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re: Yahoo: Renegade Miami football booster spells out illicit benefits to players

Posted on 8/16/11 at 5:11 pm to
Posted by WDE24
Member since Oct 2010
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Posted on 8/16/11 at 5:11 pm to
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He also put bounties on specific players, including Florida Gators quarterback Tim Tebow and a three-year standing bounty on Seminoles quarterback Chris Rix from 2002 to 2004, offering $5,000 to any player who knocked him out of a game.

“We pounded the (expletive) out of that kid,” Shapiro said of Rix. “Watch the tape of those games. You’ll see so many big hits on him. Guys were all going after that $5,000 in cash. [Jon] Vilma tried to kill him – just crushed him – a couple of times trying to get that $5,000. And he almost got it, too.”
Posted by LoneMDG
Birmingham
Member since Nov 2009
2755 posts
Posted on 8/16/11 at 5:13 pm to
We're gonna get a Sequel to one of the Best 30 for 30 films, The U!!!!!!!!!
Posted by MSCoastTigerGirl
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2008
35525 posts
Posted on 8/16/11 at 5:14 pm to
Putting a bounty on an opposing player is very disturbing. It takes a sick mother fricker to want a kid hurt.
Posted by shuke33
Under The Bridge
Member since Nov 2010
9052 posts
Posted on 8/16/11 at 11:00 pm to
It's not rocket science. Hockey and baseball have minor league systems. Why can't the NFL?
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