According to a report in the Los Angeles Times on Friday, a vehicle connected to Southern Cal running back Joe McKnight is the subject of an internal investigation that could ultimately land on the desk of the NCAA pending the school’s findings.
On Saturday, the man at the center of the latest imbroglio involving a member of the USC athletic program possibly flouting NCAA by-laws defended himself against the insinuations in the Times’ piece.
In an email to several media outlets, businessman Scott Schenter claims that the vehicle in question — a 2007 Land Rover — is indeed in his name, but that he signed for the loan because the parents of Johanna Michelle Beltran “couldn’t qualify for the loan”.
Beltran is McKnight’s girlfriend and the mother of his 10-month-old child. She is also “a long time family friend” according to Schenter’s email, and is an employee of Smart Bullets Inc., a company owned by Schenter.
Schenter also claims that he has “nothing to do with agents, marketing players, or representing athletes. I have no experience in this business.” He also claims no ties to the Southern Cal athletic program, saying that he’s a long-time Washington Huskies supporter and former season-ticket holder.
Athletic director Mike Garrett issued a statement on the email sent by Schenter.
“I read the letter. It sounded interesting. Our compliance people are handling the matter, and I have nothing further to say.”
Whats the world coming to when college athletes can’t get free cars?
Business as usual.
Meaning nothing will happen to USC, not that it actually happens.
SAT IT AIN’T SO JOE!!!!!! NCAA IS NOT GOING TO MESS WITH ANY BIG MONEY TEAMS.FREE HOUSES FREE CARS MAN I WISH I COULD RUN A 4.2 40.
yeah cue the haters.
Another “agent wannabe” caught red handed!
It absolutely baffles me that USC has had so many incidents without so much as a warning from the NCAA.
NCAA!??! HELLO??!?! ANYBODY HOME?!
It absolutely baffles me that USC has had so many incidents without so much as a warning from the NCAA.
NCAA!??! HELLO??!?! ANYBODY HOME?!
You know…NCAA turns a blind eye, but never schedules them against Florida and those other “powerhouses” , so the yahoos will think theyre Conference is the most dominant. Southern Cal is also a private school with a big time law school attached, so they know how to skirt a lot of NCAA “investigators”.
Remember when Yahoo’s Charles Robinson threatened to blow USC wide open regarding the allegations on Reggie Bush and his family having a house they couldnt afford? Then that completely disappeared a few years later.
NCAA, BCS is big time revenue, and they play by different rules. Some Southern schools will get hit by “sanctions” then another SEC school gets the balance of big time recruits. They all do it, some get caught in a more egregious situation.