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FWIW...Ex-South Carolina QB Stephen Garcia talks SEC players getting cash...
Posted on 10/16/14 at 2:47 pm
Posted on 10/16/14 at 2:47 pm
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The hosts then asked how frequently Garcia saw players getting money in handshakes or in exchange for autographs or memorabilia and also whether the South Carolina quarterback took part in the impermissible benefits. His response warranted a chuckle from the hosts.
"I saw it all day, every day to be honest with you. I wish they came to me, but they thought of me as some rich white kid so I didn't really get benefits from that. I'm just being honest with you. I saw it firsthand with a lot of players and talking with other guys. You know I'm friends with a lot of players from around the SEC, and talking with them, it makes the Todd Gurley thing seem insignificant by a long shot."
Garcia was then pressed to share the most amount of money he heard of in a autograph-related transaction. His answer: "$160,000 for one season" of autographs and the like.
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Posted on 10/16/14 at 2:49 pm to dallasga6
You know he's the last one the SEC/NCAA/teams want talking. If I were him I'd avoid stairs, traffic, dark alleys, etc. in the near future 
Posted on 10/16/14 at 2:49 pm to dallasga6
But UGA is the first one to get in trouble for it haha lucky us!
Posted on 10/16/14 at 2:51 pm to dallasga6
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Garcia was then pressed to share the most amount of money he heard of in a autograph-related transaction. His answer: "$160,000 for one season" of autographs and the like.
We know what the final bid was for Cam Newton was now...
Posted on 10/16/14 at 2:55 pm to dallasga6
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"$160,000 for one season" of autographs and the like.
I'm assuming some kind of booster would've had to be involved in that. I can't see any scenario in which someone spends that much on autographs and comes close to getting their money back. Unless the market is way bigger than I realize. Even if you sell them for $50 (excluding the extra price for the helmet, jersey, whatever is signed), you'd have to sell 3,200 of them just to break even.
Posted on 10/16/14 at 3:20 pm to dallasga6
At least they were smart enough to get their payouts from boosters who have loyalty to the program ....
....rather than some slimy jersey vendor who works out of a van down by the river....
....rather than some slimy jersey vendor who works out of a van down by the river....
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