Possible major NCAA violations for MSU & perjury from Dantonio?
What a dumpster fire. Preserving his legacy over the truth, “pride cometh before the fall.”
January 31st, 2020 at 9:24 PM ^
Mork threw the wrong guy under the bus. Enjoy the fall.
January 31st, 2020 at 9:25 PM ^
We just had Odell Beckham pass out wads of cash on national TV after a trial last summer where shoe companies and coaches admitted paying players.
The NCAA did nothing. They no longer exist.
January 31st, 2020 at 10:10 PM ^
I don't have a single fuck to give about OBJ making it rain on the LSU sideline after the game. That was an after-win celebration on the field. It was completely opposite of shoe companies (and coaches) admitting to paying players.
Nonetheless, the NCAA is a bag of dicks.
February 1st, 2020 at 5:34 AM ^
Screw what Beckham did also........all of it is wrong based on the fact you can't have half of cfb playing by the rules and the other half not.
February 1st, 2020 at 8:43 AM ^
Hell I remember we played for Roses. Reminds me when Jed met a mistro and they threw roses at his stage, Jed said when he played the fiddle people threw money at his feet. Geesh.
February 1st, 2020 at 12:27 PM ^
Meth is bad for you.
February 1st, 2020 at 4:14 PM ^
I'm more interested in throwing money Elly May's direction
February 1st, 2020 at 7:29 AM ^
I was getting wings with some buddies this week and saw LSU-Bama basketball on TV and Will Wade is still there. I forgot LSU had already given a big F-U to the NCAA and they did nothing about. The NCAA basically doesn't matter anymore if you're a big enough school that draws enough money because you can tell the NCAA to get lost
February 1st, 2020 at 7:48 AM ^
Of course he perjured himself, they just have to prove it, and I doubt they can. That's why State didn't settle in the first place. I'm still waiting to hear what happens to Kansas basketball.
January 31st, 2020 at 9:27 PM ^
Hilarious if true, probably just grandstanding by Blackwell's lawyers
January 31st, 2020 at 9:35 PM ^
It’s certainly grandstanding....but it’s probably also true.
January 31st, 2020 at 11:19 PM ^
Rarely do you read a legal brief in a contentious case where the lawyers do not grossly exaggerate or at a minimum give an incredibly biased spin or interpretation to the facts. Maybe this is true, more likely it is a lawyer trying to characterize something ambiguous to make his client look good and the opposition look bad.
February 1st, 2020 at 6:27 AM ^
The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers.
February 1st, 2020 at 7:24 AM ^
Politicians first
February 1st, 2020 at 8:41 AM ^
Most politicians are liar lawyers.
February 1st, 2020 at 9:10 AM ^
Twofer?
February 1st, 2020 at 11:43 AM ^
The best return I've ever received on my money is from my attorney fees. My lawyer lives in a palatial estate in a hilly, tree covered private neighborhood overlooking the water. My doctor lives in a similar home, but all he does for me is tell me I'm fat and to drink less. My lawyer puts in work.
January 31st, 2020 at 9:35 PM ^
It's about fucking time.
January 31st, 2020 at 9:40 PM ^
Pride comes before the fall.
Even if the dirt isn't revealed publicly from this testimony...your farce of being on a moral high ground is over.
February 1st, 2020 at 4:41 AM ^
your farce of being on a moral high ground is over.
havent met many Sparty fans huh
February 1st, 2020 at 12:32 PM ^
Pride comes before the fall.
Clap, clap...clap,clap,clap
Would make a good chant next year if Mork is still around.
January 31st, 2020 at 9:41 PM ^
Well this hardly comes as a surprise that Mork Lied and covered up..
January 31st, 2020 at 9:48 PM ^
At this point I say let him stay. He should have to deal with the roster he has put together. I want Michigan to embarrass him in East Landfill again.
January 31st, 2020 at 9:55 PM ^
good call. ultimately the best result. given the NCAA lets odell hand out cash at games and arizona and kansas are still allowed to play basketball, there is no possibility of negative consequences coming from that joke of an organization as it relates to this revelation.
January 31st, 2020 at 9:54 PM ^
"Where did all the lawyers go?" - Mark Daytona
January 31st, 2020 at 10:11 PM ^
Where have all the flowers gone, long time passing?
Where have all the flowers gone, long time ago?
Where have all the flowers gone?
Young girls have picked them everyone.
Oh when will they ever learn?
Oh when will they ever learn?
Apologies to Pete Seeger. Supposed to be an anti-war song but it just seems too appropriate for that sorry excuse of a school on the Red Cedar.
February 1st, 2020 at 12:14 PM ^
Except in the MSU version of the song, the young girls get raped and the basketball players get moved into grad student housing.
January 31st, 2020 at 10:01 PM ^
This has been coming for decades. The fake Michigan "news" just pushed aside. There are many sick people in our world. Go to church and pray.
February 1st, 2020 at 7:26 AM ^
Shut up.
February 1st, 2020 at 8:41 AM ^
I've read your comment several times and I still have no goddamn idea what point you're trying to make.
January 31st, 2020 at 10:22 PM ^
For Blackwell to put possible perjury in there, he has to have some physical evidence that proves it. Well, it better not be something like him saying 'nah-uhh, he told me something different'!
In any case, nothing will come of this. I mean, UNC doesn't have to entertain real courses. Arizona and Auburn bball coaches have flatly admitted paying players out of their own pockets. Zion Williamson turned down $120K to play for Kansas. Cam Newton's dad proudly tells media outlets that he auctioned his son's services to the highest bidder.
