Like MUcam said...just walk away buddy.
Sorry--both you and MUCam made made comments borne out of your ignorance over the meaning of the word illegal in the context of a discussion of rules, and you deserve to be called on it.
From
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/illegal, there are two definitions for illegal:
–adjective
1. forbidden by law or statute.
2.
contrary to or forbidden by official rules, regulations, etc.: The referee ruled that it was an illegal forward pass.
Its obvious that both you and MUCam objected based on your mistaken assumptions that only definition #1 existed.
In fact, MUCam said "In the law, we always look to the plain meaning of the statute"
Well guess what, genius: WE WERN'T DISCUSSING THE LAW OR THE STATUTE!!! WE WERE DISCUSSING THE NCAA OFFICIAL RULES. THat's right--he used the WRONG DEFINITION of the word "illegal" for his entire analysis.
It should be obvious from the context of discussion, that #2 applied: contrary to or forbidden by official rules, regulations, etc..
So when NCAA says they passed a rule prohibiting side deals, any subsequent side deal would be, BY DEFINITION illegal.
You and MUCam were either completely ignorant of definition #2, or your are intentionally misusing the first to confuse, obfuscate or support some agenda.
Furthermore, there are literally tens of thousands of of links on a google search for "illegal recruiting" that refer to various violations of NCAA rules, so any attempt by you to argue that the use of the word "illegal" in such context is uncommon or not well known is completely bogus.
The word illegal is used in reference to NCAA rules or recruiting in places like NY Times, Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, ESPN, CBS, etc. etc. etc.
Its a VERY COMMON phrase when used to describe violations or potential violations of NCAA rules.
In a civil discussion, what SHOULD happen at this point is that you and MUCam will
--admit that you didn't realize there were two definitions for the word illegal,
--admit that my use was correct in the context in which it was used,
--grant that it is a VERY commonly used phrase throughout the media and the Internet to describe an NCAA rules violation,