Also, you can say that it is only a couple of players staying at the Whitney, but the truth is, it was the best players. Some of them lived there for over a year with laundry service and other perks. You can't say with a straight face that that didn't influence other high profile recruits to come to Carolina, thinking they would get the same treatment. If this helped get Lattimore or Gilmore or Jeffrey, it was probably worth it in the long run.

Possibly even worse is that some of the athletes were given a $500 stipend for off campus housing, but either never paid, or were late in their "rent".