Top row (left to right): Jahsen Wint; Sevyn Banks; Binjimen Victor; Malik Harrison
Bottom row (left to right): Demario McCall; Jaylen Harris
Ohio State players flashing the cash
- Thread starter Judge Smails
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Top row (left to right): Jahsen Wint; Sevyn Banks; Binjimen Victor; Malik Harrison
Bottom row (left to right): Demario McCall; Jaylen Harris
I'm sure it's all just a misunderstanding. You know, they mow lawns, shovel driveways, stuff like that.
Guys were just like AJ Hawk: " Every month, I make some money off my scholarship check after I pay my rent, which is about $400 a month. The leftover goes in my pocket. My parents have been good to pay for my food, my car and my gas. I pretty much save [the rest], and I was in the process of going to the bank with it."
Same as it ever was.....
After all, two weeks before AJ Hawk took home that honor, he suddenly found himself significantly lighter in the possessions department after thieves broke into the house he rents and lifted assorted electronic equipment and other personal items, including $3,000 cash from Hawk's room. Alarms went off among Buckeye Nation when police reports detailed how much money Hawk lost, sparking debate about how he could have accumulated such a windfall.
After all, it was just a year ago at this time that OSU quarterback Troy Smith was suspended from the MasterCard Alamo Bowl for taking $500 from a booster.
After all, two weeks before AJ Hawk took home that honor, he suddenly found himself significantly lighter in the possessions department after thieves broke into the house he rents and lifted assorted electronic equipment and other personal items, including $3,000 cash from Hawk's room. Alarms went off among Buckeye Nation when police reports detailed how much money Hawk lost, sparking debate about how he could have accumulated such a windfall.
After all, it was just a year ago at this time that OSU quarterback Troy Smith was suspended from the MasterCard Alamo Bowl for taking $500 from a booster.
Please take this opportunity to remember that Penn State has a culture problem.
Top row (left to right): Jahsen Wint; Sevyn Banks; Binjimen Victor; Malik Harrison
Bottom row (left to right): Demario McCall; Jaylen Harris
You mean to tell me these are upperclassmen? Have they not had a social media course the first 3 years on campus?
Maybe they skipped them. I know Penn State has them for incoming freshman football players. Probably a refresher every now and then.
NOT A GOOD LOOK.
What’s they holding, $500 cash? Are we really at the point where an athlete holding $500 cash is assumed to have received it improperly?
No, but I do think it's a bad look for the school to have "student" athletes holding wads of cash. Not sure how anyway can't fathom that.
Its really not alot of money considering they are getting a monthly stipend from OSU as do PSU players. They could have just "got paid"....lol With that being said, its a poor look.
Let's take a look. The young man on the right has a $20 bill on the top of his bills and there are a minimum of 20 bills in the stack he is holding (likely more since those bills are not fanned that you can see every bill). Let's call that a minimum of $400. The young man on the left has a $100 bill on the top of his fan (that would give us $500 there). In addition, there appear to be a lot more bills than the first person is holding. Even if the other bills are $20 bills, there are still many hundreds of dollars in his hand. IMHO, there is easily over $1,000 there - quite possibly a lot more.
As someone else said, it's not a good look.
It may actually help Ohio St with recruiting. There are probably many stud recruits out there who would want it that way as opposed to going the student-athlete route
It has nothing to do with the amount.
lol...I assume it goes into a bank account. Hey, if these cats want to take cash out of their bank accounts, and flash it on the web, its their right. Again, its just a poor look for any person to be flashing cash on the internet.
Not to mention all the money they can make tutoring other students.
A few days from now, these guys will be wondering why someone broke into their apartments.
What would be the purpose of a young man flashing a roll of cash?
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Reminds me of an old spurrier quote on a fire at the Auburn library that destroyed 20 books: “The real tragedy was that 15 hadn’t been colored yet.”
Gosh, to compare those two former UF coaches...
Don't they know that appropriate way to flaunt your totally legitimate cash is by flipping the bird while covered in said cash on a hotel room bed?
Penn State has a different mindset. "We came here to play school."
I'm sure things like this won't happen anymore once they enroll in Urban's ethics class.
I am 100% sure that a PSU player has sometime in the last 25 years taken money from a booster. But what goes on Ohio State, and Bama and the SEC in general, USC under Carrol really is what takes it to a different level. Those schools actively entice players to come to their schools by gauranteeing them that the boosters will take care of them.
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I agree this is sketchy, but one of the reasons I quit following PSU players on social media was because there were some things that I thought looked pretty fishy. Nothing like flashing wads of cash, but stuff I wouldn't want to explain if I were them.
I sent the OP's picture to my son.
He replied to my text with two pictures of Penn State football players and included -
this outfit cost about $550 (showing a hoody, monogrammed t-shirt sticking out from under the hoody, whatever jeans and tennis shoes).
He also showed a picture of KJ and Jesse's shoes and said those run $300+.
Said off-white shoes (a label name I guess) are $400 for the cheapest and several players have been in pictures wearing different pairs.
Flash the cash, or flash the very very expensive clothes that the cash purchased.
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He replied to my text with two pictures of Penn State football players and included -
this outfit cost about $550 (showing a hoody, monogrammed t-shirt sticking out from under the hoody, whatever jeans and tennis shoes).
He also showed a picture of KJ and Jesse's shoes and said those run $300+.
Said off-white shoes (a label name I guess) are $400 for the cheapest and several players have been in pictures wearing different pairs.
Flash the cash, or flash the very very expensive clothes that the cash purchased.
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Off-White is a form of Nike shoe and is way overpriced for what it is. But I agree with your son, you see it all over instagram with these players. Micah and Miles have been known to promote a guy who "Hooks them up" with sought after sneakers (Jordan's, Yeezy's, etc.)
I don't know the tax implications, but PSU is usually either #1 or 2 in the BIG for annual stipends. Pretty sure the number is between $5-6K
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There will always be unethical boosters and players. Schools need to crack down on them when caught but it’s tough for coach X to know if some rogue booster is paying a player on the side. School sponsored cheating is another level.
There were pictures of Ohio St and Bama players with cash and expensive cars years ago, rumors of a clothing shop in Tuscaloosa that was somehow funneling illegal benefits to players (forget the details now). We all know the Cam Newton path of having money paid to your family with the player denying knowledge. The Duke b-ball player Zion Williamson’s family was reportedly asking for cash, a house, and a job for his family members before he would sign with any school. The ncaa just turns a blind eye.
There was a breakdown on 1 of the SEC boards a few years ago at how they pay players without the ncaa being able to connect the dots. IIRC players are passed ATM cards in other people’s names and money is deposited into the account each month for the players to get.
IIRC a PSU player years ago (Posluszny??) talked about being offered money by other schools while being recruited but he wouldn’t name who they were. As long as the ‘clean’ football players continue to refuse to turn in those offering money/ cars/ etc it will continue unabated.
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Must be nice. When I was in college if I had $20 I was ecstatic.
Top row (left to right): Jahsen Wint; Sevyn Banks; Binjimen Victor; Malik Harrison
Bottom row (left to right): Demario McCall; Jaylen Harris
Still doesn't bother me as much as all the AD's and others grafting off of all their hard work.
