Putting "The U" in Uh-Oh

I know I haven't posted in a while.  It's like I don't even care right?  Well I don't know.  Turns out there are some newsworthy items out there to speak about.

As it turns out "The U" may as well stand for "The Uncompliant."  Ok, maybe that's not a real term.  But the story Yahoo! Sports released is seriously toxic for the whole athletic department in Coral Gables.  The amount of names - famous players - that were listed by Nevin Shapiro is staggering.  He was nothing if he was not uberforthcoming with information about all the gifts he provided to players, coaches, and the school.

In a place like Miami I think it would be easier than in some other places to get players and coaches to take gifts and live "the life."  Miami is a huge market with a huge nightlife.  It is not hard to find temptation abound in the surrounding areas of Coral Gables.  Not to mention this Shapiro guy had a yacht.  A yacht!  I mean seriously, how much more G can you get?

This whole situation is not surprising at all.  Perhaps the extent of it is sort of alarming, but mostly people just shake their heads as if one of their friends told a stupid joke.  Nobody is really shaken by this stuff anymore.  Its not just Miami.  It's everywhere.  Miami just got it in the butt.

This guy Nevin Shapiro is a total tool anyway.  He's spending the next 20 years in prison because he only liked making money illegally.  Now he wants to spill the beans since the players aren't backing him.  He knew that these players would take the bait if he dangled it in front of them.  I think he's the major villain in the whole thing.  I don't deny that players need to take responsibility for their actions.  They should know better.  They need to understand how strict the NCAA is.  You gotta know its stupid if a guy is paying for you to bang some girl.  But at the same time, when people with money just want to give it to you with no questions asked, it would certainly be hard to pass that up.  I don't know.  I'm not sure what I would do had I been in such a situation.  I hope I would use my head, but that's easy coming from a schlub like me.  Had I been there I may have made the same decisions.

There hasn't been a major "death penalty" handed down in NCAA sports since SMU in the 80s.  It would be a huge blow to one of the premier athletic programs in the country if Miami received such a sanction.  It would certainly change the landscape of major college sports for a few years, especially football.  Poor new football and basketball coaches.  They didn't ask for this.  Now they are in the thick of it.  All the Hurricanes community can do is sit back and wait.  This could take a while.

Speaking of expensive things people don't deserve, have you seen Ashton Kutcher's trailer for Two and Half Men?  Its insane.  It's a semi truck with like seven 60" TVs in there.  Really what's the point of that?  He's already making $700,000 an episode.  Give me a break.  This isn't your home.  It's your trailer while on set.  Define overkill.  Clearly, some Americans are not feeling the financial crisis.  Jealousy?  Yeah maybe a little.  But this is bordering on gold-toilet status.  Our dream is his reality.  Sheesh.

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