Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)

This was no kiddie pool for Rick Neuheisel.

Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) | June 18, 2003 | Copyright

Byline: Rick Morrissey

CHICAGO _ There are all sorts of ways to get around the Rick Neuheisel pool-hopping scandal, all sorts of ways to make it look like a penny-ante offense.

You can say he didn't bet on his own sport, football, when he took part in two NCAA basketball pools the last two years. And you can say it was just a tournament pool among friends, we all do it, give the guy a break, what's the big deal?

The big deal is the amount of money involved. The only thing that matters in the Neuheisel scandal is that he won more than $12,000 in those…

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