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LSU Football Self-Imposes Penalties, Bans Odell Beckham Jr. from Facilities

Posted on 10/21/20 at 12:41 pm
Posted by GeorgeTheGreek
Sparta, Greece
Member since Mar 2008
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Posted on 10/21/20 at 12:41 pm
Link to TD Article

Link to SI Story

Decided against self imposing a post season ban.

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The school is docking itself eight football scholarships over a two-year period and reducing recruiting visits, evaluations and communication after a nearly two-year investigation uncovered booster payments to the father of a football player, sources tell Sports Illustrated. The school is banning from its facilities for two years ex-LSU receiver and current NFL star Odell Beckham Jr., who distributed $2,000 worth of $100 bills during a wild scene that unfolded on the field following LSU’s win over Clemson in the national championship game in the New Orleans Superdome.
This post was edited on 10/21/20 at 1:20 pm
Posted by TankBoys32
Member since Mar 2019
2839 posts
Posted on 10/21/20 at 12:42 pm to
The hits keep coming...
Posted by Tigahs7
Louisiana
Member since Oct 2020
193 posts
Posted on 10/21/20 at 12:44 pm to
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booster payments to the father of a football player


The father of former offensive lineman Vadal Alexander received $180,000 in stolen money from LSU booster John Paul Funes, who admitted in 2019 that he embezzled more than half a million dollars from Our Lady of the Lake Hospital in Baton Rouge. The money was payment from 2012 to 2017 for what the NCAA characterized as a “no-show job.”
This post was edited on 10/21/20 at 12:47 pm
Posted by Oilfieldbiology
Member since Nov 2016
37585 posts
Posted on 10/21/20 at 12:44 pm to
frick OBJ for that fricking stunt
Posted by TankBoys32
Member since Mar 2019
2839 posts
Posted on 10/21/20 at 12:45 pm to
Forgot his name but was an O lineman from a few years ago
Posted by TheWalkoff
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2019
320 posts
Posted on 10/21/20 at 12:45 pm to
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Posted by CajunsTigersSaints
Member since Jan 2015
4532 posts
Posted on 10/21/20 at 12:45 pm to
Cheaters in basketball, cheaters in football, baseball up next....
Posted by Jabstep
Member since Jul 2014
2132 posts
Posted on 10/21/20 at 12:45 pm to
Jesus 8?!?!
Posted by Draconian Sanctions
Markey's bar
Member since Oct 2008
84893 posts
Posted on 10/21/20 at 12:45 pm to
Don't we only have like 65 guys on scholarship as it is?
Posted by rstamp1
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2009
1121 posts
Posted on 10/21/20 at 12:45 pm to
Vadal Alexander and the lake scandal.
This post was edited on 10/21/20 at 12:46 pm
Posted by TheWalkoff
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2019
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Posted on 10/21/20 at 12:45 pm to
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This post was edited on 12/27/20 at 2:39 pm
Posted by Upperdecker
St. George, LA
Member since Nov 2014
30626 posts
Posted on 10/21/20 at 12:45 pm to
We’ll always have 2019
Posted by LSUMurple
Atlanta
Member since Jun 2011
907 posts
Posted on 10/21/20 at 12:46 pm to
2020 gonna 2020
Posted by OldManRiver
Prairieville, LA
Member since Jan 2005
6925 posts
Posted on 10/21/20 at 12:46 pm to
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The school is docking itself eight football scholarships over a two-year period

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The penalties will not impact the team’s ability to sign the maximum of 25 newcomers a year

We are low as shite on schollys right now anyway, with normal attrition we could sign 25 kids each year and probably not get back to 85, so if this means we are just limiting ourselves to 81/year for the next 2 years it might not amount to much
Posted by Imber
Member since Sep 2017
12998 posts
Posted on 10/21/20 at 12:47 pm to
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frick OBJ for that fricking stunt


Posted by wwxww
Dulac, LA
Member since Dec 2019
589 posts
Posted on 10/21/20 at 12:48 pm to
Why are we not smart enough to distribute the wealth as well as the other schools?
Posted by thunderbird1100
GSU Eagles fan
Member since Oct 2007
68465 posts
Posted on 10/21/20 at 12:48 pm to
This is great timing considering there's no way we can obviously get close to 85 scholarship guys this year or next
Posted by Lord Orgeron
Baton Rouge
Member since Feb 2017
945 posts
Posted on 10/21/20 at 12:49 pm to
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Penalties seem pretty fair considering this all occurred under Joe Alleva and Les Miles watch.


Well this is a self imposed penalty that has yet to be accepted by the NCAA. Let’s hope they do accept it and it ends here.

All of if this Vadal Alexander... good player but damn that hurts
Posted by skullhawk
My house
Member since Nov 2007
23199 posts
Posted on 10/21/20 at 12:50 pm to
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Why are we not smart enough to distribute the wealth as well as the other schools?



There’s more to the story with the olol scandal and Alexander’s dad. It wasn’t a pay for play deal.
Posted by lsuhunt555
Teakwood Village Breh
Member since Nov 2008
38416 posts
Posted on 10/21/20 at 12:51 pm to
We'll always have 2019.
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