IM 46 years old. Kansas has had constant heat on them since I was a kid. It's not like this is the first time. For them to pretend nothing is going on is funny. Then use the excuse "Everyone else is doing it" is just stupid.
I am not pretending that nothing is going on. I have stated openly that Preston's mom clearly took money from Adidas and that DeSousa's guardian sounds like he at least took some.
And the "everyone else is doing it" isn't exactly accurate, either. The majority of funneling of cash, gear and clothing to HS players by shoe companies isnt being done to aid any particular schools, although the Nike schools are clearly benefitting the most. It is being done as an effort to try to keep as many recruits loyal to a specific shoe brand as possible.
The size and scale of those efforts is at a scale that most people dont seem to be truthful with themselves over because then they would realize that their favorite team's roster has some technically ineligible players on their rosters as well.
It's way beyond "everyone is doing it". Even a school that does everything in perfect compliance is fishing in the same tainted pool of players. There's no chance that you have a P5 roster with zero players who have received more than the rules allow.