The U in the NCAA's Scopes

• WebFire

  Terry_Tate;864660 wrote:I'm 99% sure it is. Charles Robinson said the last story would hit around August and is a 10 no doubt. This is it, and I'd say he backed up the 10 without a doubt.

  
  I think you're right.
• SportsAndLady

  

  Charles Robinson on ESPN right now
• chicago510

  

  Terry_Tate;864660 wrote:I'm 99% sure it is. Charles Robinson said the last story would hit around August and is a 10 no doubt. This is it, and I'd say he backed up the 10 without a doubt.

  
  Idk how you get much worse than this. Unless, god forbid, there is another Baylor-type scandal.
  
  Charles Robinson could literally win a Pulitzer if this all turns out to be accurate. Incredibly thorough.
• Manhattan Buckeye

  Worst scandal since $MU. At least OSU doesn't look so bad now, this is lack of institutional control to the "nth" level.
• chicago510

  

  Man, hell of a time to be Mark Emmert. The NCAA says they are going to crack down, but the scandals just keep coming.
• Speedofsand

  

  Where the hell was Yahoo the past 20 years when Bowden was in Tally? This Shapiro story doesn't rock me much. I've seen the same crap in Miami before and even worse at FSU. From the foot locker spree to the Deion rule to Adrian McPherson to R&R Accessories to the 60 player academic cheating online music appreciation class.
• WebFire

  chicago510;864687 wrote:Man, hell of a time to be Mark Emmert. The NCAA says they are going to crack down, but the scandals just keep coming.

  
  And with Oregon, Alabama and Auburn still looking, there doesn't seem to be an end in sight.
• Cat Food Flambe'

  

  Well, let's see if ESPN will run 67 front-page links to THIS situation over the next nine months as they did with tOSU's travails.
  
  Then again, no one is going to be really shocked by the Miami situation. About the only thing that would arouse a greater frenzy than Jim Tressel's screw-ups would be discovering that Joe Paterno has kept dozens of naked coeds chained up in a secret dungeon in the bowels of Beaver Stadium over the last several decades.
• Scooter1369

  

  
• Speedofsand

  

  this part is good...
  
  But Shapiro said his stake in Axcess jeopardized his standing as a booster on at least one occasion. During the final game in the Orange Bowl in 2007, with the Hurricanes being embarrassed 31-0 at the half against Virginia, Shapiro, intoxicated, said he confronted Miami’s head of compliance, David Reed. According to a witness to the event, an incensed Shapiro was stalking through the Orange Bowl press box at halftime when he spotted Reed.
  
  In a rage, Shapiro began cursing at the compliance director, calling him a “sissy” and other derogatory names, while attempting to draw him into a fight. In Shapiro’s mind, Reed was part of the problem in a slumping Miami program, largely for what Shapiro thought was too much oversight on relationships between players and boosters. And in Shapiro’s mind, that was worth fighting picking a fistfight with the head of compliance in a crowded press box.
  
  “It was a huge scene,” said a witness who helped pull Shapiro away on that day. “All the people in the press box, the people sitting in the seats, they were all watching the entire thing. Nevin wanted to fight him. He was up in his face screaming. I was like ‘Oh my God. He’s going to punch [Reed] in the face.’”
  
  Shapiro was eventually pulled away, but the booster said in the days following the incident, he was contacted by a friend in the Hurricanes athletic department – Associate Athletic Director of Development Lindsey Radeer. According to Shapiro, Radeer said Reed had done a background check on him following the incident, and was alarmed when he realized Shapiro was part owner of a sports representation agency. But Shapiro said Radeer assured the booster he wasn’t going to come under any additional scrutiny.
• dat dude

  WebFire;864468 wrote:This story doesn't mean anything. The source isn't credible because he is in jail. Right?

  
  LOL @ this trolling. If you can't tell the difference between a well documented source, complete with credit card statements and photographs, and an anonymous source with no physical evidence - you're an idiot. There is no excuse.
• lhslep134

  

  dat dude;864845 wrote:LOL @ this trolling. If you can't tell the difference between a well documented source, complete with credit card statements and photographs, and an anonymous source with no physical evidence - you're an idiot. There is no excuse.

