Monday, February 28, 2011

Tulane Points Shaving Scandal

There were dark days at Tulane University back in 1985 when it was discovered that just about the entire Green Wave basketball team was involved in rigging games for bettors. Three Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity brothers coaxed Tulane players with cocaine and cash to shave points in a series of Metro Conference contests. Eventually, the culprits John "Hot Rod" Williams, Jon Johnson, Clyde Eads, David Dominique, and Paul Thompson were not only found out, but arrested. And the ordeal led to Tulane completely shutting down its basketball program for two seasons.

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