Post by vbnerd on Aug 17, 2011 10:27:54 GMT -5
If you haven't heard, a Miami booster has been meeting with visitors from the NCAA and Yahoo! Sports in his Atlanta jail cell. He stole $930 million in a ponzi scheme and is serving 20 years for that crime, but while inside he is taking down the Miami Hurricanes.
He has given over 100 names (72 have been confirmed) of football and basketball players that he gave impermissable benefits too, including cash, prostitutes, cars, use of his mansion, VIP parties on South Beach, trips to the strip club, an abortion for a stripper that a player impregnated, and Devon Hester's (Chicago Bears) engagement ring. 3 football assistants, 3 basketball coaches (including Frank Heath now the head coach at Missouri) and at least 1 other staffer knew of and directed players to this guy. This is backed up with 20,000 pages of documentation, and interviews with a handful of the athletes.
Oh by the way, Shapiro was a partial owner in a sports agent firm, which represented 2 players in the NFL. Paying college kids to sign with your firm is what sunk Reggie Bush and USC. Miami did it twice, and its an afterthought here.
The NCAA has said they'd never use the death penalty again, after SMU. So what are some suggestions on punishments for Miami? And its OK to get creative - lets get a good list going.
I'll start with a few simple ones
-no non-conference home games for football or basketball for x years.
-50% scholarship reduction in football and basketball for 4 years.
-2 scholarship reduction in every sport at Miami (without those home games they can't afford them anyway)
- 1 less assistant each for football and basketball, and 2 new FT hires in the compliance office.
He has given over 100 names (72 have been confirmed) of football and basketball players that he gave impermissable benefits too, including cash, prostitutes, cars, use of his mansion, VIP parties on South Beach, trips to the strip club, an abortion for a stripper that a player impregnated, and Devon Hester's (Chicago Bears) engagement ring. 3 football assistants, 3 basketball coaches (including Frank Heath now the head coach at Missouri) and at least 1 other staffer knew of and directed players to this guy. This is backed up with 20,000 pages of documentation, and interviews with a handful of the athletes.
Oh by the way, Shapiro was a partial owner in a sports agent firm, which represented 2 players in the NFL. Paying college kids to sign with your firm is what sunk Reggie Bush and USC. Miami did it twice, and its an afterthought here.
The NCAA has said they'd never use the death penalty again, after SMU. So what are some suggestions on punishments for Miami? And its OK to get creative - lets get a good list going.
I'll start with a few simple ones
-no non-conference home games for football or basketball for x years.
-50% scholarship reduction in football and basketball for 4 years.
-2 scholarship reduction in every sport at Miami (without those home games they can't afford them anyway)
- 1 less assistant each for football and basketball, and 2 new FT hires in the compliance office.