The NCAA is a sad joke.
January 31st, 2020 at 10:53 PM ^
in addition to 'pride'; perhaps "the lies, perjury and lawsuits" also cometh before the fall
February 1st, 2020 at 12:26 AM ^
....but where's the threat???
January 31st, 2020 at 11:10 PM ^
Lawyer tactics to try and get a settlement from MSU.
Nothing to see here, move on. The bodies are buried and never coming up.
February 1st, 2020 at 9:48 AM ^
I dunno man. The people I've talked to say Blackwell is OUT FOR BLOOD. If MSU tried to settle quickly or didn't drag him through the mud I would agree. But at this point, unless MSU is willing to write a MASSIVE check he's going to see this all the way through, and you wanna know why? Because he knows that Dantonio knows that Robertson was handled very poorly and he can win in the court of public opinion as more comes out.
The public comments by lawyers are just trying to exert as much pressure on MSU to make them uncomfortable.
January 31st, 2020 at 11:37 PM ^
And Jim Costa and Big Drew will still talk about Michigan not giving Harbaugh an extension.
February 1st, 2020 at 12:04 AM ^
Hey where did all the Wolverines go?
We’re all right here Mark united on this blog and we are close to planning a major celebration if the NCAA pours some kerosene and lays a match on your sofa.
Pride comes before the fall indeed you SOB.
February 1st, 2020 at 7:31 AM ^
Oh God. Don’t ask. A couple MSU slappies that have an afternoon radio show in West Michigan. We have them and Huge mouth. Terrible across the board. The Costa guy is a huge douche that bashes Michigan every chance he can, often illogically. A reason I bought Sirius. Best money I spend each month.
February 1st, 2020 at 6:32 AM ^
Is this the thread where we comment on Blazer paying players at Michigan? Or is there another thread?
Blazer’s information could also spill over to college football. In the 2019 trial of Dawkins and Code, Blazer testified that he paid football players from seven different schools in violation of NCAA rules. Blazer testified that he made payments anywhere from hundreds to several thousands of dollars to players at Alabama, Michigan, North Carolina, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Penn State and Pittsburgh.
February 1st, 2020 at 7:41 AM ^
Classic inferiority complex indicative of insecure. I’d suggest the present programs in Michigan really start and ends with the criminality in East Lansing. But, for sure, grasp at straws, Sparty
February 1st, 2020 at 9:48 AM ^
jud, i'll make you a deal. i will accept the proposition that some guy with no connection to michigan paid a few hundred dollars to an unnamed michigan [EDIT:football] player, if you will in turn accept that your major sports coaches knew about, hid, and actively protected numerous sex offenders and at least two rapists, if not more. fair?
oh, and in the category of 'it happened, no argument', don't forget to file this:
dean of school - resigned in disgrace and indicted
dean of medical school - resigned in disgrace and indicted
gymnastics coach - resigned in disgrace and indicted
AD - resigned in disgrace and should've been indicted.
MSU spokesman/fixer - resigned in disgrace and, though it didn't seem possible, made things worse.
February 1st, 2020 at 12:11 PM ^
Well said XM. Factual and to the point.
You left out the ongoing BoT BS....
FYS?
February 1st, 2020 at 1:46 PM ^
I’m talking about football XM. And for the record cheating is part of the game. If you’re not doing it, you’re not keeping up. I do not except your proposal as far as coaches go. Simply because it has never been proven, and if it had they’d be in jail. My contention with Dantonio is that he should be fired for the recruitment of Austin Robertson. He gambled and lost. A woman got raped. Fire him for it.
February 1st, 2020 at 2:13 PM ^
jud, i appreciate that you say you want your coach fired over the robertson thing. i would add that i have family and dear friends that are sparty alums. nevertheless, i don't agree with 'cheat to keep up'.
further, the rapes/sexual assaults happened with mork at the wheel, same with the brawls, the 7 DWLS misdemeanors for your star running back, the steroids, bullough problems, etc.; and the hundreds of rapes and sexual assaults your school hid for nearly 30 years, starting back in the perles era. the school needs to level its athletic program and rebuild from the bottom. it is a sick, twisted department that sold its soul to the devil to try and catch us. it worked for 3 or 4 years, but i think those days are over.
so for you to try and spark off on our blog about the unsubstantiated and non-NCAA breaking allegations is weak. i am avoiding using stronger language, but you get the picture.
February 3rd, 2020 at 8:16 AM ^
I’ll just leave this here........
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February 1st, 2020 at 10:14 AM ^
As I'm sure you are aware, there is no NCAA rule that would punish Michigan for Blazer giving money to a Michigan player, unless Blazer is a booster of the University of Michigan, or unless Michigan had knowledge of it (neither of which is alleged in the article).
It's like when Ed Martin gave a bunch of money to a Michigan State basketball player. MSU wasn't punished because Martin couldn't be proven to be a booster of MSU. He also gave a bunch of money to some Michigan basketball players. Michigan was punished, because Michigan found out that Martin fit the NCAA definition of "booster" and the athletic department turned themselves in to the NCAA and requested punishment.
So yeah, let's discuss that if you want.
February 1st, 2020 at 12:35 PM ^
If you can figure out what player it is we will make sure he gives $50 to charity and call it even.
February 1st, 2020 at 3:22 PM ^
Because a guy unconnected to Michigan is the same as MSU’s head coach.
You are a real man of genius.