Nassir Little, who was once heavily recruited by Miami, claimed the Hurricanes did not offer him or his father anything other than a scholarship during his recruiting process. While the deniability seems like the logical claim, Nassir Little did this under oath.

“I state unequivocally that, with the exception of athletic scholarships customary to attendant to such recruiting, neither I nor my father, Harold Little, ever solicited or discussed a payment of any kind in exchange for my commitment to play basketball at the University of Miami or any school,” Nassir Little said in an Oct. 13 sworn affidavit acquired by the Miami Herald.

“No corporate official or employee or AAU official or representative ever offered or so much as discussed any form of improper payment to myself or to any member of my family. Neither I, nor to my knowledge my father, ever spoke with [defendants] James Gatto, Merl Code, Christian Dawkins, Jonathan Brad Augustine or Munish Sood or AAU coach Darryl Hardin about improper payments or any payment at all. And certainly, no coach or representative of the University of Miami or any university had such discussions with us.”

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For what it is worth Little has since committed to the North Carolina Tar Heels. If you are wondering why he would not go to Miami if the speculation is untrue, he clarified his reasoning to ESPN:

“I just didn't want to be mixed in a situation where any of the accusations seemed like it was true. Because it wasn't,” Little told ESPN after committing to UNC. “Every school I was considering was because I had a genuine interest in them. North Carolina had been the school I wanted, regardless.”