  
  Exactly. Webfire is actually an idiot. I thought he was just being facetious.
• OneBuckeye

  

  I wonder which bylaw this breaks.
  

  Abortion: In one instance, Shapiro described taking a player to the Pink Pony strip club and paying for a dancer to engage in sex with the athlete. In the ensuing weeks, Shapiro said the dancer called one of his security providers and informed him that the player had gotten her pregnant during the incident. Shapiro said he gave the dancer $500 to have an abortion performed, without notifying the player of the incident.
  
  “I was doing him a favor,” the booster said. “That idiot might have wanted to keep [the baby].”
  
  Due to the sensitivity of the allegation, Yahoo! Sports has chosen not to name the player allegedly involved.
  

• se-alum

  

  WebFire;864596 wrote:Yahoo must be out to get Miami. A year long investigation and player violation pages. Oh my!

  Remember when you claimed you weren't a troll on the "How to Improve the CFB Forum" thread??
• WebFire

  dat dude;864845 wrote:LOL @ this trolling. If you can't tell the difference between a well documented source, complete with credit card statements and photographs, and an anonymous source with no physical evidence - you're an idiot. There is no excuse.

  
  Too bad your comprehension skills suck. You guys keep proving my point for me. :rolleyes:
• WebFire

  se-alum;865010 wrote:Remember when you claimed you weren't a troll on the "How to Improve the CFB Forum" thread??

  
  You guys have odd definitions of trolling.
• SportsAndLady

  

  WebFire;865023 wrote:You guys have odd definitions of trolling.

  
  LOL
  
  you still haven't admitted that was trolling??? Are you F'n retarded?
• se-alum

  

  chicago510;864650 wrote:Here's the inherent problem in the NCAA.
  
  None of these guys are going to pay any punishment for this. Most of them are already rich and in the NFL. Most of the coaches named are gone.
  
  Shapiro is in jail on unrelated charges, he has nothing to lose.
  
  The kids who will pay are the current players and coaches who likely had nothing to do with all of this.

  
  I agree with your sentiment, but there are current players implicated as well. This went on from 2002-2010.
• OneBuckeye

  

  This is definately trolling. I never thought Yahoo! was the issue, they came out with the original story because they had a good source in the NCAA offices. They got facts and published it. Then ESPiN and SI piled on board to try and get theirs and came back with shoddy journalism on all fronts. I have the most respect for Y! of any of the news outlets. Not sure why you would even say that.
• SportsAndLady

  

  Getting back on topic...
  
  Do you guys think Goodell should do something to punish his players for shit like this coming out?
• OneBuckeye

  

  SportsAndLady;865033 wrote:Getting back on topic...
  
  Do you guys think Goodell should do something to punish his players for shit like this coming out?

  
  HA. No.
• Manhattan Buckeye

  SportsAndLady;865033 wrote:Getting back on topic...
  
  Do you guys think Goodell should do something to punish his players for shit like this coming out?

  
  Under what pretense, should a college program punish a player if it turns out he cheated on an Algebra II test in high school?
• se-alum

  

  WebFire;865023 wrote:You guys have odd definitions of trolling.

  In internet slang, a troll is someone who posts inflammatory, extraneous or off-topic messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum, chat room, or blog, with the primary intent of provoking readers into an emotional response or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion.

  
  So you weren't trying to get a response or disrupting the normal on-topic discussion?? You are turning into theDynasty, passive aggressively trolling around. You're a good poster when you stick to talking about football, but, as of late, you are acting like sleeper and the others.
• darbypitcher22

  

  OneBuckeye;865004 wrote:I wonder which bylaw this breaks.

  
  Bet the NCAA never thought they'd ever see that one
• WebFire

  SportsAndLady;865026 wrote:LOL
  
  you still haven't admitted that was trolling??? Are you F'n retarded?

  
  So trolling is anything you don't like or agree with? But calling someone Downs in an Urban Meyer thread is not. STFU!