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"The whole system" of shady recruiting "is wrong," Clements declared in October 1985, two months after S.M.U. was placed on probation by the N.C.A.A. for the sixth time. When yet another scandal was unfolding at the school in November, Clements growled, "I'm tired of all this Mickey Mouse business...
His response should have been "Well, yes." At the end of a routine press conference last week, Clements admitted that he and other unnamed S.M.U. governors had actually decided to let payments to some players continue despite the N.C.A.A. punishments. His self-contradictory explanation: "We -- with a capital we -- we...
Even in a football-crazy state, where a beefy nose guard can develop as big a following as any politician, Clements' confession proved startling. After a meeting of 17 S.M.U. governors, the new chairman reported that none had admitted knowing of any agreement merely to "phase out" the cash instead...
Finally, a former member of the S.M.U. board stepped forward to confirm that in 1985 Clements had said "it would take some unwinding" before the cheating could be stopped. Apparently a small group of the governors had agreed informally, without a full meeting or written record, that those players already...
"Phasing out those payments is kind of like phasing out the robbery of a 7-Eleven," chortled ex-Governor White. Democrats hope to exploit the issue in the difficult budget battles that face the recession-plagued state by charging that Clements has proposed a freeze on educationfunding while appearing to...