Whistle-blowing Tigers will dish Auburn dirt – except to the NCAA
Well, former Auburn defensive end Stanley McClover, it seems you've caused quite a stir by going on national television to charge some of your old friends with keeping your wallet well lubricated both before and during your stint on the Plains. For all the heat you took from Tiger fans, at least you had the opportunity to follow through when the NCAA came calling to answer the alarm. From SunSentinel.com:
A day or so after his taped appearance on HBO's Real Sports, former Auburn and Dillard High football star Stanley McClover sat down for a two-hour interview with a representative of the NCAA's enforcement division. […]
As was the case for HBO and again during an exclusive interview with the Sun Sentinel on Saturday afternoon, McClover refused to implicate any Auburn boosters by name in what has become a pay-for-play scandal.
"I told her I'm not doing it for that," McClover told the Sun Sentinel. "I didn't give her anything. She wasn't mad. I think she respected where I was coming from. I told her I don't want to get all caught up in that. That's another way to cover up the truth, to talk about this money. Let's talk about what it's doing to these kids. They don't want to talk about that."
Oh well. Maybe one day they will. In the meantime, McClover was only one of four former Tigers willing to go on camera to implicate representatives of their alma mater in major violations. Surely, say, former offensive lineman Chaz Ramsey would be willing to expand on his claims that he was paid as an Auburn player. From The Birmingham News:
Chaz Ramsey's dad says NCAA tried speaking with Chaz last week. Chaz wouldn't agree because Auburn attorneys wanted to be present.
Well, can't argue with that — if there's anyone who knows that you can never trust those tricky Auburn lawyers, it's Chaz Ramsey. Those fast-talking leeches would probably wind up making Chaz accuse himself of something he didn't even do. Smart thinking, keeping those spin masters at bay.
OK then, thanks anyway for all your help in shining a light on both the blatant flouting of our most basic governing principle and our complete inability to enforce it, guys. Sincerely, the NCAA.
Whistle-blowing Tigers will dish Auburn dirt – except to the NCAA
I wouldn't talk to the NCAA either, they are a joke, just like the entire SEC.
In some ways this reminds me a lot of the Maurice Clarett incident. Guys talk to the press, but then nothing comes of it. In the Clarett case nothing ever came of it because they proved he was lying. Here nothing will come of it because they aren't willing to name names. I understand that saying that this goes on makes it a topic of discussion, and not naming anyone specific means that the larger problem can be dealt with instead of going after a few offenders and ignoring the larger issue. I still feel that nothing will come of it unless specific names are given though. The NCAA isn't going to do anything about anyone if they don't know who the offenders are.
He didn't do it to get anyone in trouble, he did it for 25k.