Tiny Gallon takes $$$?

Ringo.sixpack

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University of Oklahoma basketball star Keith
"Tiny" Gallon
may have violated a cardinal NCAA
rule by accepting thousands of dollars from a guy who appears to have
been courting him.

Gallon -- a freshman center for the Sooners - scored a
$3,000 wire transfer last August, according to a document obtained by
TMZ. The money was deposited in a bank account jointly held by Keith and
his mom, Sylvia Wright.

As for who gave Keith the dough -- the
document shows it's Jeffrey Hausinger, a Merrill
Lynch
financial advisor who reps several professional
athletes.

It's a violation of NCAA rules for any player or
player's relative to receive money that isn't readily available to other
players -- for example, a student loan or scholarship. We're told the
rule clearly prohibits any agent, lawyer or financial advisor from
trying to lure a player with money.

Keith made headlines last
week when he announced he would return to OU next year rather than turn
pro.

OU Athletic Director Joe Castiglione says
the school is committed to following NCAA rules, and "any activity not
in compliance is taken seriously and is acted upon swiftly."

We
could not reach Keith. His mom had no comment. We called Hausinger for
comment about the $3,000 wire transfer -- he said, "I don't think I want
to talk to you," and hung up.

http://www.tmz.com/2010/0...n-ncaa-scandal/#comments

Now can we get TMZ to investigate a certain QB at another SEC school whose name rhymes with Spam Cueton?
 

PBRME

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It would be nice if they could find a money trail all the way back to an Oklahoma booster. Even if not, Oklahoma should have to forefeit all their games played this season. Of course that can't happen because they just had their hand spanked over Sampson. Small D1 schools across the nation are currently trembling in fear.
 

MedDawg

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This SHOULD be a death penalty situation, but of course it won't be. They should atminimum get a big penalty, but probably won't even get that. The football violation below happened just one year after Kelvin Sampson's thing, and their penalties weren't very strong. If three in four years doesn't constitute lack of institutional control, I don't know what does.

Institution: University of Oklahoma<label class="prompt">Date: </label>July 11, 2007

<label class="prompt">Violation Sumary: </label>Violations in the football program involving Impermissible extra benefits -payment for work not performed and failure to monitor.

<label class="prompt">Penalty Summary: </label>Additional penalties imposed by the committee are as follows: public reprimand and censure; two additional years of probation (extended to May 23, 2010); reduce by two the total number of grants it may offer in football for both the 2008-09 and 2009-10; vacation of all wins in which the two ineligible student-athletes competed during the 2005 football season; disassociation of the former auto dealership's manager for a five-year period; annual compliance reporting required.

Institution: University of Oklahoma<label class="prompt">Date: </label>May 25, 2006

<label class="prompt">Violation Sumary: </label>Violations of NCAA legislation governing impermissible telephone contacts with prospective student-athletes.

<label class="prompt">Penalty Summary: </label>Penalties imposed by the committee were: public reprimand and censure; two years of probation; show cause order for a period of one-year for the former head men's basketball coach; show cause provision placed on a former assistant coach for a period of three years which runs concurrently and independently in conjunction with a another case and expiring on March 16, 2008;annual compliance reporting.
 

mstateglfr

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the Bomar issue was football related and Gallon's is basketball related.

Even if the school were involved in the Gallon issue, which it doesnt seem they are since it was player-agent, why would they get the death penalty based partially on an incident in the football program?

Id think a violation in a different sport wouldnt affect basketball.

...unless you are suggesting the entire Sooner athletic department should get the death penalty due to multiple violations by multiple programs? If so, then thats just funny.
 

MedDawg

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By the rulesit doesn't have to be the same sport hit twiceto incur the death penalty. Whichever sport got hit 2nd would get it.

But the other poster was probably right--if it stays a player-agent thing, then the NCAA won't hit OU that hard. Still, being their 3rd major case in 4 years, you'd think they'd get some sort of hard penalty.
 

mstateglfr

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MedDawg said:
By the rulesit doesn't have to be the same sport hit twiceto incur the death penalty. Whichever sport got hit 2nd would get it.

But the other poster was probably right--if it stays a player-agent thing, then the NCAA won't hit OU that hard. Still, being their 3rd major case in 4 years, you'd think they'd get some sort of hard penalty.

Wow, if that really how its set up, then thats friggin absurd. That makes no sense. And while i dont think the NCAA makes a ton of sense in how it does things at times, that REALLY doesnt make sense.