H*****r
发帖数: 764 | 1 MIAMI -- NCAA investigators visited the University of Miami campus Monday
looking into claims that more than a dozen former or current football
players received gifts and services from convicted Ponzi schemer Nevin
Shapiro, his attorney said.
Shapiro has told the NCAA he provided players with the use of a yacht and
other favors, said his attorney, Maria Elena Perez. Shapiro and Perez have
been talking with the NCAA about the matter for a couple of months and
provided documentation, she said.
University officials didn't immediately respond to requests for comment.
School officials and current players were expected to be interviewed.
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Larry Coker, the Hurricanes' coach from 2001 through 2006 who now holds the
head coaching job at Texas-San Antonio, said he recognized Shapiro by name
but wouldn't be able to by face.
"If he walked up to me right now I wouldn't know it," Coker told ESPN's Joe
Schad. "He was 'around the program.' I certainly wasn't aware of any
improprieties. Now, when you look at college athletics today, would it
surprise me if somebody gave gifts to players? No, it wouldn't."
Another former Miami coach, Randy Shannon, who was fired in November, had no
comment when contacted by ESPN.
Shapiro's relationship with the program dates back about a decade. Some of
the alleged incidents occurred in the past four years, which would be within
the NCAA's statute of limitations regarding violations.
Shapiro, 42, was sentenced in June by a New Jersey federal judge to 20 years
in prison for his role in an investment fraud scheme. He pleaded guilty to
charges related to running a multistate Ponzi scheme that prosecutors say
left more than 60 investors in Florida, Indiana and New Jersey with nearly $
100 million in losses.
Perez said Shapiro had cooperated with bankruptcy and government officials
to try to recover as much money as possible for his victims.
"During the course of this, things came up which resulted in the
investigation, which is ongoing," Perez said.
Shapiro was generous with his investors' money, donating to athletic groups
and charities and getting a student-athlete lounge named after him at Miami
by donating $150,000. Shapiro's name was removed from the lounge in 2008
after the school said he did not follow his pledged donation-payment plan. | N*********6
发帖数: 4372 | 2 不知道有多严重……
【在 H*****r 的大作中提到】
: MIAMI -- NCAA investigators visited the University of Miami campus Monday
: looking into claims that more than a dozen former or current football
: players received gifts and services from convicted Ponzi schemer Nevin
: Shapiro, his attorney said.
: Shapiro has told the NCAA he provided players with the use of a yacht and
: other favors, said his attorney, Maria Elena Perez. Shapiro and Perez have
: been talking with the NCAA about the matter for a couple of months and
: provided documentation, she said.
: University officials didn't immediately respond to requests for comment.
: School officials and current players were expected to be interviewed.
| H*****r
发帖数: 764 | 3 MIAMI -- Miami Hurricanes coach Al Golden says some of his players may have
made mistakes that prompted an NCAA investigation into convicted Ponzi
schemer Nevin Shapiro's role with the program.
Golden, preparing for his first season with the Hurricanes, said he just
became aware of the investigation into allegations that Shapiro gave more
than a dozen former or current players gifts and services.
"We're not going to let this knock us backward," Golden said Tuesday before
a morning practice. "We have great kids on this team to the extent that they
may have made a mistake. OK, that's fine. But that's also part of growing
up. What we have to teach them now is if something did occur, let's be
honest and move forward."
NCAA investigators visited the campus Monday in the wake of Shapiro's
allegations that he provided players with the use of a yacht and other
favors, said his attorney, Maria Elena Perez.
Shapiro and Perez have been talking with the NCAA about the matter for a
couple of months and provided documentation, she said.
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Golden said athletic director Shawn Eichorst and president Donna Shalala
were meeting with investigators, but the coach didn't expect to be included
in those discussions.
"It's hard for me to stand up here and defend something that occurred three,
four, five, six years ago," Golden said. "I don't know the extent of it. We
're going to look at it. We're disappointed, but we're not discouraged."
Shapiro's relationship with the program dates back about a decade. Some of
the alleged incidents occurred in the past four years, which would be within
the NCAA's statute of limitations regarding violations.
Miami officials said that when Shapiro first made his allegations nearly a
year ago, he and his attorneys refused to provide any facts to the school.
"The university notified the NCAA enforcement officials of these allegations
," the school said in a statement. "We are fully cooperating with the NCAA
and are conducting a joint investigation. The University of Miami takes
these matters very seriously."
Golden joined the Hurricanes in December after Randy Shannon was fired.
Eichorst was hired as athletic director in April to replace Kirby Hocutt,
who resigned to become athletic director at Texas Tech.
Golden said he emailed his team "every day this summer" about avoiding
problems that recently hit other schools, and he specifically mentioned
North Carolina, Georgia Tech and Ohio State. He said his players have a "
Cane Code" reminding them about such issues.
"We've got to make sure the third parties stay away from our student-
athletes," Golden said.
Golden said his players were told about the investigation before practice
Tuesday. He declined to make them available to the media.
"I didn't think that would be fair to the kids," he said. "I'm living day by
day right now."
Golden said he didn't expect his 24 committed players for the upcoming
signing class to waver in their commitments.
