Miami (FL) Hurricanes (1926-2003)

[jlb1705]

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.

Not to mention that if their share got split among the other teams, it would increase the amount their rivals would be able to invest in their programs at the same time that they are having to go without.

 

[Bucknut24]

freek on a roll now

 

[knapplc]

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?

Why are they protecting Miami? Or are they just butthurt that they didn't break the story?

This is the single biggest story to hit college football in a decade, if not a quarter century. One would expect the "worldwide leader" to be ALL OVER this at this point, even if someone else broke the story.

 

[BB73]

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').

Pure speculation on my part, but I've always assumed that Donna Shalala had met with the local police departments and asked them to avoid arresting Canes on minor charges. Some season tickets for the Chiefs of Police might have been enough to have the cops look the other way.

But I can see where having the guys most likely to be arrested kept busy with hookers on yachts would also keep them from being arrested.

 

[BearBuck27]

Holy shit

 

[Ryan36_1]

Not that it makes up for lack of online and TV attention, but ESPiN radio today has been 97% Da U, 1% Pryor, 1% Eli, 1% last night's scores

Pure speculation on my part, but I've always assumed that Donna Shalala had met with the local police departments and asked them to avoid arresting Canes on minor charges. Some season tickets for the Chiefs of Police might have been enough to have the cops look the other way.

But I can see where having the guys most likely to be arrested kept busy with hookers on yachts would also keep them from being arrested.

FOIA request on all 2002-11 coast guard stops?

 

[alexhortdog95]

Luther "Uncle Luke" Campbell has responded:

If Nevin really wanted people to see him as "Little Luke," then he would have dedicated part of his life to helping kids in Miami's inner city neighborhoods get a college education. He certainly never started a youth athletic program that has been around for more than 30 years helping underprivileged parents in Liberty City mold their children.

It has never been about money for me. It's always been about community service. That's what being Uncle Luke is really about. Shapiro is nothing more than a jilted groupie who fucked over a lot people. He is an opportunistic schemer who now wants to play the role of jailhouse snitch. His word isn't worth squat especially if Yahoo paid him for the exclusive. Nevin's mad because he couldn't get former players to invest in his Ponzi scheme or come to his rescue when his criminal enterprise was exposed.

I don't think he likes the guy. Which is funny, especially when he had the chance to say all that shiat to the guy's face AND blow the whistle on the guy:

 

[alexhortdog95]

Why are they protecting Miami? Or are they just butthurt that they didn't break the story?

Not only do they have a fluff piece on ND, but over on the right under their headlines, right below the crap about Miami, they've got the following:

Ohio St.: Pryor didn't mention new violations

Their journalistic integrit....wait...they have none at this point...

 

[redbenn]

Not only do they have a fluff piece on ND, but over on the right under their headlines, right below the crap about Miami, they've got the following:

Ohio St.: Pryor didn't mention new violations

Their journalistic integrit....wait...they have none at this point...

ESPN News cycle: Claim something that a source says about Ohio State, then OSU denies it, then the facts come out and its something that sort of happened but has already been reported to the NCAA months ago.

 

[Piney]

Why are they protecting Miami? Or are they just butthurt that they didn't break the story?

This is the single biggest story to hit college football in a decade, if not a quarter century. One would expect the "worldwide leader" to be ALL OVER this at this point, even if someone else broke the story.

It has to be because they didn't break the story... right? I mean how pissed would you be as a boss if Yahoo has been investigating this for 11 months and the NCAA has been investigating this for 5 months and NONE of your college football writers knew this was coming???

Then again... they weren't that shy when SI had their story about Ohio St.

Not that it makes up for lack of online and TV attention, but ESPiN radio today has been 97% Da U, 1% Pryor, 1% Eli, 1% last night's scores

Yeah, heard some of that coming to work this morning. I would assume those hosts have a lil more leeway in what they talk about. Plus I would think everyone calling in would be talking about Miami. But it makes a lack of front page coverage on their website that more glaring.

 

[BB73]

Not that it makes up for lack of online and TV attention, but ESPiN radio today has been 97% Da U, 1% Pryor, 1% Eli, 1% last night's scores

FOIA request on all 2002-11 coast guard stops?

They're covering it fairly well on TV - the lack of online coverage seems to be where they're out of step with reality.

 

[Pheasant]

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

Step 1: Assume everyone is breaking your rules
Step 2: Offer amnesty
Step 3: Clear the slate
Step 4: Repeat as necessary

It's the repeat as necessary part that causes problems.
An easier method would be to kill the Canes for 3 years.

 

[AuTX Buckeye]

Step 1: Assume everyone is breaking your rules
Step 2: Offer amnesty
Step 3: Clear the slate
Step 4: Repeat as necessary

It's the repeat as necessary part that causes problems.
An easier method would be to kill the Canes for 3 years.

like it ... but i'd like to see a few tweeks

Step 3: NCAA gets subpoena power
Step 4: New Punishment code in write
Major infractions - football closed down for 10 years
Minor infractions - football gone for 1 year
Step 5: Allow athletes to take out student loans like the rest of us (i'm not sure if they can or not)


Draconian, you bet... but hopefully with subpoena power a lot of this crap will end.

 

[BB73]

SI.com

NCAA president: Miami allegations make case for widespread change

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) NCAA President Mark Emmert says if the allegations against the University of Miami are true, it's yet another reason to make fundamental changes to college sports. Emmert issued a statement Wednesday after Yahoo! Sports reported a laundry list of allegations by a former Hurricanes booster. Emmert said the NCAA has spent five months investigating allegations of improper benefits going to football and basketball players at Miami.
...
He says the accusations taint the integrity of college sports, which was one of the reasons he met with 56 presidents last week. The presidents overwhelmingly said they wanted tougher penalties for rule-breakers. One of those presidents was the University of Miami's Donna Shalala.

Cont'd ...

Note to AP writer - never use 'taint' and 'Shalala' in the same paragraph again.

 

[colobuck79]

Step 3: NCAA gets subpoena power

Every player, coach and administrative employee has to agree to abide by NCAA subpoena as a requirement to play or work in the program. Not sure what the enforcement mechanism would be, however.