Michael Irvin: Nevin Shapiro a ‘snake’ and a ‘rapist’ for what he did to Miami

First of all, you can’t convince me that Michael Irvin played at the University of Miami and wasn’t involved in, or privy to, any number of illegal shenanigans. But that didn’t stop him from ranting about the infamous Nevin Shapiro, the Miami booster at the center of the Hurricane Ponzi scheme/player payola scandal. Irvin began his Shapiro rant on his own WQAM show in Miami, then appeared on ESPN Radio Los Angeles with Max Kellerman and Marcellus Wiley to remind everyone of what he said.

My “Michael Irvin Show” today in Miami. It was three hours on Nevin Shapiro. He finally get what he has been looking for, which is fame. That’s what he has been looking for the whole time while we did three hours. … Well I got personal. I started calling him [Nevin Shapiro] names. Then I let it go brother and there are some things they will have to decipher before they can get me off the air. First time I ever called anybody…I got personal. I called the guy a snake. I want us to understand this and we are talking about Nevin Shapiro, the booster, from Miami.

I called him a snake and rapist because think about it this this way…he’s snaking people, but you are a rapist. How do you walk into someone’s home. Forget football. Forget the University of Miami. I don’t care about it. How do you walk into someone’s home and sit and eat dinner with them? Watch and look at their kids? Look at all the things in their home that they worked hard over the years to gather and then you take a check and then you go and blow away all of their savings? Man it doesn’t get any lower than this. [In reference to Nevin Shapiro's $930 million dollar Ponzi scheme] It doesn’t get any lower than this. You sit with people and you not only take money from these people and you go here and you rape these kids of their future.”

Audio here.

On Wednesday, Jimmy Johnson (same thing I wrote above about Irvin applies here) appeared on the Paul and Young Ron Show on 105.9 FM.

Terming former Hurricanes major booster Shapiro “this little scumbag who’s in prison for bilking a billion dollars from a bunch of people,” the former Hurricanes, Dallas Cowboys and Miami Dolphins coach said that, “I’m sure he took advantage of some of these kids, and I hate it for the program.” He also called Shapiro a “jock-sniffer wannabe.”

“These parasites hang around every program. The players have got to be smart enough to know that they want something. They’re not going to be giving out free drinks unless they’re gonna get something in return, so they’ve got to avoid these parasites.”

This morning, Johnson went on The Joe Rose Show on 560-WQAM.

About the possibility of the NCAA handing down the ‘death penalty,’ which would eliminate the sport of football for a full year, Johnson said, “Let’s clear up this death penalty thing. I think it’s absolutely ridiculous. I think even the NCAA, after they did that to SMU, really decided that was the wrong move to make. And, really, I don’t think anybody will ever receive that again.”

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Michael Irvin Has Never Met Nevin Shapiro, But He Calls The Man A ‘Snake’ And ‘Rapist’ For What He Did To Miami [Sports Radio Interviews]