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This past May Phil Vigil accused the Colorado Buffalos of tampering with a CSUP player and posted two screenshots showing text messages allegedly made between Devin Rispress, CU Director of Player Personnel, and an unnamed T-Wolf player.
Vigil posted an email on X that states, “Hey NCAA and Big 12 Conference, is this considered tampering, or is Coach Bess and CU Buffs Football able to recruit our current players like this?”
The following are texts that were allegedly exchanged between Rispress and the player:
Rispress -- “director of player personnel at Colorado university, me and my team want to check out your availability. Are you a full commit to CSU Pueblo”
Answer – “Yes I’m a full commit to Pueblo”
Rispress – “Ok do you have any interest in commitment flip with us”
Answer – “I’ll have to talk to my family and my coaches as well. If that’s okay with you. Is there a specific timeframe I need to get back to you?”
Rispress – “It seems like a commitment flip will not be possible until next transfer portal opens so we’ll be in contact with you throughout the season and will hopefully be able to make this happen next offseason, great player on the field and I’m sure even better person off the field have a great season we will stay in contact”
Answer – “Sounds good coach thank you so much”
Rispress denied the alleged wrongdoing claiming the messages were “1,000% fake.”
"College athletics are changing rapidly, and it is my job to support my players and our program," Coach Vigil wrote on X. "I have removed my social media post to allow the NCAA to address this situation and similar behaviors in college athletics."
Bottom line. We may never know whether CU was or wasn’t involved in the funny business alleged by Vigil. However, what Vigil claims happened is not out of the realm of possibility. That is what NIL rules and the transfer portal have brought to college sports.
Vigil posted an email on X that states, “Hey NCAA and Big 12 Conference, is this considered tampering, or is Coach Bess and CU Buffs Football able to recruit our current players like this?”
The following are texts that were allegedly exchanged between Rispress and the player:
Rispress -- “director of player personnel at Colorado university, me and my team want to check out your availability. Are you a full commit to CSU Pueblo”
Answer – “Yes I’m a full commit to Pueblo”
Rispress – “Ok do you have any interest in commitment flip with us”
Answer – “I’ll have to talk to my family and my coaches as well. If that’s okay with you. Is there a specific timeframe I need to get back to you?”
Rispress – “It seems like a commitment flip will not be possible until next transfer portal opens so we’ll be in contact with you throughout the season and will hopefully be able to make this happen next offseason, great player on the field and I’m sure even better person off the field have a great season we will stay in contact”
Answer – “Sounds good coach thank you so much”
Rispress denied the alleged wrongdoing claiming the messages were “1,000% fake.”
"College athletics are changing rapidly, and it is my job to support my players and our program," Coach Vigil wrote on X. "I have removed my social media post to allow the NCAA to address this situation and similar behaviors in college athletics."
Bottom line. We may never know whether CU was or wasn’t involved in the funny business alleged by Vigil. However, what Vigil claims happened is not out of the realm of possibility. That is what NIL rules and the transfer portal have brought to college sports.
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