LSU Football Falls Under the NCAA's Lazy Eye Thanks to Some Good Ol' Fashioned Boostin'

Probably not a shock to... anyone, really, but the NCAA's investigation into LSU sports has expanded into their football program.

The NCAA scrutiny of LSU has expanded to include the football program, as the school confirmed on Friday afternoon that it has been working with the NCAA about an “ongoing inquiry” into a six-figure payment to the father of a former player.

An LSU booster named John Paul Funes, who pleaded guilty to stealing more than a half-million dollars from a foundation where he worked as a fundraiser, paid $180,000 to a man that Yahoo Sports confirmed on Friday is the father of former Tigers star lineman Vadal Alexander.

The investigation started in part because of improprieties with the basketball team, but in a larger sense this is college sports laid bare; none of it is unique to LSU or even the SEC, and that the NCAA struggles to keep up with this stuff is bad enough, but the fact that the FBI has been involved with people in their investigation is even worse.

When asked for comment, Ed Orgeron had this to say.