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Female caller just said on Mark Davis talk show (WBAP 820AM DFW) that she knows for a fact a car dealer in Dallas is paying SMU football players.
Said she was an eye-witness and everybody knows about it....
Whether it's true or not - where the hell is this coming from??

Immediately prior, another female referenced SMU cheating in the 80s, when discussing OU.

I think we may be under some sort of assault, folks.

Is this why Fraley and others were at the media day?

geez, here we go........................

Probably a disgruntled former employee of Sewell's...............She didn't mention if they were being paid in dollars or in............drumroll please,............burgers and cheer?????? Rock me................

mr. pony wrote:Female caller just said on Mark Davis talk show (WBAP 820AM DFW) that she knows for a fact a car dealer in Dallas is paying SMU football players.
Said she was an eye-witness and everybody knows about it....
Whether it's true or not - where the hell is this coming from??

Immediately prior, another female referenced SMU cheating in the 80s, when discussing OU.

I think we may be under some sort of assault, folks.

Is this why Fraley and others were at the media day?

It is OK to pay college atheletes for work performed. If a Dallas car dealer has hired football players for summer jobs and paid them appropriate wages for work performed, that is not a violation.

In the OU case, Bomar was paid $18,000 for 5 hours work per week. If he worked 12 weeks, that is a total of 60 hours or $300 per hour for parking cars. That is the violation in the OU case.

Just because someone saw a football player being paid by a car dealer, doesn't mean that we are violating NCAA rules. I wouldn't worry too much about someone calling into a talk radio show about seeing an SMU football player getting a pay check.

If SMU is paying players, we should get a refund!

Isn't that great. She knows for a fact. She saw it happen.

Riiiight....

That was Davis' response too.

mr. pony wrote:That was Davis' response too.

Stand up guy. Did he rip her up one side and down the other?

friarwolf wrote:Probably a disgruntled former employee of Sewell's...............She didn't mention if they were being paid in dollars or in............drumroll please,............burgers and cheer?????? Rock me................

Thanks for reminding me. When are we going to hear the real story about the basketball program?? Do we have to suffer forever through the web of deciet about Tubbs and NCAA violations woven by SMU??? MAKE THE TRUTH PUBLIC NOW!!!!

If Blackistone was at media day, I would worry. Fraley is that rare combination of columnist that is both lazy and an idiot.

[quote="jtstang"][Do we have to suffer forever through the web of deciet [......./quote].

That's 'web of deceit.' ..... Or were trying to spell 'receipt?'

jtstang wrote:

friarwolf wrote:Probably a disgruntled former employee of Sewell's...............She didn't mention if they were being paid in dollars or in............drumroll please,............burgers and cheer?????? Rock me................

Thanks for reminding me. When are we going to hear the real story about the basketball program?? Do we have to suffer forever through the web of deciet about Tubbs and NCAA violations woven by SMU??? MAKE THE TRUTH PUBLIC NOW!!!!

The on-line directory shows Steve-O's e-mail address to be [email protected]. Nobody on this board can do anything. New topic: football season is coming up!

with our on-field performance nobody is going to believe we are cheating......

mr. pony wrote:That's 'web of deceit.' ..... Or were trying to spell 'receipt?'

Thank you, sir. All please note my spelling error, and I am sorry for any confusion it caused any folks possessing the same level of reading comprehension as mr. pony here.

couch 'em wrote:with our on-field performance nobody is going to believe we are cheating......

May have been true in past years, but what if SMU does have the kind of year many people are anticipating? Don't you think it'll raise a few eyebrows? As sad as it is and as wrong as it is, SMU will never be able to be successful without someone alleging some form of wrongdoing. My hope is that the program can persevere despite that fact.