Miami (FL) Hurricanes (1926-2003)

[Pheasant]

Um, he DID ass-rape the Ibis and stab the BBall Coach.

Ain't ya seen the news?

And she didn't notice anything, did she?

 

[sharkonwheels]

And she didn't notice anything, did she?

Not a thing. Read somewhere he donated $150K, and she sent back a check for $143K and change.

Um, Bilbo Baggins? What'd you do with the other $6K and change???

Oh, WAIT! She did issue a press release...

Sadly, it didn't include her resignation, though. I mean, the photo above shows how, in her words, she was "on alert" and roaming the sidelines
looking for the bad people.

 

[Gatorubet]

And she didn't notice anything, did she?

To be fair, to her Shapiro was just one of dozens of tall men on the Miami sideline...

 

[Tlangs]

Except Eddie Rife was smaller-than-smalltime, wasn't involved in a billion-dollar ponzi scheme, wasn't slapped with an $89M judgment, and is not writing a book he's trying to get published like this ass-clown is.

again - if it's all true - I'm not excusing anything.

But, ya gotta wonder what the guy's motives are, and what the so-called "proof" is.
Receipts?
Really? Tittie bar receipts with names? Love to see them... never seen that.
Financial records? What financial records? You mean like the ones he falsified for nearly a decade in the ponzi scheme?

If UM is proven guilty, I'll be first to scold them, and thell them off.
However, coming from a guy like this, how about some real proof, please.

This guy is a time-proven fraud, liar, thief, and con-man.

I will NEVER defend questionable acts by my team - as I've said many times, my first love is CFB, and if they do something to taint it, then they need to be handled - no exception.

Is this what I sounded like back in December?

 

[buckeyesin07]

Except Eddie Rife was smaller-than-smalltime, wasn't involved in a billion-dollar ponzi scheme, wasn't slapped with an $89M judgment, and is not writing a book he's trying to get published like this ass-clown is.

again - if it's all true - I'm not excusing anything.

But, ya gotta wonder what the guy's motives are, and what the so-called "proof" is.
Receipts?
Really? Tittie bar receipts with names? Love to see them... never seen that.
Financial records? What financial records? You mean like the ones he falsified for nearly a decade in the ponzi scheme?

If UM is proven guilty, I'll be first to scold them, and thell them off.
However, coming from a guy like this, how about some real proof, please.

This guy is a time-proven fraud, liar, thief, and con-man.

I will NEVER defend questionable acts by my team - as I've said many times, my first love is CFB, and if they do something to taint it, then they need to be handled - no exception.

I don't know, dude. Check out the player-by-player evidence on Yahoo!, which shows that they really did their research. Among other things, there are pictures with Shapiro and about every Miami player listed--you think they were hanging out with him, texting him, etc. because they liked him as a person? Oh, and the next time Yahoo! is wrong about something like this will be the first time.

 

[Tlangs]

But buddy, trust me, I'm on your side. As unfair and as stupid as this whole thing is...and as bad as you feel about it...how you feel about it is not going to stop the NCAA from assraping you into the next century...

/gator

GPA

just post this about 500 more times and you are gold.

 

[Dryden]

I mean, the photo above shows how, in her words, she was "on alert" and roaming the sidelines looking for the bad people.

Well ... only on the sidelines. Blacklit disco bowling alleys where she brings along the basketball coach and the school mascot to accept checks from transient New Yorkers that never even attended the school are a different matter entirely. There was nothing fishy about that at all.

 

[Snappy_Jay]

Not sure if this applies herer or not and I know the Twitter rule (kinda, but not a college player so hopefully this doesn't count against me) "@ChrisPerez54 I'm not upset about the U allegations. I'm mad we didn't win anything while we were cheating" BEST TWEET EVER!!!

I didn't go through 32 pages of replies hope this wasn't posted earlier!!

 

[seed702]

I've seen a lot of people saying that ESPN Radio has been covering this story. One post said their local affiliate was 97% Miami, with 3% other stuff.

