I went to a college hoops game this week with a buddy of mine who is a big booster for the school he attended. He told me one of his fraternity brothers who coached at couple of the big name high schools out here in the West (schools everyone knows) is now one of the paid scouts/recruiters. He said pretty much every big name BB recruit someone has been paid to have them land where they end up. If this is so prevelant in college hoops, you have to wonder how much this is happening in college football, where there is way more money for a school to gain by having a great program.
By the way, this guy is set up in the Cayman Islands (I believe is what my buddy said) to cover the money trail. I also remember when he was at these big name high schools how much free Nike stuff he used to get.