I wish all car dealerships were like this but i guesse it just happens in norman...

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2413962

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Oklahoma's compliance department investigated the circumstances by which tailback Adrian Peterson bought a car and then returned it several weeks later but determined the arrangement did not violate NCAA regulations.

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Big suprise, they investigated themselves and found nothing wrong.

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"We were gonna purchase the car, but the payments were gonna be too high, so we took the car back," Jackson said.

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Translation: Someone found out that AP was given a car.

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Oklahoma officials determined that Peterson did not receive an extra benefit that is not available to the general student body of the university.

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Insert pic of Iraqi minister of disinformation.

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"We have pursued the matter in exhaustive fashion over a five-month period," Oklahoma associate athletic director Keith Gill said in a statement. "Based on the information we have gathered, we do not believe NCAA rules violations have occurred."

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Hey, he gave the car back, so nothing to investigation.





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They repo'ed it 'til his ankle heals.

Uva Uvum Vivendo Varia Fit

Sumus Tejas

ummm....if you can find a car dealer who'll let you welch on a sales contract because you determined it's "too expensive", you might want to make him your car dealer for life. and send your family to him. and you friends.

by the way, notice that the article said the dealership routinely let people drives cars while the dealership was in the process of securing financing, however, the car was not returned in this case because they failed to secure financing. peterson simply decided that he didn't want it/couldn't afford it. what a crock of ****.

....and your recruits.

Uva Uvum Vivendo Varia Fit

Sumus Tejas

"We're OU"


"You think that OU will lose 4-5 games this year? Do you really know anything about football?" - PlanoGuy 4/9/2005

"Right now I would be very happy with 4 losses." - PlanoGuy 9/18/2005

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"We didn't do anything wrong," McRae said. "Is it standard operating business practice? Yes, it's standard operating business practice."

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That's interesting. I'll just bet this dealer will let my 21-year old daughter walk in and drive a pricey car off the lot and keep it for weeks, while the financing paperwork is being "processed".

A "standard operating business practice" that, I'm sure, is available to all college kids in the Norman/Ok City area. Right?

What a hoot.

Kelvin Sampson has to be grinding his teeth up in Indiana, knowing that the OU administration decided to freeze his salary and annual bonuses for two years because his staff made too many phone calls to recruits and gave one a t-shirt.

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Oklahoma also investigated the employment of football players by the dealership but found no violations.

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And the name of the dealership? "Big Red Sports and Imports"

That place is a cheating cesspool.

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"We're OU"

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You sure are. As in OU, one of the dirtiest programs in the history of college athletics.






Actually, the Peterson thing isn't that bad, that is when compared to the cocaine selling, gang raping, and teamates shooting each other incidents of the past.

It's okay though, how could you expect good players to come to your shi++y state unless you offer them money and cars.

And I hope no one thought/thinks something is going to come of this. I mean their ex-starting tackle, put his friend in a coma by hitting him with a baseball bat in the head, and he got an extra year of eligibility.

Of course Jeremy Bloom wants to play football AND represent our country in the olympics and the NCAA says he can't do both. I understand.

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THE BOZ

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Actually, the Peterson thing isn't that bad, that is when compared to the cocaine selling, gang raping, and teamates shooting each other incidents of the past.

It's okay though, how could you expect good players to come to your shi++y state unless you offer them money and cars.

And I hope no one thought/thinks something is going to come of this. I mean their ex-starting tackle, put his friend in a coma by hitting him with a baseball bat in the head, and he got an extra year of eligibility.

Of course Jeremy Bloom wants to play football AND represent our country in the olympics and the NCAA says he can't do both. I understand.

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Glass ****ing houses, bittch.

I'm an automobile dealer. Here's the way it is in the real world (outside the OU spin machine).

You take a car off my lot for 2 weeks.... you BOUGHT it.

You are allowed to return a car to my lot after 2 weeks..... someone BOUGHT me.

