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Craig James admits taking SMU boosters' gifts, calls them 'insignificant'

BTW, just linking the story. No real new news or facts in the story it doesn't seem..

wow never thought he would say that

You guys give me a boost every day

I know that he's been on the news a lot, but he does seem to get a lot of bad rap. The tech haters will roll out and then pretty much everyone that dislikes SMU uses him as a punching bag. This writer clearly had an agenda here. That's not what I call reporting or good journalism. This article seemed like a personal attack. I'm not defending or supporting him, but I refuse to feed the trolls and quite frankly those folks citing rumors on him should act like adults. Some of the things I hear about him are really quite defamatory, which is illegal.

He praised a 2010 ESPN documentary,"Pony Excess," which explored the SMU football scandal.

"Learned a lot from that," he said.

James said he feels called by God to give himself to public service and, as a businessman, wants to rescue free enterprise from over-regulation.

Must be the M in SMU or the Tebow effect!

No one asked him about that.

i bet the IRS is interested in knowing how insignificant they were. 30 years of penalties and interest can add up.

*YAWN*

Happened all the time. Team is waiting for a flight home. Plane is delayed for whatever reason. Kids go to buy a cup of Joe (no Starbucks back then, just 70s 80s coffee). Booster on the flight picks up the tab. Or a burger or sandwich. NOthing major even by the NCAA standards. Some call it paying players. oThers call it a courtesy.

ponyte wrote:Happened all the time. Team is waiting for a flight home. Plane is delayed for whatever reason. Kids go to buy a cup of Joe (no Starbucks back then, just 70s 80s coffee). Booster on the flight picks up the tab. Or a burger or sandwich. NOthing major even by the NCAA standards. Some call it paying players. oThers call it a courtesy.

So the booster that gave you a car and spending money was just being courteous?

SHOW ME THE COURTESY!

Ponyte got a car, clothes, money, meals, vacations, and much more from a former player/booster.

mrydel wrote:Ponyte got a car, clothes, money, meals, vacations, and much more from a former player/booster.

AND a great education...

mrydel wrote:Ponyte got a car, clothes, money, meals, vacations, and much more from a former player/booster.

What'd you get?