[DaKCMan AP]

Originally Posted by Prowl

So what the hell happened? Did the kid receive a free double cheeseburger at Checkers or something?

According to the NCAA, Floyd accepted $2,500 in cash over several months from an individual not associated with the University of Florida, and he used that money for living expenses, travel and other costs. Along with the money received from that individual, who is unnamed in the NCAA’s statement, Floyd received impermissible benefits related to unofficial visits to several institutions prior to enrolling at UF. The NCAA made it clear that Florida was not one of the involved schools.

“Sharrif grew up in an environment where he didn’t have the things most of us take for granted — food, shelter and clothing,” Foley said in his statement. “In the absence of parents, there were kind people, in no way affiliated with the University of Florida, who were not boosters or sports agents, that helped him along the way to provide those things that he would otherwise not have had.”

The NCAA took Floyd’s situation and personal hardships into consideration and reduced his penalty from what would normally be a four-game suspension to two games.

http://www.alligator.org/sports/foot...cc4c03286.html