bighousemike84
03-29-2011, 08:52 PM
http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/ex-auburn-players-claim-systematic-pay-to-play-29592
I dont have HBO so I wont be able to watch this at the time it airs but I look forward to seeing this story unfold. Sportsbybrooks has a post up with a transcription of at least part of the Real Sports story on the pay for play that goes on in college football. The story yielded quotes from actual players like this doozy
“McClover says what he asked for was money. A lot of it. And that he got it. Delivered in a bookbag, exact amount unknown.”
The whole story is laid out by a handful of former players, many of them from Auburn, that detail some of the ways that they received money and just how much they actually got from alumni and boosters.
I had to sell all my championship rings to help my sister not go into debt as her house was about to be foreclosed on.”
This is pretty interesting too.
“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.”
Kremer: “McClover committed to Ohio State right after that weekend. The recruiter at Ohio State who says he dealt with McClover that weekend denied the school was involved in any wrongdoing.”
I have always known that this sort of thing goes on in the game but this is the first time that anyone has gotten such a candid answer affirming that fact from the kids involved. This has the potential to change the game of college football forever. This might be the beginning of sweeping changes in the game. Then again it might mean nothing at all but we will find out soon enough. The HBO show runs on Wednesday evenings so for those of you who have the channel I would highly recommend checking it out.
I dont have HBO so I wont be able to watch this at the time it airs but I look forward to seeing this story unfold. Sportsbybrooks has a post up with a transcription of at least part of the Real Sports story on the pay for play that goes on in college football. The story yielded quotes from actual players like this doozy
“McClover says what he asked for was money. A lot of it. And that he got it. Delivered in a bookbag, exact amount unknown.”
The whole story is laid out by a handful of former players, many of them from Auburn, that detail some of the ways that they received money and just how much they actually got from alumni and boosters.
I had to sell all my championship rings to help my sister not go into debt as her house was about to be foreclosed on.”
This is pretty interesting too.
“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.”
Kremer: “McClover committed to Ohio State right after that weekend. The recruiter at Ohio State who says he dealt with McClover that weekend denied the school was involved in any wrongdoing.”
I have always known that this sort of thing goes on in the game but this is the first time that anyone has gotten such a candid answer affirming that fact from the kids involved. This has the potential to change the game of college football forever. This might be the beginning of sweeping changes in the game. Then again it might mean nothing at all but we will find out soon enough. The HBO show runs on Wednesday evenings so for those of you who have the channel I would highly recommend checking it out.