Maybe only by the source, a massive Yahoo! sports investigation into the University of Miami and MORE problems there.
A described "renegade Miami booster" apparently is found to have given literally THOUSANDS of NCAA violations to at least 72 Miami football players over an eight-year span from 2002 to 2010, and the NCAA is investigating, right up to University President Donna Shalala.
Nevin Shapiro is in prison for his involvement in a nearly $1,000,000,000 Ponzi scheme, and apparently used some of this money to lavish Miami players over the course of the last decade.
He apparently was not only an agent, but had created an agency for work on these players, and funneled money not only through it, but the current commissioner of the UFL!!!
"Willful violations"? Let's understand something here: If "The U" was getting players locally, chances are they have been playing professional football for pay since about age ten, and often with drug and gang money!! Outside the Lines basically put the spotlight on that a few months ago.
It is abjectly implausible to believe that the University of Miami could ever have a clean football program -- then (watch 30-for-30's "The U" for a good idea) or now. Basically, this guy, he claims, has become "Little Luke", the person carrying on the illegitimate legacy of Luke Campbell, the guy from 2 Live Crew who was paying Miami players back in the day!
Shapiro apparently was pimping prostitutes for at least three dozen players at Miami.
Players were openly getting money for "tournaments" and "bounties" sponsored by Shapiro.
Basically, just about every conceivable violation of the law and NCAA by-laws could be traced to this jackass.
Frankly, how this university still has a football program is beyond my understanding, but unless someone can point out to me where they already under a sanction for possible "repeat violator" status, I can't see more than a significant bowl ban, etc.
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