texico donghorns facing ncaa scrutiny

[occupant]

Agent tweeted of March dinners with four current Longhorns | CollegeFootballTalk

Agent tweeted of March dinners with four current Longhorns

Posted by John Taylor on July 16, 2014, 10:04 AM EDT
Mississippi v Texas
And the plot thickens. Or the ship gets deeper. One of the two.

Tuesday brought word that Texas was facing NCAA scrutiny after it self-reported a pair of current but unnamed Longhorns had meals paid for by an NFL agent, a bylaw no-no. Now, as first reported by Orangebloods.com and subsequently confirmed by the Austin American-Statesman, it’s been found that a St. Louis-based agent, Justin Bingman, tweeted back in March of having dinners with four Longhorn football players.

And, unbelievably, Bingman tweeted them out by name at the time: defensive end Cedric Reed, defensive tackle Desmond Jackson and linebackers Steve Edmond and Jordan Hicks (pictured), all between March 22 and March 24. The tweets have since been deleted, but, through the magic of copy-and-paste, the American-Statesman has saved them for posterity’s sake:

“Just had a great dinner with @Ced_Reed88 He and his dad are great guys!” Bingman tweeted on March 22.

“Had dinner with @TexasBoy99tank and his Dad last night. They are both great guys and looking forward to the next time,” he tweeted about Jackson on March 23.

The next day, Bingman tweeted, “Had dinner with @SteveBigMoney33 last night, MLB for Texas. We all had a great time with many stories. #Longhorns”

Bingman’s next tweet read: “Just had dinner with a great young man that is going to do great this year for Texas @JHicks_3 #Longhorns #LonghornsNation”

Bingman, incidentally, is the agent for former UT offensive lineman Mason Walters. All four of the players mentioned by Bingman are seniors.

 

[Lance Armstrong]

Texico Donghorns is the best you could come up with? A gas station?

 

[occupant]

Texico Donghorns is the best you could come up with? A gas station?

 

[Wild Turkey]

Players should be banned from Twitter and this agent is a complete idiot who should be shot to protect the gene pool.

 

[fordman84]

 

[oaknightshockey1]

Players should be banned from Twitter and this agent is a complete idiot who should be shot to protect the gene pool.

Or, players could just not meet with agents. I have never understood why players do this...I'm sure some get away with it, but the risk just seems to be too high. It's one of the things that worry me about college athletics...there's little the school can do to prevent stuff like this from happening. You can tell a kid time and time again not to do it, but ultimately it's up to the kid (and their parents) to keep it from happening.

 

[Lance Armstrong]

And do the kids still sign with this agent? Do you sign with an agent dumb enough to rat you out on twitter?

 

[TxHeat]

at least half the twitter population are idiots!!

 

[oaknightshockey1]

at least half the twitter population are idiots!!

I think you are being overly optimistic.

 

[TxHeat]

I think you are being overly optimistic.

Agreed! In the sportsworld that would be more like 90%.

 

[occupant]

This seems to be quite serious.

Not sure what the shaggy faithful are saying about it, since I don't like to hang w/guys that have penis fixations...but I would guess that there is some well-placed worry regarding these perceived violations.

Will Charlie act?

 

[oaknightshockey1]

This seems to be quite serious.

Not sure what the shaggy faithful are saying about it, since I don't like to hang w/guys that have penis fixations...but I would guess that there is some well-placed worry regarding these perceived violations.

Will Charlie act?

So long as no one knew it was happening, the school won't get in trouble. The individual players might, but I doubt it would be anything more than that.

 

[4down20]

This seems to be quite serious.

Not sure what the shaggy faithful are saying about it, since I don't like to hang w/guys that have penis fixations...but I would guess that there is some well-placed worry regarding these perceived violations.

Will Charlie act?

I doubt it's serious. Self reported, so the institution is off the hook. The players will probably have to pay for the meal and that will be the end of it. Maybe a suspension for a game or 2 at most.

 

[occupant]

Show me the thread?

 

[charlie42s]

What's the matter? Can't figure it out, there are only 2 Texas threads?
http://www.sportshoopla.com/forums/...ng-not-going-well-under-charlie-strong-7.html

 

[occupant]

What's the matter? Can't figure it out, there are only 2 Texas threads?
http://www.sportshoopla.com/forums/...ng-not-going-well-under-charlie-strong-7.html

Sorry. I don't scour threads looking for information before posting relevant CFB news. If it isn't a thread all on it's own, then I will post a thread.

Not to mention that the story really has nothing to do with recruiting.

Fucks were given.

 

[Codaxx]

Sorry. I don't scour threads looking for information before posting relevant CFB news. If it isn't a thread all on it's own, then I will post a thread.

Not to mention that the story really has nothing to do with recruiting.

Fucks were given.

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technically they received nothing from an agent.

 

[963BUSC]

This seems to be quite serious.

Not sure what the shaggy faithful are saying about it, since I don't like to hang w/guys that have penis fixations...but I would guess that there is some well-placed worry regarding these perceived violations.

Will Charlie act?

The players will have to pay back the cost of the meal. Worst case they get a one game suspension, nothing more serious.

 

[occupant]

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technically they received nothing from an agent.

Well then I guess it's a non-story?

Good. I don't want any distractions in hippy-stinktown...I want yall full-strength and focused.

 

[Codaxx]

Well then I guess it's a non-story?

Good. I don't want any distractions in hippy-stinktown...I want yall full-strength and focused.

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Just giving you information, not that you are interested in knowing the facts, but I can try