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Message: [QUOTE="Kemba'sYogurt, post: 4768769, member: 7237"] This is really far off base. I worked in the recruiting department for an SEC football program. Teams pay players to take visits all the time. It's probably more common in football than basketball but it happens. Florida State has been paying Jeremiah Smith (the #1 2024 football recruit) upwards of 10k every time he visits. FSU and Smith both know he isn't playing there in college, but FSU gets the buzz and Smith gets the money. It's less about trying to land him than it is having the social media buzz that you got the #1 ranked player to visit. It pays off in the long run with other players. It's marketing. I don't know anything about whether we paid Flagg to visit or not, but it wouldn't be the first time a school paid for a player to visit. [/QUOTE]