re: LSU Mentioned in Real Sports Report on CFB Recruiting Violations

Planchard must have got some serious jack when he signed with Saban

More football careers that didn't pan out. Like someone from another board said, you never hear this from the successful players. Just more failure stories looking for 15 mins of fame so they come talking out of their a$$.

Paying player would be a terrible thing. These kids are not professionals. In addition, could you imagine trying to regulate that! Maybe I should have gotten some money from playing high school sports, folks had to pay admission to see us compete and I did not get any of that money.

As far as these numbnut former AU players, I guess they could not get any limelight doing anything else, so why not start up some drama.

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Yea,that would be a heckuva NCAA hearing. Designated faculty rep from a mid-major type college,"While Mr. McGlover was being recruited by Louisiana State, who was the chancellor of your university ?" LSU spokesman," Dr Mark Emmert, now the President of the NCAA

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Yeah, well anybody that knows anything about Emmert's stance on compensating student-athlete's knows damn well that he would never condone the $500 handshake. LSU will never have to answer for the act of a booster that remains anonymous. Unless he can be identified and credibly linked to the program, the LSU implication is just a tall tale. It will be interesting to see if the guy who gave McGlover " a bag full of cash" to attend Auburn remains anonymous.

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Players don't take money, while we are at it neither do politicians, clergymen, or leaders of non profits.

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It is highly amusing that you list these things as if to suggest that I am naively unaware that these things do occur, and yet you scoff at the notion that a "news" story might not be a 100% accurate reflection of the truth. Do you really believe everything the media tells you?

I guess why not; you obviously believe everything that "everybody" tells you.

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shite men don't cheat on their taxes or thier wives.

Hell how could they the NCAA, Congress, and the IRS says they don't.

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No, they don't. That's my point. The IRS clearly reports that people do cheat on their taxes, and we have actual data that people do cheat on their wives. But the fact that we know some people do it does not support the notion that everyone, or even most or a significantly high percentage, do it.

Btw, your argument would suggest that we have proof that you, personally, cheat on your taxes and your wife, since the fact that it is done by one person can serve as proof that someone else (or even "everybody else") is doing it.

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Personally, I think athletes should be paid,

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I don't think paying the athletes will do anything but allow them to get paid while they still continue take money and gifts illegally. Greed is never getting enough. I believe the scholarship including meals, accommodations, and access to the athletic apparel should be enough for 3-4 years.

The players should get a stipend maybe of $75-$100 per week, but those who take the money will still not turn down hundreds and thousands of dollars given to them by booster even if you gave them $1 million legally.

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Personally, I think athletes should be paid, the existing rules are ridiculous. That said, it should be above board.

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I completely agree.. but I think that paying to recruit should still be punishable.. Endorsements.. selling gear.. etc should be allowed.. if we are so enamored as to pay for someone's game worn socks or whatever (see terrelle pryor) then why the hell should it be illegal for them to sell it... Everyone makes money in CFB exept for those who generate it. And don't give me BS about a "free ride." F'n TOPS was a free ride too..

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Everyone makes money in CFB exept for those who generate it. And don't give me BS about a "free ride." F'n TOPS was a free ride too..

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Ludicrous. If you have the full TOPS, you still have to pay out of pocket to attend LSU and live on campus. You do not have any of the available tutoring either.

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Everyone makes money in CFB exept for those who generate it.

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fricking myth.

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Everyone makes money in CFB exept for those who generate it

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fricking myth.

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Bull..
The BCS.. The SEC network. The coach.. The f'n hot dog vendors.. The city. The school. The hotels..

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The Fighting Irish football program is worth $97 million based on what the team contributes to the university’s athletic department for non-football sports ($23.5 million), the University’s academic use ($23.2 million), and the incremental sales to South Bend, Ind., and the surrounding county when the team plays games at Notre Dame Stadium.

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LINK

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A total of $34 million is up for grabs at the Tostitos BCS national championship game alone this year. Those proceeds will be divided up equally between the Big Ten (Ohio State) and SEC (Florida) conference schools, net of a small travel allowance for the two bowl combatants.

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NO where does it say.. Tim Tebow gets ehh 30 grand for making this game such a draw and allowing us to generate 34 million dollars.

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NO where does it say.. Tim Tebow gets ehh 30 grand for making this game such a draw and allowing us to generate 34 million dollars

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30 grand? Tuition at UF, housing in Gainesville, board for an entire year, tutoring and academic support services, healthcare, books, athletic gear . . . do you really think that doesn't add up to at least $30k a year?