
Connecticut coach Jim Calhoun expresses himself in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Hartford, Conn., Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011. UConn defeated Maine 80-60. (AP Photo/Bob Child)
Jim Calhoun, the longtime basketball coach at Connecticut, said: 鈥淭he shoe companies have always, through grass roots, A.A.U., tried to get the young great players to stay with their sneakers. I remember kids getting swag, trips. But I don鈥檛 remember kids getting money. 鈥淚 shouldn鈥檛 say it鈥檚 beyond belief, but to give money is the wrong thing. Stuff like this is obviously disturbing.鈥 鈥 New York Times