NCAA Investigating Miami

Less than one week after the University of Miami hired Al Golden as coach, members of Golden's coaching staff began using Sean "Pee Wee" Allen – a then-equipment manager and onetime right-hand man of convicted Ponzi schemer Nevin Shapiro – to circumvent NCAA rules in the recruiting of multiple Miami-area players, Yahoo! Sports has learned.

Golden, hired by Miami in mid-December 2010, had direct knowledge of Allen's improper involvement with Miami recruits, according to a former Hurricanes athletic department staffer and federal testimony given by Allen in Shapiro's bankruptcy case. Additionally, multiple sources interviewed by NCAA investigators have told Yahoo! Sports that Allen has become a focal point in the association's probe into Miami athletics. The sources said investigators focused on Allen's role in providing impermissible benefits to Hurricanes players, as well as his contact with Miami recruits.

Hurricanes coach Al Golden's staff used booster's associate in potential recruiting violations - Yahoo! Sports

 

This has the potential to be truly devastating for them.

 

Yes, but all this stuff seems petty after PSU.

 

It will be years before the AA gets done investigating

 

Hope it's not true. I've proclaimed to the world what solid coach Al is. But nothing surprises me anymore.

 

The pressure to win is incredible these days.

 

If true, this will be the end of Miami as a nationally relevant program.

 

Truth, Hat. You just don't do this. Not after the heat that was already there.

 

Especially after you went to great pains to convince people Al Golden was the cleanest coach going.

 

Does seem incredibly stupid to employ an associate of Shapiro's. Hard to believe.

 

I wonder if Charles Robinson gets death threats.

 

That's why I'll wait to pass judgment.

 

I'll give Yahoo! Sports credit. They are equal opportunity. No sacred cows for them.

 

This is true

 

So when do they go after Notre Dame?

 

When they stop sucking.