Man! That would be embarrassing... I wonder whose dad it was?
Also, I don't remember this, but the article said "In 2008, Florida had its broken when then-recruit Orson Charles fumbled the ball away" and then went to go play for Georgia.
If the college doesn't force the dad to pay the $30,000 charge, they are effectively paying the player's family $30,000 (plus whatever else they might already have been paying them).