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President Donna E. Shalala said Wednesday that the University of Miami would cooperate fully with a National Collegiate Athletic Association investigation into a former booster's charges that he made improper payments to dozens of Hurricane players and coaches during an eight-year spree in which he appeared to have virtually unfettered access to the university's sports program. The allegations made to Yahoo Sports by Nevin Shapiro, who is serving a 20-year sentence for a series of financial crimes, are on a scale that rival some of the biggest in college sports history, and Mark Emmert, the NCAA's president, said in a statement Wednesday that the association was several months into an investigation of the university. In her statement, Shalala -- who was photographed in 2008 holding a $50,000 check from Shapiro, a picture that appeared alongside the Yahoo article -- said the university would "vigorously pursue the truth, wherever that path may lead."
