Will Chip Kelly be fired or resign as the Oregon Ducks Coach?

As an Oregon Ducks fan, I hate even having to bring up this question. Coach Chip Kelly has taken the Ducks to two straight BCS Bowl Games including the 2010-11 BCS National Championship Game. Going into the 2011-12 college football season, Coach Kelly has the Ducks primed to make another run at the National Championship.

But then there is this major question concerning recruiting practices, Did the Oregon Ducks Cheat? and these quotes in particular taken from an article on Rivals.com:

• "In a wide-ranging, multi-day interview, Lyles said Kelly scrambled in late February and asked Lyles to submit retroactive player profiles to justify the $25,000 payment to his company just days before the transaction was revealed in a March 3 Yahoo! Sports report."
• "Lyles insists Oregon did not make a direct request or payment to steer recruits to Eugene. However, he now says Oregon did not pay him for his work as a traditional scout, but for his influence with top recruits and their families and his ability to usher prospects through the signing and eligibility process."
• “I look back at it now and they paid for what they saw as my access and influence with recruits”
  

It would seem Coach Kelly attempted to cover up and create facts immediately prior to an article coming out questioning a payment the University of Oregon made to Will Lyles worth $25,000. This an in itself just doesn't sound good for the future of Chip. Covering up an NCAA violation is precisely the type of behavior that recently forced Coach Jim Tressel of Ohio State and Coach Pearl of the University of Tennessee to resign.

The other accusations are equally as bad as it seems Chip may have paid for Lyles services in order to gain a recruiting advantage. I hope this isn't the case and we keep Chip, but things don't look good.

I would like to note, that we only have one side of the facts. Kelly and U of O are currently being silent in compliance with NCAA requests. Voting at the current moment should be based on whether you feel Will Lyles is credible. Otherwise, vote B!

Will Chip Kelly survive as the Oregon Ducks

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