Sam Shields comments on Yahoo! report

If you haven't read the Yahoo! report on the misdeeds of a renegade Miami fooball booster, do so here. In a horrid run of alleged NCAA violations across the country, this one takes the cake. Several current NFL players are implicated in the report, including Packers cornerback Sam Shields.

The booster, Nevin Shapiro, says he gave Shields a handful of benefits while the then-receiver played for the Hurricanes. The benefits included, Shapiro said, a 42-inch Toshiba flat screen television along with drinks and VIP access in nightclubs. Compared to some of the other player accusations, which go as far as prostitution services, this may seem but against NCAA rules, nonetheless.

On Thursday, Shields was briefly in the locker room and addressed the report.

"They contacted me," Shields said of Yahoo. "But I just told them that I didn't want to get into that right now. I'm just focusing on the Packers right now."

After missing Green Bay's preseason opener with a hip injury, Shields is back.



(jsonline.com)