Because a lot of boosters are trying to get access to those players for various reasons. Weather they are losers who just like hanging out with those guys like the Shapiro kid in Miami, or they want access to the program as a status symbol or they want something from the kid down the line if he makes it big
Former UT QB Chris Sims Admits Taking Money From Boosters
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Because a lot of boosters are trying to get access to those players for various reasons. Weather they are losers who just like hanging out with those guys like the Shapiro kid in Miami, or they want access to the program as a status symbol or they want something from the kid down the line if he makes it big
The article quotes Sims saying some Booster wanted him to autograph (10) Sims' Jerseys - and gave him a $100 "Handshake".....the scumbag probably sold them, black-market, for hundreds.
I'm sure it happens at ISU but it is more fun to talk about other schools.
A kid that went to my son's high school was on Grey Shirt program for Iowa FB one fall semester. A booster gave him a free apartment above the booster's business. There was no rent because the kid "was providing night time security by living there".
A kid that went to my son's high school was on Grey Shirt program for Iowa FB one fall semester. A booster gave him a free apartment above the booster's business. There was no rent because the kid "was providing night time security by living there".
Yup. I wish there was more of it, the program could definitely use the help.
Some boosters just want to feel like they're a big deal within the program, too. I forget the guy's name now but the booster that brought down Miami's football program basically just wanted to be a part of the team, and throwing a shitload of illegal benefits at the players was his way of doing so.
I know a certain Heisman candidate not named Seneca Wallace that I made steaks for at my house for him and his brother. Had him sign balls. No money exchanged ever. Just free steaks for him and his bother. We will call them Roy and Barrin Mavis.
Are your balls still covered in ink?
Liar! Roy and Barrin Mavis never wore the Cardinal and Gold! They aren't even real people!
Thanks for getting me busted reading CF at work. Couldn't contain the laugh...
At least Phil wasn't stupid enough to get his kid into subsidized housing......
Kinda depends on what they're proposing that I do for the $1k. But as you stated, just handing it to me? That money is mine, lol.
Yep, that's really the problem with the NCAA ever enforcing things. It seems the situations that get caught involve memorabilia, cars, food, clothing etc. where somebody is trying to slide around the rules. If you want to cheat and you're smart, it's hard to beat the $100 handshake or cash magically appearing in a backpack.
