Lots of Rumors in HBO's Real Sports
by Paragon SC on Mar 29, 2011 5:10 PM PDT
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PrintWe have heard the rumors about Auburn's alleged pay for play scheme...
SbB Has the early review of the special.
I have obtained an advance copy of the show and have transcribed excerpts of a portion of the Andrea Kremer-hosted "Pay to Play" segment of the show below.
The segment contains explosive claims from former Auburn players Chaz Ramsey, Troy Reddick, Stanley McClover and Raven Gray.
- On McClover’s recruitment:
Kremer voiceover: "McLover said it wasn’t until he attended an all-star camp at Louisiana State University that he realized how the game is played. A game of money and influence."
McClover: "Somebody came to me, I don’t even know this person and he was like, ‘we would love for you to come to LSU and he gave me a handshake and it had five hundred dollars in there. … that’s called a money handshake … I grabbed it and I’m like, ‘wow,’ hell I thought ten dollars was a lot of money back then. Five hundred dollars for doing nothing but what I was blessed to do. I was happy."
Kremer to McClover: "What did you say to the guy when he hands you five hundred dollars?"
McClover: "Thank you and I’m seriously thinking about coming to LSU."
Kremer voiceover: "But McClover says there were money handshakes from boosters at other football camps too. At Auburn for a couple hundred dollars and at Michigan State. All the schools denied any wrongdoing. And things really started heating up a few months later when he went to Ohio State for an official visit where schools get a chance for one weekend to host prospective athletes. McClover says there were money handshakes from alumni there too. About a thousand dollars. And something else to entice him."
McClover: "They send girls my way. I partied. When I got there I met up with a couple guys from the team. We went to a party and they asked me to pick any girl I wanted."
Kremer: "Did she offer sexual services?"
McClover: "Yes."
Kremer: "Did you take them?"
McClover: "Yes."
As bad as this all looks there is no hard proof that these events actually happened.
So, while this makes for some interesting reading I have a hard time saying that college football is about to implode as I have seen out on the Web. Now, if proven true it certainly wouldn't surprise me...like I said there have been rumors about this type of situation floating around the various blogs and boards for a few months now. There have been all sorts of insinuations out there.
I will wait to see some hard proof.
But you can judge for yourself...
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Lots of damning info in there, coming straight from former players' mouths
The real question is – what is the NCAA going to do about? And what do you think the chances are Auburn, or any other school, for that matter, gets a punishment equivalent to USC’s?
They won't receive the severity of USC's punishment
In the words of Mark Emmert, “apples and oranges”.
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No comment from this thread will be deleted. You will have to own them when we get it turned around and beat Southern Cal. You will never ride the bandwagon when we come back. Not on BN. GO BRUINS.
by Nestor on Sep 4, 2010 9:24 PM CDT
& the Sweater Vest will still be cheating & coaching in Columbus!
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
To be stuck inside of Mobile
With the Memphis blues again
-R. Zimmerman
Stewart Mandel was right...
Unless these kids sit down with the NCAA and spill the beans about who gave them the money and lay more detail than this than these allegations are nothing more than a salacious story…
"Lightning from the Sky, Thunder from the Sea,"
"We aim .......... to please"
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Agreed
That they were able to put something like this together within a year after Auburn’s really just means that this is pervasive enough that you can find examples of it at any program. It wouldn’t surprise me to see a similar story about this at any BCS school, really.
That said, Reddick’s story about an Auburn coach giving him money is more interesting than the rest of the material.
I wonder what these handshake scandals would look like at some other programs:
Cal: Note saying that a donation has been made in the prospect’s name to the art history department
Oregon: Weed (in bag with swoosh on it)
UCLA: Delicious Diddy Riese ice cream sandwich
ASU: Flash drive with pictures of ASU coeds
USC: Get out of jail free card
remember the Pony Excess 30 for 30?
All you need is one disgruntled player to provide documentary evidence. These four might not be the ones, but if this is a trickle, someone’s coming forward with hard evidence eventually.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
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