"I do not know what influenced the university to change its position and join the NCAA allegation against me," said Peterson. "Possibly it was their legal strategy. We did not know who this prospect was, we did not solicit him to come, and the compliance office never identified him as a viable recruit.

This second Cuban showed up on a booster's doorstep as a refugee who would be deported back to his country but for humanitarian aid. The $17,000 is an eye-catching figure characterized by the NCAA as inducements given by a booster. But virtually all the money identified in this investigation was paid to private legal counsel to have this individual stay in the United States.

"What would any decent person have done?" asks Peterson. "This booster even now believes he did the right thing for this young man, who later joined the LDS Church. The booster told the young man that if he accepted assistance he would not be able to play volleyball for BYU. This defection and assistance given had nothing to do with the recruitment of a volleyball player.