re: How much were top high school football recruits in the 1980s getting paid under the table?

My team mate had an uncle that was a big booster of a prominent SW Conference team. He would fly us to home games. During the mid 60s, I saw athletes exit the locker room and proceed down a "receiving line" similar to a wedding and each handshake would pass $100 bill. While teaching at an ACC school in the late 80s - early 90s the men's basketball team was living in the most luxurious townhouses in the area and all were driving high end sports cars. I can't assign a dollar value like a salary, but with 41 years experience in sport related higher education, I saw things that seemed implausible.