Even if Willie Lyles had never come along, Oregon would be receiving a lot of the attention at Pac-12 media day in Los Angeles on Tuesday.
The Ducks are coming off an appearance in the national championship game, a 12-1 season and two straight conference championships.
But questions about how Oregon and coach Chip Kelly expect to build on recent success will no doubt be replaced Tuesday by questions about the Ducks’ relationship with Lyles.
The Ducks paid Lyles of Houston-based Complete Scouting Services $25,000 last year, purportedly for information about prep athletes for the 2010 recruiting class. But when Oregon released Lyles’ scouting report, it mostly included players who had already signed their letters of intent in 2009.
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