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mas, my wife, Nell, and I would invite them for dinner when they
could not make it home to be with their immediate families. We
knew this was a violation of NCAA rules; however, it was a rule I
was willing to ignore. A young person should be with family on an
important day.
I bailed players out of jail for minor traffic violations on occa-
sion even though, again, it violated rules. There was just no sense
in letting a young man spend a weekend in jail for something like
that. It was no different than what I would do for my own children.