ESPN Radio is "affiliated" with these stations. They're called ESPN radio, ESPN provides the infrastructure and coin, and they get their name on the station, and run ads, etc. But the people actually talking about the stuff, especially if it's your local guys, they aren't paid by ESPN. For instance, here in Vegas, it's Lotus Broadcasting that employs the on-air personalities, not ESPN. So they're not restricted by the ESPN agenda, they can talk about whatever they want. Often times, here in Vegas, they spend lots of time CLOWNING the ESPN personalities, especially guys like Chris Berman and Skip Bayless.

So remember, what you hear on the radio isn't a true barometer of what ESPN is willing to cover. If you want an example, check out ESPN after the local shows go off the air, and it kicks to the ESPN National Broadcast. Then you're listening to the ESPN-paid guys. I drove across town tonight after the local guys went off the air (and they talked about Miami all day, it seemed) and out of about 45 minutes, there was about 10 minutes spent on Miami. The rest was Braves/Giants, Rangers/Angels, Pryor/Supplemental Draft, and NFL updates (Maclin, Suh's fine, etc).

In other news, ESPN finally put Miami on the front page splash, after almost 36 hours after the story broke. You guys really nailed it though. Sour grapes that they weren't part of this investigation that by the looks of it, might be the worst NCAA scandal of all time. Some of the things that were done here, if true, absolutely DWARF the Pony Express. Abortions? Outright prostitution? Funneling players to agents? It's surreal.

 

[buckeyeintn]

Sadly, it didn't include her resignation, though. I mean, the photo above shows how, in her words, she was "on alert" and roaming the sidelines
looking for the bad people.

Actually the photo shows she was not only looking, she was successful in locating "bad people." That success should count for something.

 

[knapplc]

They're not even discussing TV bans or the Death Penalty? I think they had damned well better start discussing those things, or nobody anywhere will ever again have any respect for the NCAA, and violations like this will continue.

Storm Over Miami
Julie Roe Lach, the N.C.A.A.?s vice president for enforcement, said in an interview Wednesday that there had been little discussion about reviving harsh penalties like television bans or the so-called death penalty, two punishments once used by the N.C.A.A. that have long been shelved.

The N.C.A.A., which has been investigating Miami since March, continues to try to bolster enforcement, but it does so against a backdrop of television contracts in the billions and some coaching salaries that eclipse $5 million.

?There isn?t a public outcry to do something about a system that is so terribly broken,? said J. Brent Clark, a former N.C.A.A. investigator who is now a lawyer in Oklahoma City. ?The game is too popular and the money is too big.?

One veteran compliance official, who requested anonymity because he was not permitted to speak publicly about Miami?s case, said that if the N.C.A.A. upheld the findings in the Yahoo report, it would be the most significant case he had seen. He said the most critical element of the report was that it appeared that coaches and administrators were aware of what Shapiro was doing and did nothing about it.

He said that would put it on the same level as the N.C.A.A.?s recent case against Southern California, but at a far greater extent. The N.C.A.A. docked U.S.C. 30 football scholarships and issued a two-year postseason ban. U.S.C. Coach Lane Kiffin recently said the program would not recover for about seven years.

?It would seem that this could set the program back light-years,? the compliance official said of Miami.

 

[HINYG8]

They're not even discussing TV bans or the Death Penalty? I think they had damned well better start discussing those things, or nobody anywhere will ever again have any respect for the NCAA, and violations like this will continue.

I think the NCAA needs to be charged with FTM and LoIC.

 

[knapplc]

I think the NCAA needs to be charged with FTM and LoIC.

GPA!

 

[Saw31]

From my understanding, the NCAA has been saying for 20+ years that the "Death Penalty" is no longer an option because of the collateral damage to opponents, conference, etc. Instead of a nuke, they need more of a smart bomb.

 

[knapplc]

From my understanding, the NCAA has been saying for 20+ years that the "Death Penalty" is no longer an option because of the collateral damage to opponents, conference, etc. Instead of a nuke, they need more of a smart bomb.

Unfortunately, "smart" and "NCAA" rarely occupy the same sentence.