Don Bosco Prep being investigated for possible benefits violation involving Peppers
Apparently Peppers and his mother had an apartment arranged for them as a "favor" when he was at Don Bosco, which he was forced out of when he transferred schools. Any possibility U of M will face consequences for recruiting a player who is later deemed ineligibile (if that's the case)? Sorry if this isn't an appropriate topic, feel free to delete.
October 29th, 2014 at 4:47 PM ^
Just saying how something involved in HS recruiting could affect college. And I don't trust the NCAA to be logical about things like that
October 29th, 2014 at 5:52 PM ^
the coaching staff was fully aware of the apartment.
October 29th, 2014 at 4:01 PM ^
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October 29th, 2014 at 4:20 PM ^
October 29th, 2014 at 4:53 PM ^
October 29th, 2014 at 9:13 PM ^
Sounds like he had jaundice.
October 29th, 2014 at 4:02 PM ^
Welp.
October 29th, 2014 at 5:05 PM ^
The best 5000 calorie lunch you could get in high school
October 29th, 2014 at 5:10 PM ^
I'm on a diet, but google image searching bosco sticks almost made me walk out of my office straight to the closest pizza place.
October 29th, 2014 at 4:06 PM ^
fire hoke
October 29th, 2014 at 4:06 PM ^
in the past the NCAA took a hard line with players like this and the player was ruled ineligible.
This happened out in Seattle many years ago, substantial cash was involved but also a similar rent free apartment hook up with a "booster". The kid was a basketball player and wanted to go to Washington, NCAA said nope and to my knowledge never played college basketball.
The hits just keep on coming.
October 29th, 2014 at 4:06 PM ^
feels like deja vu, from like and hour or so ago...
October 29th, 2014 at 4:07 PM ^
October 29th, 2014 at 4:08 PM ^
Well, Dave did say if Jabrill didn't like that apartment he could go find another one.....
October 29th, 2014 at 4:08 PM ^
Im not sure what makes you think this could fall back on UM? Maybe im being foolish but this has nothing to do with Michigan doing anything wrong
Maybe if Hoke was recruiting him and knew about this situation but again - Michigan didnt pay for anything or do anything wrong
If im missing something let me know but this situation should not affect Michigan or even Hoke at all UNLESS they were in on assisting housing for his family
October 29th, 2014 at 4:32 PM ^
you cant get paid to play football, and THEN go and play for us
October 29th, 2014 at 4:08 PM ^
But no in all seriousness, I doubt this affects Michigan much more than maybe Peppers is ruled ineligible next year. And even that feels like a big if.
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October 29th, 2014 at 4:12 PM ^
Not going to affect UM itself, unless we have opened up a 4th campus in New Jersey.
As for Peppers who knows at this point.
October 29th, 2014 at 4:11 PM ^
I don't think this has anything to do with UM at all. What impropriety did UM do? None according to this. Peppers still graduated and is eligable to play in the NCAA. Alll this has to do with with NJ's high school athletic association.
October 30th, 2014 at 1:33 PM ^
Not enough info.
don't know results of investigation. House seems arms length, but are there other things, like cash or grade fixing? Not mentioned.
don't know the NCAA rules.
Cannot prove knowledge or lackof knowledge without paper trail.
October 29th, 2014 at 4:17 PM ^
Looks like they signed a lease and made payments. Seems to me that maybe the school could be in hot water, but I don't think it will affect Peppers at all, as it doesn't look like he did anything wrong.
October 29th, 2014 at 4:21 PM ^
Likely nothing to see here.
October 29th, 2014 at 4:24 PM ^
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October 29th, 2014 at 4:34 PM ^
The landlord alleged in court that they were months behind on rent, and sued them more than once to recover money that was owed. This happened two weeks after Peppers announced his transfer.
So a legit question to ask is, Why wasn't Ms. Bryant making her rent payments? Was she promised use of the house so long as her son played FB on the team that the landlord's brother coached? Also, was her rent ($1,300/mo, which per Trulia is way below market rate there) low in exchange for her son playing football? Was she given any preferential treatment in her rental application bc of Jabrill's status?
Those are all questions that need to be looked into bc if the answer to any of them is "yes," it means that he jeapordized or even forfeited his status as an amateur athlete.
October 29th, 2014 at 4:36 PM ^
You win in convincing fashion, and yet you're still butthurt enough to troll the board.
And you wonder why certain nicknames persist.
October 29th, 2014 at 4:44 PM ^
being suspiscioully held out as allegations surface isn't worth talking about.
October 29th, 2014 at 4:45 PM ^
if he's trolling, then point out where he's wrong instead of referencing that god damn nickname.
look, i don't want peppers to get screwed by the NCAA, and personally, i think the amateurism stuff is really dumb. many here are dismissing this issue without thinking clearly.
October 29th, 2014 at 4:48 PM ^
The questions I brought up are all legit & ought to be what the M athletic dept is asking internally. I know that if one of the MSU players had this type of suspicion surrounding him, I'd hope the AD is doing due diligence to ask those kinds of questions.
October 29th, 2014 at 4:39 PM ^
So what did Max Bullough actually do to get suspended from the Rose Bowl? Inquiring minds want to know.
