re: Think O is hinting at something when he repeats "we're doing it the right way"?

It's much more sophisticated than just "having a payroll to meet". After the 1980's & 90's nobody is going to trust an 18 yr old kid with direct payments from a coaching staff or booster. It' leveraged pressure with laundered "benefits" filtered through a "community" to a point where its difficult to pinpoint who did what.