Auburn hires Pearl for 2.2M per year

[JRutledge]

Actually the lie was about him inviting a player to a barbecue that the player did not attend and Pearl apparently lied that he gave the invite.

Peace

[deecee]

In the end the moral is. LYING PAYS!!!! At least with athletics. Doesn't surprise me because in my experience with athletics for some 15+ years I have to say that a good percentage of folks involved have very questionable ethics, morals and standards.

[twocentsworth]

In case you weren't aware, the level of "cheating" that occurs in the SEC (and many other conferences, for that matter) ranges from "illegal barbecues" to paying families in excess of $200,000 to attend a particular school.

Kentucky leads the SEC in basketball cheating, while Auburn is trying to overtake Alabama for the lead in football cheating...............

Unfortunately, it's a normal part of the "human condition" - the same reason these guys break NCAA rules is the same reason why people lie on their income taxes this time of year.

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by twocentsworth

In case you weren't aware, the level of "cheating" that occurs in the SEC (and many other conferences, for that matter) ranges from "illegal barbecues" to paying families in excess of $200,000 to attend a particular school.

Kentucky leads the SEC in basketball cheating, while Auburn is trying to overtake Alabama for the lead in football cheating...............

Unfortunately, it's a normal part of the "human condition" - the same reason these guys break NCAA rules is the same reason why people lie on their income taxes this time of year.

Any proof of those accusations?

I thought not...you sound like a typical fan.

[BayStateRef]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

Actually the lie was about him inviting a player to a barbecue that the player did not attend and Pearl apparently lied that he gave the invite.

Peace

Actually, that is totally incorrect. Three recruits and their parents attended a barbecue at Pearl's house after a football game. They had driven to Knoxville on their own for an "unofficial visit" and under NCAA rules, the university is not allowed to provide them anything on that trip. The NCAA investigation was led by Joyce Thompson.

One can argue the morality of Pearl's actions, his three-year departure and his new job at Auburn. But the facts are not in question. He had the recruits to his house for a barbecue, a photo was taken that was later sent to the NCAA and he lied about it when confronted with the photo.

This is what happened, according to the NCAA transcripts as reported by Yahoo Sports:

The postgame cookout occurred back at Pearl's house. And sometime during it, a picture was snapped of Pearl, recruit Aaron Craft, who currently plays for Ohio State, and the wife of a Volunteer assistant coach, posing inside his house with a painting hanging on a wall in the background.

"Do you have any recollection of that incident or maybe where this picture was maybe taken from and …," Thompson said.
"OK," Thompson said. "Any place on campus but you don't know?"

Pearl said no. He denied there was a cookout. His assistants had already done so, too, and he denied he told his staff to deny it. He denied that he told the recruits and their parents to lie. He ridiculously denied recognizing the wife of his own assistant coach in the picture.

He denied, perhaps even more laughably, that he couldn't recognize the inside of his own house in the photo.

"Is that in your home any place?" Pearl was asked.

"No," he said.

He denied everything, even if it was true.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by BayStateRef

Actually, that is totally incorrect.

Well it is not totally incorrect. The issue was he lied to the NCAA more than anything. I was just repeating the part of who was at the barbecue from a report I read and heard on the radio. The details I do not claim to know beyond that fact.

[Nevadaref]

He's a scumbag. So are the folks who paid the Michigan players in the early 90s.