Quote Originally Posted by R13 View Post
That's not playing devil's advocate. Wasn't this guy leading them out of the tunnels, had a blow-up in the press-box and even had a part of campus named after him at one time? If any of those are true, let alone all, kind of throws out the idea he's just a fan with some pics that's conjured up this whole thing to get attention or what have you.
1) He never led them out of the tunnel. There's footage of him sneaking up to the tunnel wearing an Antrel Rolle jersey that's been on loop on ESPN everytime this story comes up b/c that's the only video footage they have of him. Next time they have him on ESPN--pay special attention to the next part of the footage--the security guards chasing him back over to the sidelines while he celebrates getting on the field. The only reason why he was close enough to sneak on was via his sideline pass...which with the amount of money he had, was easy to procure.

2) His blowup in the press box happened b/c he got drunk in the skybox he bought (and didn't fully pay for, which was eventually taken away by the University) and broke into the press box to talk stuff to the Athletic Dept brass due to the arse-whooping we took from UVA to close the Orange Bowl.

I've actually talked to a few folks from Miami Beach who knew him, one who even went to HS with him. He's described by those who know him as a guy with little-man syndrome who was extremely selfish, and anytime he did something wrong, it was someone else's fault. One story told by those folks who knew him was that he would find himself at these clubs and parties with players b/c he would hang close to the sideline and listen in and find out where the players were talking about going after the game...and he would make sure he showed up and bought a VIP spot with his money. Then, he would seek out players and take pics with them, try to get in tight w/them. It's not like he herded all players to the clubs and paid for all their drinks/food all the time...which is what he'd have everyone believe. Not saying there weren't players that bought in and decided "what the hell, I'll never get caught", but a lot of this has 3 pieces of evidence: photos that could be taken out of context, credit card statements (which doesn't prove the players were there and that he paid for them), and a felon's word.

I'm not dumb enough to say that there weren't any UM players that had anything to do with this guy, as I think that Vince Wilfork is guilty as sin in all of this if all the allegations with him are eventually proven true, but I think at the end of the day--the NCAA won't be able to tie at least half of this to any players within the last 4 years...which would be the statute of limitations for NCAA violations and following sanctions. I'm also sure Tyrone Moss took money as he said so himself, and it wouldn't surprise me if Frank Gore took $1,000 from this guy to help take care of his baby.

Believe what you will, all I know is that this guy is scum, and anyone who had dealings with him while knowing what he was all about, deserve to be punished as severely as possible.