While payments to players was huge one aspect of SMU’s downfall that doesn’t nearly get enough attention was that several of its players signed contracts with a shady agent named Lloyd Bloom. Bloom, who had connections to organized crime in New York City would threaten players or their families with violence if they tried to back out of their contracts, once that information became public the NCAA said enough is enough.
Mike Capps... he succeeded Tony Martinez on the weekends, and then Brian Jensen came along. Martinez returned for a short stint at WFAA around the fall of 1996. George Riba and Gerry Oher also contributed to this.
Much as really don't like Dale Hansen, he really did have the guts to press forward on the SMU scandal. Other Dallas area journalists at the time were either too scared or were getting paid under the table to keep quiet.
That's totally false. Today's journalists would much rather be right than be first. The problem is that their bosses are telling them it's more important to be first than to be right, and they're not given the time or resources to be right that Dale Hansen had back in 1986. Had SMU happened today, the Mustangs likely would have gotten away with it, because a reporter of Dale Hansen's stature in 1986 would have been too overworked and underfunded to pursue the story properly. The only one in Dallas who could break the story in 2020 would be Dale Hansen, and only because he's spent 40+ years building his reputation, so he'd have the leeway with his bosses that a younger reporter would not.
Problem is all swc schools were paying players at the time and everyone knew it, including Dale Hansen. SMU gets the death penalty in large part due to Dale Hansen and channel 8 and suffers for many years. Dale, you were a sports caster not a private investigator, just give me the sports like your supposed too. Now it’s legal and college athletes are getting paid much more than this, apparently a free education is not enough anymore. We’re does it all end? I almost always agreed with your opinion, but not on this, you should have stayed out of it. Hope you are enjoying your retirement!
What happened to the SMU Football Team back then should have happened to UCLA Basketball in the 70's after all the cheating and championships they stole. Look up a man by the name of Sam Gilbert.
@@mikeyoungblood1642 Nah. If they wanted to make an example out of them, they'd have expelled them, revoked their scholarships and had em arrested. All that happened was the kids transferred to other schools and smu lost out on a few million dollars. Fast forward 30 years, all the programs pay the kids and let them have sponsorship deals while in college. All universities pay players, smu just made it too obvious.
Huh? Dale Hansen never paid anyone lol Blame Bill Clements and the other folks who were behind the slush fund who got exposed for making SMU the second pro football team in Dallas!!
I'd love to see this special in its entirety
This should have been #1. Was shown in the 30 for 30 about SMU.
You are the best, Dale!!! You report the facts, and expose the lies!!!
While payments to players was huge one aspect of SMU’s downfall that doesn’t nearly get enough attention was that several of its players signed contracts with a shady agent named Lloyd Bloom. Bloom, who had connections to organized crime in New York City would threaten players or their families with violence if they tried to back out of their contracts, once that information became public the NCAA said enough is enough.
Mike Capps... he succeeded Tony Martinez on the weekends, and then Brian Jensen came along. Martinez returned for a short stint at WFAA around the fall of 1996. George Riba and Gerry Oher also contributed to this.
Much as really don't like Dale Hansen, he really did have the guts to press forward on the SMU scandal. Other Dallas area journalists at the time were either too scared or were getting paid under the table to keep quiet.
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Tracy Rowlett and John Criswell. Both are retired now.
and John is now no longer alive, he passed away late last week.
And they still haven't recovered since then. All these years later.
todays' "journalists" don't bother with this depth of research. They would much rather be first than right.
That's totally false. Today's journalists would much rather be right than be first. The problem is that their bosses are telling them it's more important to be first than to be right, and they're not given the time or resources to be right that Dale Hansen had back in 1986.
Had SMU happened today, the Mustangs likely would have gotten away with it, because a reporter of Dale Hansen's stature in 1986 would have been too overworked and underfunded to pursue the story properly. The only one in Dallas who could break the story in 2020 would be Dale Hansen, and only because he's spent 40+ years building his reputation, so he'd have the leeway with his bosses that a younger reporter would not.
The part where he’s says that’s printed, is priceless
RIP David Stanley.
Problem is all swc schools were paying players at the time and everyone knew it, including Dale Hansen. SMU gets the death penalty in large part due to Dale Hansen and channel 8 and suffers for many years. Dale, you were a sports caster not a private investigator, just give me the sports like your supposed too. Now it’s legal and college athletes are getting paid much more than this, apparently a free education is not enough anymore. We’re does it all end? I almost always agreed with your opinion, but not on this, you should have stayed out of it. Hope you are enjoying your retirement!
What happened to the SMU Football Team back then should have happened to UCLA Basketball in the 70's after all the cheating and championships they stole. Look up a man by the name of Sam Gilbert.
Gilbert even paid for abortions for the players’ girlfriends! Only difference being that SMU kept doing it. And doing it over again!
Getting busted something you see on 60 Minutes
People act like the players murdered kids and ate them.
They broke the rules,, yes....
But was it a Mountain out of a molehill, yes.
When you get told multiple times to stop doing something so blatantly, you will be made an example of
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Nah.
If they wanted to make an example out of them, they'd have expelled them, revoked their scholarships and had em arrested.
All that happened was the kids transferred to other schools and smu lost out on a few million dollars.
Fast forward 30 years, all the programs pay the kids and let them have sponsorship deals while in college.
All universities pay players, smu just made it too obvious.
Most people seem to blame the athletic department and the boosters. The players got to transfer scot free when the news broke
And yet the NCAA destroyed a program over paying players but not raping children.
Pony Excess
Dale Hansen killed SMU program for clout
Huh? Dale Hansen never paid anyone lol Blame Bill Clements and the other folks who were behind the slush fund who got exposed for making SMU the second pro football team in Dallas!!
SMU brought their program down themselves. Dale Hansen was just there when wheel went around.
@@user-zl5nk2jn2k SMU wasn't doing anything the other schools weren't doing. UT leaked the info to Hansen.
@@smithfan22 that may be, but smu got caught with their pants down after they got before and were told not to do it again. Kinda hard to defend that
@@smithfan22lmao David Stanley gave the tip bc he was released
Great job Dale! Way to ruin a bunch of jobs to once again make sure you get attention.
Yeah the nerve of the guy talking about illegal things people did, what does he think he is a reporter or something?