For the past few days, the college football world has been given reason to forget about the long offseason and have their attention focused on Oregon. All last year, Oregon captivated the sports world with its high scoring games and fast paced offense. Now they have drawn us in for a different reason.

On Thursday, Yahoo released an article stating there were ties between two people Oregon paid for recruiting services and then recruits that ended up committing to Oregon. Since the release of this information, Oregon has stood up and acknowledged the payment and the compliance they had with NCAA rules.

The last few days have left Ducks fans and college football fans on two sides of the fence. One side states that by strictly dealing in facts, the payments were legal. On the other side, some fans have drawn their own conclusion. It is time to take a closer look at both sides of this argument.

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