NCAA Hands Down Ruling On Miami University Football



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 The NCAA has ruled eight Miami Hurricanes must sit out games and payback money they received from former booster Nevin Shapiro before they are allowed to play again.

Those players are starting quarterback Jacory Harris,  defensive lineman Olivier Vernon, Ray Ray Armstrong—considered among the nation’s top safeties—, tight end Dyron Dye and five other players. Vernon will miss the first six games of the season with Armstrong and Dye missing four a piece. Vernon will have to pay about $1200, Armstrong $788, Dye $738, Harris $140 and eight players will be paying amounts ranging from $150-$400.

A Yahoo! Sports investigation earlier this month brought to light the illegal benefits former players and current players received from Shapiro during his tenure as booster for the university during the past decade.

Miami is not out of the clear yet as the NCAA is still looking into complaince issues within the university. The school is the latest football program to face NCAA sanctions following USC, Ohio St., Auburn, Oregon, Michigan, North Carolina, Clemson, Georgia Tech, and LSU.

The season opener for the Canes is September 5 at Maryland.

From The Sports Mind of RB:
This NCAA ruling means nothing. So players get suspended and have to pay some money back. It does not change the fact that boosters such as Shaprio are allowed to be so close to a team. I'm not condoning what these players did but most of them came from nothing and are given money, gifts and are treated like gods at a young age. I don't know many young kids who would have turned down those gifts if they really needed it and thought they would not get caught. Most student-athletes have scholarships and free housing and stuff like that but most of them feel like they deserve more. So don't students who are on acdemic scholarships deserve just as much? If they can pack an arena or stadium with 20,000 to 90,000 fans then yes they certainly do but until that happens no. Is that fair? No, but the facts are the facts. This issue will never be rectified because sports is big business and now young kids are sending promotional videos while in elemenary school. To show how prevalent this problem is there are fans who now bet on preseason NFL games.

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