October 29th, 2014 at 5:02 PM ^
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October 29th, 2014 at 4:18 PM ^
October 29th, 2014 at 4:21 PM ^
This has nothing to do with us and there's no reason to freak out.
October 29th, 2014 at 4:22 PM ^
I heard Dave Brandon gave him that apartment.
October 29th, 2014 at 4:22 PM ^
We have too many MGoBloggers on campus not to know the deal with Peppers. I mentioned it HAD to be recruiting or some type of agent/impermissable benefit situation.
We knew about Des Morgan's arm by 10a monday morning when the MGoStudents saw him in class/on campus.
You mean to tell me, there was no one that said "Hey Peppers, how much longer you out?"
He's one of the 5 most high profile kids on campus. There's no way we wouldn't know about an injury.
We were selling ourselves short.
This isn't shocking (considering he's been like a unicorn as of late), let's just hope it's not Michigan-career ending. The kid can ball, by all accounts he's a great kid, hopefully everything is straigtened out and we can see him back on the field soon. Turning this program around and bringing some excitement back to Ann Arbor.
October 29th, 2014 at 4:24 PM ^
You must have missed it. Early in the season, people mentioned he was on crutches hobbling around campus.
Today, it could be an injury that allows walking, but not running.
October 29th, 2014 at 4:29 PM ^
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October 29th, 2014 at 4:32 PM ^
When this was reported from a student on campus...MONTHS ago
October 29th, 2014 at 5:55 PM ^
he references having MGo students on campus, when an actual student on campus reported Peppers on crutches and not moving around very well.
October 29th, 2014 at 4:23 PM ^
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October 30th, 2014 at 1:37 PM ^
Also heard there were some Peppers texts implicating improprieties. Rumor?
October 29th, 2014 at 4:26 PM ^
I'm from northern NJ. Same area as Bosco and Paramus Catholic. The talk has always been that Bosco imports kids from around the state to their school and that boosters have flipped the bill for apartments. Or in this case the brother of an an assistant. There's an arms race between the parochial powers up here. There are 6 of them that are national powers: Bosco, Paramus Catholic, St.Peter's, St. Joseph's, Bergen Catholic and DePaul. Bosco is the one that draws most of the suspicion regarding importing. Though lately people have been wondering about Paramus Catholic. After years of being just decent they lured Peppers away from Bosco and that surprised everyone. Then they lured Rashon Gary away from his school in central Jersey. He's the #1 nationally ranked junior. So I suspect PC is doing some of the same shenanigans as Bosco.
October 29th, 2014 at 4:47 PM ^
And though they're all Catholic schools, they're always happy to enroll a Jewish kid if he has a fastball that hits 94 mph and a hard, nasty curve, plus a changeup that is progressing -- like Rob Kaminsky who pitched for the St. Joseph Regional team and was a first round draft pick of the St. Louis Cardinals. . . . or an Armenian Christian soccer player who might have the skills to become the best high school soccer player in America and later win the Hermann Trophy as the best player in college soccer, become the number one draft choice in the MLS Draft and win the MVP of the MLS Cup – like Alecko Eskandarian who played for Bergen Catholic.
October 29th, 2014 at 6:03 PM ^
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October 29th, 2014 at 7:55 PM ^
From what I've read, Rob Kaminsky was raised in a religious Jewish home and had attended a Jewish Day School through the eighth grade; but he was an exceptional pitcher and switch-hitting outfielder in youth baseball and the elite baseball players in northern New Jersey, regardless of religious affiliation, often were recruited by St. Joseph Regional, a frequent league, county and state sectional championship team. LINK - CLICK ON THE HISTORY AND TITLES BUTTONS
I've also been told that the high school accommodated Kaminsky's religious observances, so that he didn't have to attend mass with other students or take Catholic Theology courses, and was excused from attending school on Jewish holidays. I suspect that during Passover, no one expected him to be eating bread at lunch, and that he would've been easy to pick out of a school lineup on Ash Wednesday. I doubt that the school's adminsitrators made conversion to Catholicism a requirement for Kaminsky's continued attendance. They might not have wanted to lose a player who was considered the best player their baseball coach ever had on the team, and who would become an all-state pitcher as a junior and senior. LINK - CLICK ON THE HISTORY AND ALL STATE BUTTONS
Kaminsky was getting raves for his play as early as his sophomore season. Even New Jersey's Governor found time to attend one of Kaminsky's games that season -- traveling to the game by state helicopter.
October 29th, 2014 at 8:14 PM ^
You know that non-Catholic students attend Catholic schools all the time, right? It's funny how you bring up one Jewish kid and one Armenian Christian kid, as if that's a big deal. Do you think Peppers is Catholic? It's very rare for African Americans to be Catholic.
You know Jewish kids go to Catholic schools all the time, right? Not just for sports. In most big cities (where high concentrations of Jews are typically found) the Catholic schools are some of the best schools, from an academic and college prep standpoint, and are usually more cost-effective than non-religious private schools.
Take a look at Josh Rosen out here in LA. He's Jewish, and he attends St. John Bosco because it's a big time football program. The star running back for Notre Dame HS in Sherman Oaks, CA (who now plays for Cal) last year was Khalfani Muhammad, who is also not Catholic. This is not a new nor uncommon phenomenon.