Miami (FL) Hurricanes (1926-2003)

[BB73]

Good luck with this one, 'Zo.

SI.com

Ex-Cane Highsmith may sue NCAA

Former Miami Hurricane great Alonzo Highsmith, a Green Bay Packers scout whose son A.J. is a reserve safety for the Hurricanes, told CaneSport.com Friday that he will pilot a lawsuit against the NCAA on behalf of all Hurricane players if the Nevin Shapiro scandal results in sanctions that affect the Miami team. "This lawsuit will be on behalf of all the kids who have done nothing wrong and would be being deprived of what they came to college for," Highsmith said. "Look at the Reggie Bush situation. Look at what he did to the USC program. All those kids that went to USC for all the right reasons had to suffer the consequences."

Cont'd ...

 

[jwinslow]

Starting a lawsuit where you'll have to answer about your own playing days as well as your son's? Smart.

 

[bucknut11]

Through this whole scandal, the most unbelievable part of the whole thing is how tame the Willie Williams allegations are... I was thoroughly disappointed by the lack of chaos involved.

 

[Pheasant]

Through this whole scandal, the most unbelievable part of the whole thing is how tame the Willie Williams allegations are... I was thoroughly disappointed by the lack of chaos involved.

I know, right? I was expecting Shapiro to have paid for the disposal of several bodies or at the least to have built a fake bank for Williams to rob it.

 

[HINYG8]

Lol... The ole 'they did it but don't punish them because it will impact the others' defense?

Bold.

Foolish, but bold.

'They did it, but if you penalize them know it will hurt the handful that were not involved so just move on.' Miami is gong to burn. I don't think any one close to the program or the administration is even trying to pretend it didn't happen.

The only question I see is when will they get out front and start self penalizing?

Good luck with this one, 'Zo.

SI.com

 

[Gatorubet]

It's the 90% of Miami players that give the other 10% a bad name.

 

[Tonyank]

It's the 90% of Miami players that give the other 10% a bad name.

 

[Taosman]

When the 4 year statute of limitations went out the window for the NCAA, you knew it was gonna get ugly. Now, the NCAA is talking about over a decade of investigation. What major school could withstand that anal probe? Major butt hurt.

 

[buckeyesin07]

Lol... The ole 'they did it but don't punish them because it will impact the others' defense?

Bold.

Foolish, but bold.

'They did it, but if you penalize them know it will hurt the handful that were not involved so just move on.' Miami is gong to burn. I don't think any one close to the program or the administration is even trying to pretend it didn't happen.

The only question I see is when will they get out front and start self penalizing?

It's funny--people are using that defense now for Miami and were using it for USC, but I never saw anyone using it as a reason that OSU shouldn't get punished.

 

[buckeyesin07]

It's the 90% of Miami players that give the other 10% a bad name.

 

[Onebuckfan]

NCAA is blind deaf and dumb unless you self-report or Some "investigative reporter" posts something on the NET even ESPN doesn't want to hear of violations unless its Big Ten tOSU or any other non-revenue(for ESPN) producing school.

 

[BB73]

This article compares the Miami scandal to what gave SMU the Death Penalty in the '80s.

SI.com

Miami scandal overshadowed by '80s SMU case


NEW YORK (AP) -- If you think the emerging scandal at Miami is the worst college football has ever endured, you might not remember SMU.
Even now, what happened at Southern Methodist University in the 1980s casts a shadow over the Miami case, the most startling to come from college football's assembly line of embarrassments in recent years.
A former University of Miami booster and convicted Ponzi scheme artist says he provided Hurricanes players with cash, prostitutes, cars and other gifts from 2002 to 2010, and that several coaches knew and even participated as improper benefits were handed out.
The Yahoo Sports story about Nevin Shapiro's self-described misdeeds has many fans asking whether Miami - if the allegations are found to be true - could be in danger of having its football program shut down by the NCAA. The so-called death penalty has only been handed down once, to SMU.
SMU players had been getting paid with funds provided by boosters for years, and top school officials - not just coaches - were involved.
"In the nine years I served on the (NCAA) committee on infractions I never saw another one that was even close to what occurred in the SMU case," said University of Oklahoma law professor David Swank, a former NCAA vice president.
As serious as the Miami case looks, Swank said the violations Shapiro claims to have been a part of are not severe enough to warrant the Hurricanes being treated the same way as the Mustangs.
"In that case you had the involvement of basically members of the board of trustees and the regents," he said. "And it was repeat violations which made it a very serious case."

Cont'd ...
​

 

[MaliBuckeye]

This article compares the Miami scandal to what gave SMU the Death Penalty in the '80s.

SI.com

Great article... Where was that angle during the Ohio State coverage?

 

[BB73]

CFN guys talk about whether Miami should or will get the Death Penalty.

CFN

 

[Gatorubet]

ESPN analyst Craig James, who with fellow tailback Eric Dickerson formed the famed
Pony Express backfield for SMU from 1979-82 but says he wasn't aware of the rampant
rule-breaking, said back then boosters had far more access to players and recruits.

"No - really......I was that stupid back then. Frighteningly stupid. Embarrassingly stupid, really, to be at the epicenter of endemic, in-your-face, program-wide cheating that repeated and repeated and repeated - and I did not have a f*cking clue!", said, James, who kept looking at and shaking his cellphone during the interview, later demanding to know who put the tiny people in there who kept talking to him.
​