Yahoo reported Wednesday that former Arizona assistant coach Book Richardson discussed paying $40,000 to a high school coach to ensure the eligibility of former UA player Rawle Alkins.
The July 2017 conversation between Richardson, aspiring agent Christian Dawkins and others was not played in the spring federal trial involving Dawkins, but it was public record. Yahoo also said it had viewed an email from the attorney for former UA assistant coach Mark Phelps to NCAA enforcement representatives in which the attorney, Don Jackson, said questioning from enforcement officials indicated they were aware Richardson made the $40,000 payment.