Chris Simms reveals he took money from boosters at Texas

Posted Aug 18, 2017
Former Texas quarterback Chris Simms revealed Thursday he accepted money while playing for the Longhorns. Simms said he took money from boosters, claiming that it happens everywhere and it's "stupid" to think it doesn't. "Not the boosters that you would see around like on a normal basis, they weren't going to do things like that," Simms said (The Score)

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