Hold up. If a school's recruits are often involved with some booster activity, some extra perks, contact with agents, et cetera, it's a little more than who the F cares - the NCAA comes sniffing when they see what could be flagrant, easy-to-prove violations they can find, right?
And again, not saying that I particularly care, or not agreeing with Marco's assertions, but there is an issue when players are getting unsanctioned benefits. Any coach worth a hot damn knows not to actually hand a cat an envelope with cash, and they know how to encourage benefits without having their name in an email somewhere. But what about when someone starts snitching like Guillory (or whatever his name was) in the OJ Mayo case? What about enough violations that the schools wins are stricken from the record like U Mass' in the 90's? Didn't Barkley go pro (too early) in part because the NCAA was on his case about Myron Piggie's car? Even if everyone does it, there are consequences when the school gets caught near that stuff and you have to acknowledge that.
And Boo's right in what he says above. This holier than thou approach is too far.
That's a problem. Personally, I don't care that much, but an administration might care. Moreover, if the local papers come up with some rumors, and there's a hint that the NCAA might come around, that's gonna be used against the school's team on the recruiting trail.
So you gotta be wary of those "boosts" outside of the school. Or at least know how to manage them.