New Cheating Tactics in College Sports & Michigan Football.
- By Go2Guy
- General College Sports
- 15 Replies
John Bacon's new book on Michigan Football will be out Sept 3. Interesting excerpt from Ch 3, "Hard To Beat the Cheaters":
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There is little evidence that the NCAA does any more these days. For an earlier book I spent almost every Wednesday night of the 2012 season talking with Louisiana native-turned-Penn State star Mike Mauti, who had turned down money from several Southern schools before accepting Penn State's offer of a scholarship, an education, and an opportunity -- nothing more.
"I know for a fact there are players getting paid [at other schools]," Mauti said. "Guys I know are getting tens of thousands of dollars a year. They give you credit cards until they run out. There's a lot of money involved. One hundred thousand dollars? Over the course of five years? Easily. I was offered money. They don't come out and say they're going to give you this money, but their players know the way things work, and they tell you. It's a different culture out there."
Mauti and I shared the stories we'd heard about coaches channeling money through churches, a practice that few Southern politicians or reporters would dare investigate; offering jobs to the parents in the city or county, not the school; giving recruits credit cards in someone else's name, or cases of casino chips to cash in; and two relatively new tricks, having a booster buy the family's home for far more than market value, and telling players to take their beat-up junkers into a Mercedes dealership, where they receive a high-end "loaner car" while they wait for a replacement part -- which could take years, it turns out.."
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There is little evidence that the NCAA does any more these days. For an earlier book I spent almost every Wednesday night of the 2012 season talking with Louisiana native-turned-Penn State star Mike Mauti, who had turned down money from several Southern schools before accepting Penn State's offer of a scholarship, an education, and an opportunity -- nothing more.
"I know for a fact there are players getting paid [at other schools]," Mauti said. "Guys I know are getting tens of thousands of dollars a year. They give you credit cards until they run out. There's a lot of money involved. One hundred thousand dollars? Over the course of five years? Easily. I was offered money. They don't come out and say they're going to give you this money, but their players know the way things work, and they tell you. It's a different culture out there."
Mauti and I shared the stories we'd heard about coaches channeling money through churches, a practice that few Southern politicians or reporters would dare investigate; offering jobs to the parents in the city or county, not the school; giving recruits credit cards in someone else's name, or cases of casino chips to cash in; and two relatively new tricks, having a booster buy the family's home for far more than market value, and telling players to take their beat-up junkers into a Mercedes dealership, where they receive a high-end "loaner car" while they wait for a replacement part -- which could take years, it turns out.."
Geez C-Dubs, lighten up!
- By Cycsk
- General Discussion
- 20 Replies
Who knew that @ChrisMWilliams was a public artist with undies in a bundle!
From today's Des Moines Register:
Chris Williams was shocked when he learned that his mural was part of a Super Bowl commercial earlier this year. The 35-year- old Des Moines artist painted the colorful collection on squares and rectangles at Sixth and College Avenues in 2018. It was part of a community project in the Riverbend neighborhood.
Williams said no one sought permission to use the mural, and Hy-Vee, which ran the ad, did not give him credit or compensation. He is now suing Hy-Vee for copyright infringement. “I felt very confused about seeing my art being used by Hy-Vee on a presumably multi-million dollartelevision commercial." “People who recognized his mural in the campaign would have concluded that Williams ‘sold out,’ diminishing the value of his work and reputation,” the lawsuit says.
From today's Des Moines Register:
Chris Williams was shocked when he learned that his mural was part of a Super Bowl commercial earlier this year. The 35-year- old Des Moines artist painted the colorful collection on squares and rectangles at Sixth and College Avenues in 2018. It was part of a community project in the Riverbend neighborhood.
Williams said no one sought permission to use the mural, and Hy-Vee, which ran the ad, did not give him credit or compensation. He is now suing Hy-Vee for copyright infringement. “I felt very confused about seeing my art being used by Hy-Vee on a presumably multi-million dollartelevision commercial." “People who recognized his mural in the campaign would have concluded that Williams ‘sold out,’ diminishing the value of his work and reputation,” the lawsuit says.
