jared52 4,354 Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 http://sports.yahoo.com/news/ncaaf--documents--texts-reveal-impermissible-benefits-to-five-sec-players-202513237.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AubTigers 25 Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 Charles Robinson @CharlesRobinson 11m From @Rand_Getlin and myself: Five SEC players took extra benefits during careers, including Alabama's D.J. Fluker: http://yhoo.it/14G8eCV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunInRed 16,438 Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 Five Southeastern Conference football stars violated NCAA rules by receiving extra benefits prior to completing their collegiate careers, a Yahoo Sports investigation has found. The benefits – which in some cases came from multiple individuals – were conveyed to University of Alabama offensive tackle D.J. Fluker, University of Tennessee quarterback Tyler Bray, Tennessee defensive end Maurice Couch, Mississippi State University defensive tackle Fletcher Cox and Mississippi State wideout Chad Bumphis.Fluker, Bray and Cox are all currently on NFL rosters. Bumphis was recently released by the Miami Dolphins. Couch is a senior starter for the Volunteers this season. The identities of these players were revealed in a web of financial and text message records belonging to former Crimson Tide defensive end Luther Davis. The records were turned over to Yahoo Sports by a source with ties to the NFL agent community who alleged that Davis was acting as an intermediary between several high-profile college football stars and multiple NFL agents and financial advisers. Simms, Schaffer, Phillips and Rowan each confirmed giving money to Davis – but each said they had no knowledge of, and did not instruct Davis to provide benefits to players. Jernigan declined comment.Brahmbhatt declined comment through his attorney. Another agent who was listed on a travel itinerary in Davis' records, Isaac Conner, said Davis was a point of contact to reach multiple SEC players but denied any knowledge of Davis' financial dealings. A defensive end for the Crimson Tide from 2007-10, Davis acted as a "concierge" between budding NFL draft picks, agents and financial advisers following his college career, five sources told Yahoo Sports. Davis signed with the Buffalo Bills as an undrafted free agent in 2011, but has not been on an NFL roster since being released in training camp prior to that season. All told, the records show agents and financial advisers moved at least $45,550 to Davis between September 2011 and December 2012. During that same timeframe, records also show at least $12,700 in cash, airfare, living expenses or other receipts moving from Davis to the five players. In addition to that amount, Yahoo Sports also obtained a line-item invoice of 49 transactions from February 2013 that Davis emailed to Fluker's onetime financial adviser Hodge Brahmbhatt. Within the email, Davis listed $33,755 in expenditures under the subject line "D.J. Fluker Invoice." If proven by the NCAA, the transactions could violate Bylaw 12.3.1.2, which prohibits athletes from receiving benefits from agents or marketing representatives. Like the highly publicized NCAA case against the University of Southern California and Reggie Bush, a violation of that bylaw could retroactively nullify a portion of each player's eligibility, including Fluker, who was an All-American at offensive tackle during Alabama's 2012 national championship season. It could also raise additional issues for Tennessee and Mississippi State, which are both currently on probation until the summer of 2015 for previous rules violations in their respective football programs. "Mississippi State constantly educates our student athletes about agent related issues," the school told Yahoo Sports in a statement. "We've also worked closely with the Mississippi Secretary of State's office in recent years to strengthen the Mississippi Uniform Agent Act. As always, we will do our due diligence to evaluate any potential concerns." Tennessee officials declined comment. Alabama and NCAA officials were contacted Wednesday morning and had no immediate comment. More here: http://sports.yahoo....-202513237.html Some pretty deep investigative reporting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoic-one 1,548 Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 Boom! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
augolf1716 21,223 Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 Well we shall see what becomes of this.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selias 2,398 Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 The Alabama Compliance Department has already completed their investigation and came to the conclusion that not only did Fluker not take money, there's consideration in The Vatican to consider him for Sainthood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AURandy56 148 Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 I'm sure the UA Compliance Dept will conduct an in-depth--which to them would mean about an hour--review and determine that nothing was done illegally and UA and Fluker are in the clear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoic-one 1,548 Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 3 separate threads merged, carry on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeagleTheBeagle 60 Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 Wow! All on Bear Bryant's birthday and everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AURandy56 148 Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 Could this be the beginning of the end, or will this be swept under the rug? I'm voting for this to be swept under the rug, especially by the Alabama media. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cptau 169 Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 More about Fluker http://sports.yahoo....-061758341.html This itinerary receipt listed a same-day round trip flight Luther Davis purchased for D.J. Fluker slated to take place on Dec. 9, 2012. The flight's destination of Baltimore is approximately 40 miles from the offices of Jade Management and the home of Jade financial adviser Hodge Brahmbhatt. Multiple sources told Yahoo Sports that Brahmbhatt briefly served as Fluker's financial adviser. On Dec. 12, 2012, Hodge's brother Nash Brahmbhatt – also a Jade employee – sent Davis a $3 million insurance quote from Lloyd's of London, and a message indicating an effort to get Fluker protected against injury. On Dec. 26, 2012, text records show a phone number tied to Davis informing a phone number tied to Fluker that "Hodge" had deposited $5,000 into Davis' account for Fluker. On Jan. 7, 2013, Fluker and Alabamacaptured the BCS national championship in a 42-14 victory over Notre Dame Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
augolf1716 21,223 Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 3 separate threads merged, carry on. Beat me to it stoic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jared52 4,354 Posted September 11, 2013 Author Share Posted September 11, 2013 As my original thread title said, "Nothing to see here..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
augolf1716 21,223 Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 Wow! All on Bear Bryant's birthday and everything. There will be hell to pay from the turd fans toward Yahoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiger88 934 Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 3 separate threads merged, carry on. Beat me to it stoic We need at least 2. I'll go start another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TitanTiger 20,499 Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 Holy shyte. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunInRed 16,438 Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 Any one remember when Fluker's Twitter account was "hacked" ... Yea I took $ n college so wat. I did wat i had to do... Agents was tryin to pimp me so I pimped them. Cast da 1st stone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AURandy56 148 Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 I wonder how long it will take ESPN to put out a hit piece on Auburn to distract from this stuff with Fluker. I found it to be more than just coincidence that ESPN put out that piece on the synthetic marijuana use at AU on the same day USA Today released that story about the NCAA president (damn, forgot his name), which included his time at LSU when there were charges of grade changes for football players---who just happened to be coached by none other than one Nick Saban. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionheartkc 6,150 Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 I don't know if the bama, tennessee, and state programs will be able to weasle out of this one... the paper trail is pretty indefensible. Even more interesting that it was masterminded by a former bama player... Strike one national championship... and they were on probation at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1TexasTiger 55 Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 Get your popcorn boys!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ouchyfish 67 Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 The part that tickles me so much is how rabid their fans are about the fact that Auburn is doing this stuff. They are so sure of it. And then this story breaks....I hope that something comes of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bro Johnny Mac 1,398 Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 Still mention of it on BSPN,scrawl or otherwise.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzzurd24 11 Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 I'm really not saying this because it involves UA but, it's amazing how Yahoo does their homework on stories like this while SI & others just print garbage time after time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hikerdns 52 Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 happy birthday Bear! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunInRed 16,438 Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 al.com is running with it ... http://www.al.com/alabamafootball/index.ssf/2013/09/former_alabama_star_dj_fluker.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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