I guarantee the car has been paid for by someone.

More Ou Cheating
(Article from the oklahoman)

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OU was in Park City, Utah, on Friday not because of a misunderstanding. Not because of a gray area in the rules. Not because they kept missing recruits on the phone and piled up too many calls.

OU was in Park City, Utah, because it cheated. Kelvin Sampson and his staff broke the rules.

Not a few times. Many times.
Not by accident. Purposely and unquestionably.
Not insignificantly. Significantly.

OU basketball broke the rules and profited, most recently in the form of James, the 6-foot-8 schoolboy star from Nacogdoches, Texas. Transcripts of the NCAA's investigation show that Sooner coaches began calling James during his junior season.

You can't call juniors.

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What a suprise... That school cheats more than any school I know of.

BTW, James is Damion James.



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And I hope no one thought/thinks something is going to come of this. I mean their ex-starting tackle, put his friend in a coma by hitting him with a baseball bat in the head, and he got an extra year of eligibility.

Of course Jeremy Bloom wants to play football AND represent our country in the olympics and the NCAA says he can't do both. I understand.

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bingo, one of the many reasons why i fahking hate the ncaa administration.

Just picked up my new Lexus yesterday, have my return date set for two weeks. I call it my library car.

Anybody that lives in the OKC area knows that Brad Mcrae is the biggest f'n OU homer around. Highly doubtful that something shady didn't take place.

BTW - isn't the timing of this a little peculiar:

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Brad McRae, the local television advertisement spokesman for Big Red, will no longer be involved in the ads, Hudiburg said.

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http://www.kfor.com/Global/story.asp?S=4778748&nav=menu99_1_1

And who's shocked by this?

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Oklahoma also investigated the employment of football players by the dealership but found no violations.

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http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/news?slug=ap-oklahoma-petersonscar&prov=ap&type=lgns

"We have investigated the car issue with AD as well as players who worked at the dealership, and have found no instances of wrong doing. I swear this on our bible, "Bootlegger's Boy" by his holliness Barry Switzer"

Speaking as someone who has bought a few cars over the years ... this AP story is total b.s.

I bought a used Lexus in Dallas, financed it and started having some problems with it 3 weeks after I bought it. The problems were fixable free of charge thru the used car warranty, but I saw more problems ahead and wanted to return the car.

NOT A CHANCE ... my only options were to keep the car and hope things got better or trade it in on another one and take a few thousand dollar hit on my purchase.

This AP story is total b.s. ...

What are a few phone calls and returned cars when state pride is on the line?

Some guys over at Okie State have been calling the dealership and inquiring about buying a Lexus. They get hung up on when they say they want the same deal AD got. One tried to order one with Texas plates made and autographed by AD's dad.

You had your car three weeks. AD only had his two weeks. That must be the difference.

Can someone explain to me why ou is the only one investigating their own wrongdoing? That's like a prof letting me cheat on his test, the school finding out, and then the professor leads the "investigation" and finds that not only is cheating on tests ok, but everyone does it, and it's standard operating procedure. of course they probably do that at ou too.

first they let a drunken pyscho back on their team and now this. only at ou.

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So I go on a break from work and call Big Red. The receptionist seems a little bit frazzled, so I just asked to speak to a salesman.
He asks my name. I say, "Bob."
Amazingly, he doesn't catch on and hang up.
"What can I do for you, Bob?"
"Well, I'm looking to lease me a Lexus for one of my employees."
"Ok, what type are you looking for?"
"I'd like one of your better models; I'm not too particular about which."
He tells me a little about a couple of models and then asks about my credit. I tell him it's just fine.
"Well, how are you going to finance this?"
"I'm not."
"You're not?"
"No, I just figured I'd go have my employee run for 1,400 yards for your redneck college football team next year."
CLICK.

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most excellent...


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They repo'ed it 'til his ankle heals.

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Dub!