Fox Sports' Jimmy Johnson, the former University of Miami football coach, is ripping into ex booster Nevin Shapiro, the convicted Ponzi schemer whose allegations could bring down the Hurricanes football program.
The former Super Bowl-winning coach of the Dallas Cowboys labeled the imprisoned Shapiro a parasitic "jock-sniffer wannabe" during an interview with WQAM radio host Joe Rose, according to Deadspin.
Bars and stores surrounding the school's campus are afraid the NCAA will hand down the "death penalty" against The U.
Here's sound of Johnson's full interview. Here's some of Johnson's comments to Rose. H/T Sports Radio Interviews:
My understanding is that (ex-football coach) Randy Shannon wouldn't let (Shapiro) around the program, but you got the guy. Joe, you and I both know in football and especially a program like the University of Miami or any national program or any professional organization like the Dolphins, there are always these parasites hanging around. Like I called them yesterday, [the] jock-sniffer wannabe. They want to do something and they try to do favors with these players. Now obviously these players have been schooled and told to stay away from these kind of characters, but there will always be somebody accepting a dinner or accepting of some free drinks from some guy who wants to hang with them and that's an unfortunate thing. Again I am anxious to see what the actual facts are [as] we find out everything.
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