Collegiate Recruiting and Player Violations

I'm curious as to how others feel about players and their actions regarding recruiting violations and the choices they make knowing the potential consequences, even though many of them have such bright futures in professional sports organizations.  You can think of examples like Cam Newton stealing a laptop the year before he signed a multi-million dollar contract with the Carolina Panthers or Alabama's Mark Ingram driving around in a blacked out Chevy Tahoe with custom rims.  Yes he didn't buy that with his own money unless........... you can fill in the rest.  Why steal a laptop one year before you could buy 1,000 of them?  Why did UNC football players go clubbing and take free flights and other gifts so they could enjoy one night or a weekend of fun?  I don't know.  But it seems they all think they can get away with it.  Records are capable of tracking anything these days.  Cell phones, mail, tweets, facebook etc. are all ways the NCAA can track down players and catch them getting into this kind of trouble.  It's very simple.  Don't except free stuff from coaches or agents, just like any other college student.  But they do it anyway.  The numbers seem to keep rising every year in terms of coach and player allegations, and I'm glad they do.  Technology is enabling the NCAA and other organizations to catch this cheap and unethical behavior from benefiting powerful teams who already have a history of dominance.  If they can't keep winning fairily, then great.  That leaves room for other teams to rise and win fairly for their schools.