Will New N.C.A.A. Rules Really Keep Agents and Boosters at Bay?

Beckham was only more brazen than Sam Gilbert, a shadowy booster who helped fuel U.C.L.A’s basketball dynasty under Coach John Wooden. A Los Angeles Times investigation once called Gilbert “a one-man clearinghouse,” who helped U.C.L.A. players get cars, clothes, airline tickets and scalper’s prices for season tickets. Beckham’s motives were only purer than those of Nevin Shapiro, a convicted Ponzi-schemer who said he had lavished money, cars, yacht trips, jewelry, televisions and other gifts on Miami football players.

Article source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/01/sports/ncaa-paying-athletes-boosters.html