Texas pays HS coaches to steer their players to the Longhorns

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Here’s an excerpt of the exchange between Lyles and Shelton on KCOH-AM (1430) on June 19, 2011:

Lyles: I felt that it [media campaign to discredit Lyles] was brought about in a very meticulous manner and it was very well staged and set up.

Shelton: Staged and set up by whom?

Lyles: By the University of Texas.

Shelton: Why?

Lyles: Because they did not want to see me in recruiting. First off, they thought they lost out on kids ..

Shelton: [Interrupts Lyles] Give me a name, give me a kid ..

Lyles: Lache Seastrunk is the kid that was in question about Oregon. They’re [University of Texas] trying to say basically that the kid signed there because I got paid $25,000 I persuaded the kid to sign there.

Shelton: So this is the problem about the $25,000?

Lyles: Right. That’s the problem about the $25,000. They are trying to say that basically I influenced that kid to go to that university.

Shelton: Do you think there are any scouting services that have ever been paid to influence a kid to go to Texas?

Lyles: I guarantee there’s been high school coaches who have. I don’t know about scouting services. I know they deal with a few scouting services themselves. They actually used to be a client of mine when I was with MSLSports.net in 2007.

And when I didn’t want to steer kids their way [to Texas] that’s when the relationship became strained. That’s when they [Texas] began the vendetta against me personally.

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