And let's see those come out. I have a hard time believing it's as bad as "Lil Luke" is describing it.
ESPN just interviewed Charles Robinson and he said he was planning on going with over 100 players, but Shapiro could only provide proof for 72 of them. Good night DA U... it's been nice knowing ya I guess.
Wow, this part is pretty messed up: The booster told Yahoo! Sports he had a number of individual payouts for “hit of the game” and “big plays.” He also put bounties on specific players, including Florida Gators quarterback Tim Tebow and a three-year standing bounty on Seminoles quarterback Chris Rix from 2002 to 2004, offering $5,000 to any player who knocked him out of a game. “We pounded the (expletive) out of that kid,” Shapiro said of Rix. “Watch the tape of those games. You’ll see so many big hits on him. Guys were all going after that $5,000 in cash. [Jon] Vilma tried to kill him – just crushed him – a couple of times trying to get that $5,000. And he almost got it, too.” $5000 for a college kid is more than worth a late hit penalty.
That's what I hear too. But now he has to produce ALL OF THEM since his allegations are so explicit. The abortion is a little crazy b/c the player has no knowledge of it. Is he going to produce the girl's medical record to prove that? I believe there was definitely some stuff going on, but some of these are just off the wall. If they are true, this is one of the most shocking things in sports history.
We've been hearing about bounties for Miami players hitting opponents for years now. Hell its mentioned in their 30 for 30. The shape their program has been in lately, compared to its earlier success - you'd think they already had a death penalty against them.
Paul Dee, the Miami AD during these times, is the chairman of the Committee on Infractions at the NCAA. He should resign immediately.
It's one thing if this guy was a rogue wanna be booster. But for him to be associated with the University to where they named a lounge after him (albeit briefly), it makes it that much worse. Where was the oversight in finding out his background? Not good.
The death penalty in college is when a certain athletic program (in this case, it would be Miami's football program) is banned from competing in that sport for at least one year. It happened to SMU's football program in 1987, and partially happened in 1988. In 87, all the football program was allowed to do all year was conditioning drills with no pads... no games or regular practices. In 88 the NCAA forced SMU to cancel their 8 home games, but allowed them to play in their 7 away games. Ultimately SMU decided not to even play those away games, so they didn't compete during the entire 88 season either.
Let's not jump to conclusions. Death penalty was because of SMU's arrogance and repeated violations. Does University of Miami appear to be failure to monitor? Yes, absolutely. Lack of Institutional Control...I don't know. It's extensive, but I don't believe it would lead to the death penalty. I would imagine (if what has been reported is true) the current players named will be kicked off the team. Definite scholarship reduction. Two year bowl ban minimum. Those might as well be the death penalty for a fledgling program like Miami's. It's too bad for Al Golden...that guy appeared to have things going on the right track.
Wait, you mean athletes are supposed to get scholarships to pay for boarding, food, and tuition?? That is crazy talk!!!
One thing (kind of related to "paying" athletes) would be the use of vehicles. As relevant to the OSU investigation, I believe it would be better to police if "company cars" were offered to student-athletes. That is, a basic, no-frills vehicle (or choice of a couple models) given to a student athlete while he or she is on campus. It could not be sold. Perhaps it could be shared with a roommate. Or rented out like a Zipcar. Let's face it, students need transportation and by giving controlled access to vehicles, it would solve that challenge. The benefit would be if an athlete is seen driving another car that isn't one of the permitted models, it would raise immediate flags -- the athlete could still drive another car but would need to register with the school and athletic department. This would make keeping track of who drives what much less of a hassle for compliance employees. It's the school uniform concept -- if everyone has the same thing, there's nothing to show off, thus mitigating the temptation of potential wrongdoing. Of course that may be a bit naive as one could argue that it would just increase the desire of personal jewelry or tattoos, for example.
better to keep the current system in which Coaches & various athletic dep't fucntionaries take home most of the millions that people pay to see players.
