Chris Sims admits to receiving "$100 handshakes" from Texas boosters

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"They didn't pay me (Texas), but there may have been cash going around to some other players," said Simms. "I’m not going to deny that. I may have gotten a few $100 handshakes every now and then to sign some autographs for alumni."

"I don’t care how rich your upbringing was. Yes, I grew up with a silver spoon, but if you give me a few extra $100 as a college kid, that’s great."

Simms noted that it wasn’t the prominent boosters who gave out the handshakes, but rather smaller fans who might exchange the money as a thank you for a player signing autographs. Simms, who most notably played for the Bucs in the NFL, says that the $100 handshakes happen at many schools, not just big ones like Texas.

Simms has also stated "It was unbelievable [my comments] gained that much steam," he said. "To clarify it, it's pretty simple. Yes, did I receive a $100 handshake when I was at Texas? Yes, I did. Not once, but twice, to be honest with you.

"It was not prearranged like, 'Hey, can you come here and sign some autographs for me and I'll give you money?' No, this was outside of the University of Texas campus. This was not on campus.

"The city of Austin is full of Texas alumni. Guys I would see around, at a restaurant or whatever it would be, this just happened to be, yes, a Texas alumni at a restaurant, had a few jerseys. 'Hey Chris, can you come over and sign a few jerseys for me?' I had met him and his son before.

"And of course, yeah, I signed the jerseys -- not even worried about being paid -- and then I got a $100 handshake, and I thought it was really cool.
"But to imply that Texas had anything to do with this, that's so crazy."

"I hope I didn't get Texas in trouble because certainly Texas had nothing to do with that. Mack Brown ran as clean a program as you could possibly run.”

http://larrybrownsports.com/college-football/chris-simms-100-handshakes-texas/389087
https://www.cbssports.com/college-f...ay-have-gotten-a-few-100-handshakes-at-texas/
https://www.cbssports.com/college-f...es-texas-100-handshakes-comments-it-was-cool/
 

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