Quote:The Athletic spoke to 15 recruiting staffers from seven conferences and every geographic region of the United States

Quote:How often do you encounter cheating in recruiting?

MAC: “A lot. A lot. And it’s not like I don’t think some of them are harmless. They don’t even know they’re breaking the rule. But some are just ridiculous.”

SEC-1: “I’m in the Southeastern Conference. I see cheating all the ******* time.”

Big Ten-1: “All the time. It’s always something. Two weeks ago, a kid called me on the phone and says the only reason he committed to another school was because of promises made. It pissed me off with that because I thought this was an outstanding program and individual, so I had to give the kid advice. I couldn’t take him, but I told him to go somewhere else.

Quote:Have you ever witnessed intentional cheating?

MAC: “Yes”

Quote:Do you police cheating if you see a competitor doing it?

MAC: “No, nobody turns anyone in because they’ll find out who did and you’ll get blackballed from the industry.”