Stupid if he gets caught...not so stupid if he doesn’t. It’s partly a way to be seen by recruits as well.
Eligibility. As far as I know, you can walk up to some normal, non athlete, student and hand them a $100 bill and the NCAA couldn’t care less. If their eligibility is up, they are just normal students, I suppose? Of course, we are talking about OBJ and coach O. Don’t think anyone has ever accused them of being very sharp pertaining to NCAA rules or authority.Really? Even since they are still enrolled in school and receiving scholarship money for football? Still enrolled = still part of NCAA jurisdiction.
One thing I have never understood is enforcement from NCAA. Example: A player walks into a tattoo shop and has a tattoo put on his arm. When the artist gets done the player gets up and fully intends to pay for the tattoo. The artist says do not worry about paying, thanks for coming to my university. That would be an impermissible benefit given to a player/recruit. How in the world does the NCAA stop this from happening? There simply is no way they can enforce the rule.