I'm quoted in Mike DeCourcy's article, "One year with Mayo could prove costly."
"It's like the lottery. It's a dollar and a dream," said Marc Isenberg, whose book Money Players is a guide for young athletes dealing with issues of amateurism and professionalism. "These are the program-changers, and it's very difficult to turn your back on these types of players -- knowing that if you don't take them, somebody else will.
"These guys have an artificial market value of zero and a true value of something greater. Even if we want them to be amateurs and we want them to follow the rules, the underground economy is going to kick in."
It's another good article on the high risk of bringing in top talent to our great universities. Unquestionably, there were some bad dudes involved with Mayo. I just hope the FBI and other law enforcement leave Mayo out of the mess.
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