Should the "U" get the death penalty??

[Antitrust32]

Originally Posted by clyde

That's stupid...of course not.



Only the top programs can afford this which is why they are among the top programs which is why when they get caught they vomit up words of ,"Oh mine Got!! We most stop this nonsense.We must put back integrity into winning at any cost."

exactly... those SEC, Pac 12, Big East, Big Ten, Big 12, and ACC teams fight for recruits.

They dont sign them by offering them top academic programs.

Who knows, maybe Duke boosters don't give their football players boats n hoes... but what about that basketball program?

[clyde]

Originally Posted by Antitrust32

exactly... those SEC, Pac 12, Big East, Big Ten, Big 12, and ACC teams fight for recruits.

They dont sign them by offering them top academic programs.

Oh you are kidding me!!

Who knows, maybe Duke boosters don't give their football players boats n hoes... but what about that basketball program?

!!

[Antitrust32]

The dope game didn't end with the death of Tony Montana in "Scarface." It did not become more honorable, less violent.

The people who piously believe the corruption at Miami is somehow worse than the corruption in Columbus or Austin or Muncie or Boise or Durham are fooling themselves. It's all relative. You move Ohio State or Kansas or Ball State or Duke to within a 15-minute drive of the South Beach nightclubs, the Miami strip clubs and all the super-wealthy sports fans/groupies wanting to live vicariously through celebrity athletes, and Uncle Luke and Lil Madoff would befriend Buckeyes, Jayhawks, Blue Devils and Cardinals.

There's a Nevin Shapiro knockoff on every campus. He might not own a yacht or have easy access to hookers, but he supplies in abundance whatever decadence Iowa City has to offer.

The people shocked and surprised by the Yahoo! Sports story have never visited South Beach or stepped inside a Miami gentlemen's club. Tricking (and treating) is part of Miami culture, perhaps even more so than Las Vegas. The allegation that Shapiro provided the players with prostitutes sounds absolutely scandalous unless you've socialized extensively in Miami. In all likelihood, Shapiro mostly threw parties and invited girls who work at the plethora of strip clubs. In other words, he invited the same local girls who frequent the plethora of "legit" nightclubs in South Beach. Maybe cash exchanged hands, but it is not difficult to find attractive, loose women in Miami willing to hook up with potential pro athletes.

http://foxvzw-sports.mobile.msn.com/...fid=0&pg1=2501

[slotdirt]

Really? So you're saying that a player attending Penn State or Missouri is getting treated to hookers and other payments that should make them otherwise ineligible? I know you don't believe that, antitrust.

Clearly, there are dirty programs (Miami has always been one of them). And naturally, lots of college coaches play on the edges. But there's literally a 0.0000001 percent chance that there are many college programs out there with the "benefits" University of Miami players are alleged to have received. You really think that widespread use of hookers and blow throughout the college game would somehow not be uncovered, especially considering the scandals at USC, North Carolina, Ohio State, and now Miami over the last four to five years?

Selling a couple jerseys (AJ Green) or gold pants (tOSU) is in a whole different ballpark than what Nevin Shapiro is alleging.

[clyde]

I remember the Notre Dame cougar who was fucl<ing recruits like there was no tomorrow. She was on their staff.....so yes, I also think all kinds of things go on.It's a case of don't ask--don't tell.I would not be surprised if the ncaa's infractions investigators don't take a piece of the action..on a here and there basis of course.

[slotdirt]

Nothing would surprise me after the Cam Newton decision last year. A guy's pops can shop his services all over the SEC, but as long as the player plays dumb, it's not a violation? Riiiiiiight.

Anyway, sincerely not saying that shady dealings don't happen everywhere, but the Miami shady dealings are infinitely more shady than 99.3 percent of most college scandals out there. On a lot of levels, it's got to be more offensive than what SMU did in the mid to late 80's to warrant the original "death penalty."