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Message: [QUOTE="jvbj01, post: 1044160, member: 442"] So students that go to SMU are associated with illegal payments and slush funds. * Students that go to Michigan are associated with payments to basketball players. *Baylor students are associated with Murder and drugs. * Miami students are associated with benefits to players. *Syracuse students are associated with girls being mistreated by basketball players? We have had a few that weren't quite gentlemen. [LIST] [*][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Methodist_University_football_scandal']Southern Methodist University football scandal[/URL]: In 1986, it was revealed that [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Methodist_University']Southern Methodist University[/URL] boosters gave football players thousands of dollars from a "slush fund" with the knowledge of university administrators. Along with a string of prior NCAA violations, this led the NCAA to level the [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_penalty_(NCAA)']"death penalty"[/URL] on the school's football team. [*][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Michigan_basketball_scandal']University of Michigan basketball scandal[/URL]: Four players, most notably [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Webber']Chris Webber[/URL], were paid by a booster to launder money from his gambling operations. In some cases, the payments extended to their high school days. [*][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baylor_University_basketball_scandal']Baylor University basketball scandal[/URL] (2003) - player Patrick Dennehy [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Patrick_Dennehy']was murdered[/URL] by teammate Carlton Dotson. Later, coach [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Bliss']Dave Bliss[/URL] instructed his players to lie to NCAA investigators that Dennehy dealt drugs. In the wake of these events, numerous violations of NCAA rules were discovered. [*][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_University_of_Miami_athletics_scandal']2011 University of Miami athletics scandal[/URL] – [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo!']Yahoo! Sports[/URL] broke a story in which former Miami booster [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevin_Shapiro']Nevin Shapiro[/URL], currently imprisoned for running a [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponzi_scheme']Ponzi scheme[/URL], indicated he had provided massive amounts of improper benefits to Miami players and coaches, mostly in [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_Hurricanes_football']football[/URL] but also in [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_Hurricanes_men%27s_basketball']men's basketball[/URL]. [*][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penn_State_child_sex_abuse_scandal']Penn State child sex abuse scandal[/URL] - In November 2011, former Penn State defensive coordinator [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Sandusky']Jerry Sandusky[/URL], is arrested on 40 counts of sexually abusing eight boys over a 15-year period including incidents in Penn State's football facilities. Subsequently, the university's athletic director, Tim Curley, and a Senior Vice President, Gary Schultz, were arrested on perjury charges and for failing to report the incidents thereby fueling speculation of a university coverup. In June 2012, Sandusky was convicted on 45 charges related to the scandal. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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