South Florida is an old Sun Belt foe that is trying to take a leap in the basketball world. The Bulls are not being shy about how they do it, The Tampa Tribune reports:
When Gus Gilchrist, a 6-foot-10, 235-pound center, signed a basketball scholarship with the University of South Florida two months ago, the Bulls landed the most electrifying recruit in program history.
But in doing so, will USF also have to acquire someone else?
Throughout his dizzying basketball travels – at age 18, he already has attended two high schools and signed letters-of-intent with three universities – Gilchrist has been aligned with Terrelle Woody, 38, his personal trainer, adviser and spokesman.
Now, Woody is in line for a job in the USF athletic department, a non-coaching position that has not been advertised and for which school officials say “there is no record” of what the job might pay or what the qualifications are. Woody does not have a college degree.
Mid-majors figure that they have to cut such deals are be locked out of the best players. It goes on at some of the big conferences as well, as second-division programs like K-State or USC try to make big jumps in talent via package deals. Sad.
