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Message: [QUOTE="CamrnCrz1974, post: 2350286, member: 1052"] That never happened. Literally never happened. Quin was in trouble for what he chose to do as the head coach Missouri. I can tell you, Coach K would NEVER have tolerated what Quin did. I was at Duke from 1997 until 2000, during the last few years of Quin's tenure as an assistant coach. I also lived in the same small apartment building as three basketball players, all upperclassmen (side note...of the three, one of them did not have a car, the second drove an old, beatup pickup truck that belonged to his parents, and the third drove an older model jeep). [U]Anecdote[/U] I can tell you this. Duke takes compliance VERY seriously. One of my closest friends is a HUGE donor to Duke - he and his wife gave the naming rights for one of the assistant coaches' offices. Years ago, they were hosting a Duke alumni event at which time a then- current Duke basketball player attended (he was in town). At the event, the Duke basketball player did NOT eat or drink. When my friend and his wife asked if something was wrong, he said he could not do so, because it might be considered an improper benefit. My friend called the Duke compliance office, which confirmed what the player said. So may friend and his wife asked if they could give the player player bottled water. The Duke compliance office said no. My friend asked if the player could give money for the bottled water ($1.75 or whatever). Duke compliance said there was no independent way to verify that the full amount would be paid to make sure it did not constitute an impermissible benefit. Finally, Duke compliance consented to allow the player to have unfiltered tap water at my friend's home (again, where the event was). As some of you may know, tap water in Arizona is....to put it mildly, awful (it has a lot of chlorine and dissolved materials in it; I always have my Brita ready to go). It is a relatively small example, but it highlights and demonstrates the importance with which Duke takes compliance. As for Duke being one of the big money makers, remember that the NCAA went after Kansas and Kentucky in the late 1980s, UCLA in the 1990s, etc. Those are part of the blueblood programs/legendary programs. [/QUOTE]

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