NCAA Investigating Cash Payments To Miami Players

[tampajag]

Luther Campbell speaks on Nevin Shapiro

Shapiro is nothing more than a jilted groupie who ****** over a lot people. He is an opportunistic schemer who now wants to play the role of jailhouse snitch.

http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/riptide/ ... my_ass.php

[DSUrocks07]

Luther Campbell speaks on Nevin Shapiro

Shapiro is nothing more than a jilted groupie who ****** over a lot people. He is an opportunistic schemer who now wants to play the role of jailhouse snitch.

http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/riptide/ ... my_ass.php

[Skjellyfetti]

The NCAA informed University of Miami administrators it will consider invoking its “willful violators” clause and make an exception to the traditional four-year statute of limitations in the Nevin Shapiro case, a university source told Yahoo! Sports.

Traditionally, the NCAA’s bylaws would only allow it to sanction the Hurricanes for infractions that occurred during the four years prior to receiving a letter of inquiry from investigators. For example, if Miami received a letter of inquiry for a case on Sept. 1, 2011, the NCAA could only sanction the school for applicable violations dating back to Sept. 1, 2007. But the clause – reserved for “a pattern of willful violations” – can spin a probe back to the earliest applicable infractions.

Applied to the Shapiro allegations, it means the NCAA could reach as far back to early 2002, when the booster said he began funneling benefits to Hurricanes players. And if the probe stretched back to 2002, it would overlap with Miami’s two-year probationary period from the baseball program, which was leveled from February 2003 to February 2005. That could potentially tag the Hurricanes athletic program with a “repeat violator” label and make the school further susceptible to the NCAA’s so-called death penalty.

NCAA president Mark Emmert said that despite the penalty being used only once before in college football – against Southern Methodist University in 1987 – the association isn’t shying away from such a drastic sanction.

“We need to make sure that we’ve got, for the committee on infractions, all the tools they need to create those kinds of deterrents,” Emmert told USA Today. “If that includes the death penalty, I’m fine with that.”

And while the likelihood of the death penalty remains questionable, the possibility of the willful violators clause is not welcome news for an already-embattled athletic department. Miami athletic director Shawn Eichorst released a statement Thursday assuring the school’s commitment to “the integrity of the NCAA investigation” and “demanding the full cooperation of our employees and student-athletes.”

“There are tough times ahead, challenges to overcome and serious decisions to be made, but we will be left standing and we will be stronger as a result,” Eichorst said. “I understand there are unanswered questions, concerns and frustration by many but this athletic department will be defined now and in the future, by our core values, our integrity and our commitment to excellence, and by nothing else. The University of Miami, as an institution of higher learning, is a leader in exploration, achievement and excellence and we will work hard to do our part to live up to that standard.”

Shapiro is a Miami booster currently serving a 20-year federal prison term for operation a $930 million Ponzi scheme. He detailed to Yahoo! Sports a wide-ranging eight-year run of violations that include cash, gifts, prostitution, entertainment at nightclubs and strip clubs, parties at his mansion, yacht cruises and other benefits. Yahoo! Sports found at least seven coaches, three support staff members and 72 athletes with direct involvement or knowledge of infractions committed by the booster from 2002 to 2010.

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[AZGrizFan]

I don't see any scenario in which they aren't toast.

[alvin kayak]

Dude, Shapiro was in on a 930 million dollar Ponzi scheme. That's people's lives he's ruining. Retirement funds and everything.

Here's my thoughts -->

[SDHornet]

Dude, Shapiro was in on a 930 million dollar Ponzi scheme. That's people's lives he's ruining. Retirement funds and everything.

Here's my thoughts -->

This also means Miami will have some of its monies taken from them by means of a clawback. Depending on how much Shapiro dumped into Miami, the university could be on the hook to repaying that money. They are about to take it from every which way possible.

[bluehenbillk]

Luther Campbell speaks on Nevin Shapiro

Shapiro is nothing more than a jilted groupie who ****** over a lot people. He is an opportunistic schemer who now wants to play the role of jailhouse snitch.

http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/riptide/ ... my_ass.php

In other words - "Hey - that dude's a p_ _ _ _".

Haha the 2 Live Crew has spoken

[TwinTownBisonFan]

This is entering SMU territory here...

The NCAA is terrified to bring the hammer down a second time - but it seems like that's EXACTLY what needs to happen. After they killed SMU - there was a chilling effect on this kind of shit throughout the game...

[MrTitleist]

SportsByBrooks says there's more to come tonight involving Shapiro and CFB in general.. he hasn't spilled the beans yet, but....

[clenz]

An NCAA spokesperson, one of the highest ranking officials but the name escapes me, came out today and said that if the right circumstances came around, he stressed if, he would not be opposed to implementing a depth penalty to a program in the NCAA.

[Skjellyfetti]

An NCAA spokesperson, one of the highest ranking officials but the name escapes me, came out today and said that if the right circumstances came around, he stressed if, he would not be opposed to implementing a depth penalty to a program in the NCAA.

It was the NCAA President -- Mark Emmert.
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[HI54UNI]

I wonder how many other school administrators are going "oh shit" right now. Remember when the OSU story broke - a Yahoo sports writer said that OSU was just the first of several stories coming.

And fuck Miami. Give em the death penalty.

[ODUalum11]

I wonder how many other school administrators are going "oh ****" right now. Remember when the OSU story broke - a Yahoo sports writer said that OSU was just the first of several stories coming.

And **** Miami. Give em the death penalty.

+1,000,000,000

Except I'm gradually starting to realize that if the NCAA completely shuts down the Miami program then that will be lost revenue in ticket sales, television, etc.

[SDHornet]

I wonder how many other school administrators are going "oh ****" right now. Remember when the OSU story broke - a Yahoo sports writer said that OSU was just the first of several stories coming.

And **** Miami. Give em the death penalty.

+1,000,000,000

Except I'm gradually starting to realize that if the NCAA completely shuts down the Miami program then that will be lost revenue in ticket sales, television, etc.

How much does the NCAA stand to lose? I would think the ACC (and obviously Miami) would have more at stake as far as revenue losses are concerned.

[tampajag]

I wonder how many other school administrators are going "oh ****" right now. Remember when the OSU story broke - a Yahoo sports writer said that OSU was just the first of several stories coming.

And **** Miami. Give em the death penalty.

+1,000,000,000

Except I'm gradually starting to realize that if the NCAA completely shuts down the Miami program then that will be lost revenue in ticket sales, television, etc.

TV? maybe, ticket sales? you've seen Miami's attendance right? that school has to have the biggest gap between alumni and non-alumni fans that I've ever seen.

[tampajag]

Interesting take from here in Tampa:

Plant High School football coach Robert Weiner is angry.

In a scathing, Pulitzer-worthy report by Yahoo Sports that detailed a massive recruiting scandal at the University of Miami, following an 11-month investigation that involved a gajillion hours of interviews, many to corroborate the damning information found in more than 20,000 meticulously researched documents, one high school football coach was mentioned.

One.

Robert Weiner.

http://www.tampabay.com/hometeam/blog/c ... n-m/10342/

http://www.tampabay.com/hometeam/blog/w ... ons/10315/

[bonarae]

Up to 12 players to be ruled ineligible:
http://network.yardbarker.com/college_f ... e_football

But Miami wants to have some of them reinstated...
http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/story/Miam ... caa-082611

Death penalty still likely to happen, but not as severe as SMU's.