Quote: Originally Posted By oldave on 12/18/2009i find it very interesting that bri says he has got away with it a couple of times. i think that may be the first time i ever heard someone claim to have gotten away with it.
I have heard of others who, Like furrball, have used them , and gotten caught, but still accomplished what they wanted to in the end and feel that using them was a good idea for that situation.
i have mixed feelings. there is a part of me that thinks to expand booster gifts a bit and allow them to get away with it a bit more often might add something to the game, but then im not sure how id feel when i am the A+ prestige guy sitting on a 5star and here comes this chump with a pile of booster cash and he blows me away. not sure id be real happy in that case. i can only think of one time where something kind of like that (not that extreme) happened to me, and it was frustrating
Well, I used them at D2 years ago and didn't get caught. Generally was afraid of them until a couple of months ago when I used them on one of my "caught between a rock and hard place" east coast teams, which didn't work out, then a few days later at my higher prestige school. Got caught both times and the results are vastly differant. The poor school was already at boosters complaining, so the combination of poor success and poor rep meant that I couldn't move to another D1 school, whereas the successful school took the rep hit (which is a non-factor if you are solid with boosters and are staying at a school), probation (again, who cares it just doesn't get you ranked), and a prestige hit that was restored at season's end.
Now whould I do it again (these happened in overlapping recruiting before the first school got caught and I finally found out first hand the reprocussions), no. But I do think it is a much easier thing for anyone over a C who doesn't have boosters complaining to do and get over.
That being said, I agree that it should be more fully flushed out an have more success and a more variable rate of punishment. I got nabbed for shirts on an undeclared when I was out of money and got nearly the same punishment as another guy who threw out higher value gifts. And like I said, it hurt the lower prestige school much worse than the higher circumstancially; which tells me #1 that they should never be done in desperation jobwise, but also that they are only useful to those secure in their jobs. I think the penalties should reflect expectation more and that higher prestige programs should suffer more of booster backlash. Look at the heat Calapari is getting that someone from a low major wouldn't.