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Headlinin': Ponzi-scheming 'Cane booster willing to burn 'The U,' for a book deal |
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Monday, 30 August 2010 16:28 |
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(by Matt Hinton/Dr. Saturday) Well, he has an honest face. Nevin Shapiro, "an ardent, intense supporter" of Miami football before his arrest earlier this year for running a $900 million Ponzi scheme, is looking for a publisher for a book detailing major NCAA violations involving "no less than 100 former players" and coaches over the last decade. Shapiro – reportedly known around the program as "Little Luke," after legendary 'Cane sugar daddy Luther Campbell – had a suite at Miami games and a student lounge named in his honor, but told the Miami Herald he wrote "The Real U: 2001 to 2010. Inside the Eye of the Hurricane" in prison because players "turned their back" on him and treated him "like a used friend" after going pro....read more from Yahoo Sports/Rivals
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