In June, when Shapiro was sentenced, the U.S. Attorney's Office said he "
used investor funds to make payments to dozens of student athletes who were
attending a local university in the Miami area to which Shapiro made
significant donations ... cash in amounts up to $10,000 and gifts such as
jewelry and entertainment at nightclubs and restaurants in Miami Beach. As a
result of a 10-year gift to the university, its Student-Athlete Lounge was
named for Shapiro."
The University of Miami was not specifically mentioned in that release, but
the school temporarily named its lounge for Shapiro. His name was removed in
2008 after the school said he did not follow his pledged donation-payment
plan.
Among the creditors listed as those who are owed money by Shapiro's company,
Capitol Investments, are the university, the Miami Heat and former
Wisconsin football coach Barry Alvarez, along with members of his family.
Alvarez has a close relationship with Shalala, largely from her time at
Wisconsin.
Court records show Shapiro was accused of owing the Heat $732,348.49 for
courtside seats he promised to buy, almost $600,000 of which were for future
seasons. Alvarez's family has filed claims for at least $1 million. The
Hurricanes have an outstanding claim of $40,000 on a deal for a skybox lease.
Shapiro said he gave away a 2006 Heat NBA championship ring to satisfy a
debt, though he did not reveal in sworn statements how he obtained the ring
that was given to hundreds of Heat staffers.
【在 N*********6 的大作中提到】
: 不知道有多严重……
| w***b
发帖数: 2244 | 4 这个鸟人在山农上台后就被山农意识到不是好人，老早就叫他滚得远远的。
现在就是不知道以前有没有一些球员私下接受他好处的，有的话也应该是07年的事情，
也就是山农刚上台的时候。
have
before
they
【在 H*****r 的大作中提到】
: MIAMI -- Miami Hurricanes coach Al Golden says some of his players may have
: made mistakes that prompted an NCAA investigation into convicted Ponzi
: schemer Nevin Shapiro's role with the program.
: Golden, preparing for his first season with the Hurricanes, said he just
: became aware of the investigation into allegations that Shapiro gave more
: than a dozen former or current players gifts and services.
: "We're not going to let this knock us backward," Golden said Tuesday before
: a morning practice. "We have great kids on this team to the extent that they
: may have made a mistake. OK, that's fine. But that's also part of growing
: up. What we have to teach them now is if something did occur, let's be
| H*****r
发帖数: 764 | 5 我觉得你们这个事挺严重呀。不斯特给钱很麻烦
【在 w***b 的大作中提到】
: 这个鸟人在山农上台后就被山农意识到不是好人，老早就叫他滚得远远的。
: 现在就是不知道以前有没有一些球员私下接受他好处的，有的话也应该是07年的事情，
: 也就是山农刚上台的时候。
:
: have
: before
: they
| w***b
发帖数: 2244 | 6 目前看起来似乎不妙
这多年前的事情了，这厮还给学校过捐献，本来在一个lounge上面有他名字，不过不知
道什么原因，学校把他名字去掉。山农上台后也是让他滚远点。
结果这厮现在就开始疯狂咬人。
现在不知道多少是真的，多少是谎言。
关注中。。。
http://sports.yahoo.com/investigations/news?slug=cr-renegade_mi
【在 H*****r 的大作中提到】
: 我觉得你们这个事挺严重呀。不斯特给钱很麻烦
| H*****r
发帖数: 764 | 7 不过你们那个AD (former?) 好像是NCAA什么委员会的头，估计可以内部搞定
【在 w***b 的大作中提到】
: 目前看起来似乎不妙
: 这多年前的事情了，这厮还给学校过捐献，本来在一个lounge上面有他名字，不过不知
: 道什么原因，学校把他名字去掉。山农上台后也是让他滚远点。
: 结果这厮现在就开始疯狂咬人。
: 现在不知道多少是真的，多少是谎言。
: 关注中。。。
: http://sports.yahoo.com/investigations/news?slug=cr-renegade_mi
| b**j
发帖数: 20742 | 8 多半是真的。不知道为什么要spill the beans, 难道可以减刑？
按说booster都是对学校热爱的，不会拆台。
每个学校都有很多这样的，反正没有铁证，死不承认就是了
【在 w***b 的大作中提到】
: 目前看起来似乎不妙
: 这多年前的事情了，这厮还给学校过捐献，本来在一个lounge上面有他名字，不过不知
: 道什么原因，学校把他名字去掉。山农上台后也是让他滚远点。
: 结果这厮现在就开始疯狂咬人。
: 现在不知道多少是真的，多少是谎言。
: 关注中。。。
: http://sports.yahoo.com/investigations/news?slug=cr-renegade_mi
| H*****r
发帖数: 764 | 9 NCAA的杀手锏是"should have known...." 就看用不用了
【在 b**j 的大作中提到】
: 多半是真的。不知道为什么要spill the beans, 难道可以减刑？
: 按说booster都是对学校热爱的，不会拆台。
: 每个学校都有很多这样的，反正没有铁证，死不承认就是了
| w***b
发帖数: 2244 | 10 这家伙是报复，学校发现他的问题和就开始和他保持距离，他觉得学校和球员背叛了他。
这厮就是个骗子和小偷，他的话到底多少可信度我们也不知道。现在只能等着看了。
【在 b**j 的大作中提到】
: 多半是真的。不知道为什么要spill the beans, 难道可以减刑？
: 按说booster都是对学校热爱的，不会拆台。
: 每个学校都有很多这样的，反正没有铁证，死不承认就是了
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