I said that I do not consider bitpay (and coinbase) to be shady.
Coinbase really has done a lot to promote bitcoin and the college promotion was likely very profitable for them (in terms of sales from new accounts) and likely got a lot of smart people interested in Bitcoin
Oh... sorry for the misunderstanding. And their college promotion (with the .edu BTC give-away) was really great, although they limited the freebies to the American students.
