TULSA, Okla. -- A former Oklahoma football player who was
kicked off the team with former quarterback Rhett Bomar says he
believes his dismissal was unfair.
"All I did was take cash. I didn't break any
laws and I get kicked off the team, but there's people on the team
that are breaking laws and failing drug tests and stuff like that,
and there's nobody getting kicked off the team for that type of
stuff."
-- J.D. Quinn
Former offensive lineman J.D. Quinn and Bomar were permanently
dismissed from the team the day before the start of practice last
fall for taking money for hours they did not work at a Norman auto
dealership.
Quinn, who transferred to Montana, told the Tulsa World he
didn't understand why he and Bomar were kicked off the team Aug. 2.
"All I did was take cash," Quinn said. "I didn't break any
laws and I get kicked off the team, but there's people on the team
that are breaking laws and failing drug tests and stuff like that,
and there's nobody getting kicked off the team for that type of
stuff."
Quinn declined to provide details of his allegations about other
players, but said it was not necessarily about players on the OU
team.
"I was just saying around the country. I wasn't saying it in
the context of Oklahoma. There's just people I've heard of doing
things."
Bomar, now at Sam Houston State, declined comment through a
university spokesman.
OU football coach Bob Stoops also declined comment, other than
associate athletic director Kenny Mossman saying, "the university
has turned over all of our material to the NCAA and we stand by
that dialogue."
OU goes before the NCAA Infractions Committee in Indianapolis on
April 14 to defend itself on an allegation that the university
failed to adequately monitor the employment of athletes at the
Norman car dealership.
A university investigation determined Quinn was paid $8,137.17
and Bomar $7,406.88 beyond the hours they actually worked.
The NCAA forbids student-athletes from receiving benefits that
are not also available to non-student-athletes, including benefits
from off-campus employment.
Both players were ordered to pay restitution to a charity of
their choice as terms of their reinstatement and both lost one
season of eligibility.
Quinn, of Garland, Texas, said he donated $5,000 to the Dallas
chapter of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation and will
donate the remainder of his restitution to the same foundation when
he gets the money.