If you have seen the allegations made by University of Miami Booster Nevin Shapiro about benefits he gave players, coaches, and recruits you are probably just as shocked as us that the U was able to turn a blind eye on the scandals and wide array of NCAA violations that occurred between Shapiro's affiliation with the school in 2002 and his arrest on allegations of a $930million ponzi scheme in 2010. At first I was unsure about the facts behind the case and thought his argument was a little bit far fetched. After I read Yahoo Sport's Writer Charles Robinson's report on the situation which he broke yesterday after hundreds of hours of research and interviews and I can see clearly that The school and their staff knew what was going on and just decided not to report it.
I have always understood why college athletes would take money and benefits from agents and boosters. The athletes are college students, people who are generally not the richest in the first place. These benefits let them splurge a little bit and help the players out. What I don't understand is why the school didn't report it. It only makes it worse for them, because in today's world, eventually the media is going to break every major violation and eventually you will have to pay for your actions, so why not just fess up then and take lesser consequences. Because of the sheer number of players and the length of time and money this involved, I only see one punishment that will fit. The University of Miami, one of the historically great football programs will receive the Death Penalty.
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