Inducements are illegal. Money, cars, gifts, family housing, hell, a free taco lunch to talk about your son’s athletic future is off the table when it comes to boosters and the recruiting of prospective student-athletes. And pretty much every program has a “Buddy Garrity” somewhere close by.
Under NCAA bylaws, boosters are prohibited from
recruiting high school athletes both before and after a National Letter of
Intent is signed. And any recruiting
violation by a booster is attributed to the school.
And the NCAA bylaws are unforgiving - under §
13.02.14.1, once an individual or entity is classified as a university’s
“representative of athletic interests,” aka “booster,” they are considered a
booster for life! There is no coming
back from Boosterville. Beware
Boosterville.