Shaq Says LSU "Paid Very Well"
SEC Country – There’s rarely a dull moment when Shaquille O’Neal has a chance to speak in public.
However, the legendary LSU basketball star may have said too much this time.
While discussing his time at LSU with the Los Angeles Times’ Mike Bresnahan, Shaq admitted that the university compensated him — and well — laughing as he provided details to the reporter.
“Yes, they paid very well,” Shaq said. “Hey, the statute of limitations is up.”
Shaq’s son, Shareef O’Neal, is a four-star forward that holds offers from both UCLA and Southern Cal.
The younger O’Neal is the nation’s No. 17 power forward in the Class of 2018, and his father expressed a desire for his son to follow his footsteps at LSU in order to receive the same — potentially improper — benefits that he did.
“You can probably get a house, you can get two cars,” Shaq told the Los Angeles Daily News’ Mark Medina.
“I’ll set it up for you. I know some people.”
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Breaking news. Water is wet. The sky is blue. The Pope is Catholic. Shaquille O’Neal got paid a shit ton of money to play college basketball. Can’t believe this was even a story on my Twitter timeline. I guess just because someone is actually saying it out loud? It’s kind of shocking to hear someone come out and admit it publicly?
Barkley already been there done that though.
Charles Barkley was discussing Reggie Bush’s decision to return the Heisman Trophy during an interview with Dan Patrick on Friday morning when the conversation turned to his own college career. The always outspoken former Auburn star admitted that he too received money from agents during college in the 1980s, though Barkley described it as “chump change” that he paid back once he signed his first NBA contract.
“If a guy wants to borrow money from an agent because he’s poor, what is wrong with that?” Barkley said. “Nobody can tell me what is wrong with that. I got money from agents when I was in college and I went in the ’80s. Most of the players I know borrowed money from agents. The colleges don’t give us anything. If they give us a pair of sneakers, they get in trouble. Why can’t an agent lend me some money and I’ll pay him back when I graduate?”
Barkley said the agents who pay potential future clients are “well known” in hoops circles because “they’ve been giving money to college kids for years.” [Yahoo]
Still love the honesty from Shaq no matter how obvious it was to everyone. If you didn’t think the 7’1″ 320 pounder was getting buckets of cash and a house and 2 cars to play in the SEC then please turn in your brain because you don’t deserve it anymore.
