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17 months ago via 247Sports Mobile

Alleged to have sold osu player autographs and split the proceeds with the players. Apparently Blackmon is one of the players. Source is Fox Sports
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17 months ago via 247Sports Mobile

I know him so I will try to call him and find out what is up
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17 months ago via 247Sports Mobile

What is up?
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17 months ago

My man has apparently been selling stuff for players for a couple of years. He used to be married to a former OSU assistant women's basketball coach, so that's apparently how he got in. He was a golfer at OCU and is a sales rep for a golf club company, among other things.
He is refusing to talk to OSU people and is now on the banned booster list for them.
Wild stuff.
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17 months ago

is this the same deal one of our former players was tweeting about weeks ago prior to the ou/pokes game?
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17 months ago

That would be freakin too funny if OSU had to vacate their win against us.))))
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boomer8 said...
That would be freakin too funny if OSU had to vacate their win against us.))))

and their big 12 championship.
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GeorgiaCrimson said...
is this the same deal one of our former players was tweeting about weeks ago prior to the ou/pokes game?

Yes
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17 months ago

What were our players tweeting?
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albsooner said...
What were our players tweeting?

i can't remember if it was via twitter, another board or what. but the message was that blackmon was selling stuff and could be in trouble.

This post was edited by GeorgiaCrimson on 12/29/2011 at 11:26 PM
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17 months ago

Ahmed Kabba posted something on Facebook about it.
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17 months ago via 247Sports Mobile

sebadou said...
My man has apparently been selling stuff for players for a couple of years. He used to be married to a former OSU assistant women's basketball coach, so that's apparently how he got in. He was a golfer at OCU and is a sales rep for a golf club company, among other things.
He is refusing to talk to OSU people and is now on the banned booster list for them.
Wild stuff.

I know Gannon too. Crazy. Big CU fan.
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17 months ago

It looks like it's a non issue since he won't talk to anyone about it.
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LikeNoOther said...
It looks like it's a non issue since he won't talk to anyone about it.

well this won't just go away...we will hear about it eventually
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17 months ago

I wonder if OsU is worried about it enough to not play him in this bowl game. I would bet he plays and they will let the cards fall as they may afterwards. Very sad if it turns out to ruin their best season in history. Has the NCAA come to town sniffing yet?
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17 months ago

I don't think OSU has to worry... A clothing store was running photos of several Bama players wearing new clothes and making appearances, signing autographs, etc. but they haven't seen an NCAA inquiry. That program was inches from a death penalty only a few years ago.
Did Oregon or LSU ever get punished for paying the Houston street agent ?

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I don't think OSU has to worry... A clothing store was running photos of several Bama players wearing new clothes and making appearances, signing autographs, etc. but they haven't seen an NCAA inquiry. That program was inches from a death penalty only a few years ago.
Did Oregon or LSU ever get punished for paying the Houston street agent ?

I dont think Oregon is out of the woods yet...
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I dont think Oregon is out of the woods yet...

no they are not
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17 months ago

Booger is probably trying to pay everyone off so they can keep their best season in tact. That would be a devastating blow for the one time champions. What would they tell recruits then?
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17 months ago via 247Sports Mobile

Who in the hell buys autographs?
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Who in the hell buys autographs?

People who want to sell them later for a profit.
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17 months ago via 247Sports Mobile

Boosters pay inflated amounts as a way to get cash to players
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OURover said...
Boosters pay inflated amounts as a way to get cash to players

What happened to the days of handing them an envelope at all these parties...
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NJBornSoonerBrd said...
People who want to sell them later for a profit.

Ok, who are the people buying them later?
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