'"Hey, how'd he get that ride? His uncle bought it. How did his uncle buy it? Paid cash. Paid cash, how'd he do that? Shit, we don't know, but here's the receipt where he paid cash, and now y'all ain't got shit. Go tell the NCAA you think we're cheating because this kid's uncle bought him a used Tahoe in cash, you racist."'
"It's a small group. If you grow up in the state, you end up knowing folks. It's really that simple. But that won't stop them from trying to bury your ass when it gets down to it. A few years back, we were fighting hard for a kid in their backyard. We went for a full year with the family, thought we had it wrapped up. Still thought we had it done the night before Signing Day. He liked our coaches. But the family keeps dragging it and dragging it. Late that night I get a call, and it's the player on the phone, the kid himself. You could tell he was nervous. He said, ‘Mr. [name], I talked to my mama, and we decided that $70,000 and we're going with you, if you can promise us $70,000 tonight.' I knew right away we were being recorded, and I knew the asshole down there who had set it up. I knew him personally. They had him. That part was done. But they wanted to get someone on tape to try and turn it over to the NCAA. So I said, 'Well gosh [player name], we'd love to see you here next season, but we just don't do that kind of thing.' Then I hung up."
named Lew Alcindor, whose family moved into a big house in Saint Albans, Queens, when he entered UCLA, I think to play basketball or volleyball. or something.
Sam Gilbert, was the big recruiter for UCLA at that time Â
named Lew Alcindor, whose family moved into a big house in Saint Albans, Queens, when he entered UCLA, I think to play basketball or volleyball. or something.
Obviously I know Sam Gilbert, but have those rumors ever been substantiated?
KAJ parents were blue collar and his dad had a good union job, it's not out of the realm that they just bought it
'"Hey, how'd he get that ride? His uncle bought it. How did his uncle buy it? Paid cash. Paid cash, how'd he do that? Shit, we don't know, but here's the receipt where he paid cash, and now y'all ain't got shit. Go tell the NCAA you think we're cheating because this kid's uncle bought him a used Tahoe in cash, you racist."'
It's been on here one form or another for years.
Obviously I know Sam Gilbert, but have those rumors ever been substantiated?
KAJ parents were blue collar and his dad had a good union job, it's not out of the realm that they just bought it