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Miami (FL) Hurricanes (1926-2003)

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knapplc;1970733; said:
Mark Emmert says the NCAA has been investigating this for five months:
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Yahoo at it again.....they are taking a scortched earth policy towards researching the ugly underside of college athletics. Love the smell of napalm in the morning? Just follow these Yahoo guys around the various college campuses...
 
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My wife can best be described as loosely tolerant of college football and my interest in it.
I just read her this excerpt from the yahoo article
his benefits to athletes included but were not limited to cash, prostitutes, entertainment in his multimillion-dollar homes and yacht, paid trips to high-end restaurants and nightclubs, jewelry, bounties for on-field play (including bounties for injuring opposing players), travel and, on one occasion, an abortion.
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Watching her face go from expressionless to jaw-dropped as I read it was priceless.
 
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BB73;1970697; said:
For those concerned about ESPN's coverage, they just spent over 11 minutes on the Miami scandal at the beginning of the current SportsCenter.

Edit - Of course, when they introduce Robinson, they say this:

"This was Charles Robinson, the reporter who broke the story for Yahoo Sports, last night on SportsCenter."

Worded so that the casual listener could think that the story was actually broken on SportsCenter.
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People that watch e!spn for news remind me of those Japanese holdouts that thought WWII was still going on decades later...
 
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I honestly believe the NCAA needs an amnisty period and tell all programs to come forward and investigate themselves and bring up as much muck as possible then when it is all exposed bring in rule changes moving forward that are clear and concise with heavy punishments for offenders including financial


Give them all a year to get it all out and threaten to destroy anyone who is caught later
 
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For those who are "waiting for the facts to come out" on this topic I will offer this. On the OSU matter ESPN, SI, the Dispatch, local TV and various other neo-journalists threw around a bunch of half truths and innuendos.

But the Yahoo story that originally broke the news has pretty much stood the test of time.


That pic of Shalala is so bizzare it looks photoshopped. She's got the torso of Danny DeVito, and the calves of an 11 year old boy.
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Of everything I have read in this thread what I find most disturbing is that a poster on this site is in any way, shape or form "sizing up" Donna Shalala.
 
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buckiprof;1970720; said:
Seriously, I think the real question is why is Yahoo! the only sports journalistic outlet, period.
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Its not a difficult question. Sports journalism is about as serious as entertainment journalism. These reporters want access, and that gets cut off as soon as you start asking difficult questions.
 
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I think that all of the conferences should have agreements whereby each team in the conference agrees to forfeit its share of TV money if the team is not allowed to have games shown in TV for a particular season.

The NCAA is reluctant to hammer programs by knocking them off TV because of the financial damage to the other schools in their conference. Knock the Canes off TV for a couple years, along with a bowl ban, and allow the other ACC members to split Miami's share of TV money.

The fear of a TV ban would be a significant deterrent to programs when they know it could cost them over $20 million per season if their rule-breaking results in a TV ban.
 
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Well, now we know why there were only a handful of arrests down there when Randy Shannon was the head coach....

Funny thing is, Randy Shannon was busted by the NCAA in a previous violation during the 90s as giving improper benefits to players before (see ESPN's 30 for 30 special on 'The U').
 
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Dryden;1970727; said:
For those keeping track at home, ESPN.com has finally taken down the Atlanta Braves article and changed the front page to reflect the real important story of the day. Eli Manning thinks he's as good as Tom Brady.

When something occurs between a New York professional sports franchise and a Boston professional sports franchise, the WorldWide Leader is there with 24/7 coverage.
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They also finally changed the front page of their college football section... to a fluff piece on Notre Dame and another story on BYU.

Really, is it that hard for them for one of their writers to do a quick piece on the Miami news and throw up a picture of Miami on their COLLEGE FOOTBALL front page?
 
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