"Who cares": CFB world reacts to President Joe Biden commuting the sentence of controversial Miami booster Nevin Shapiro

US President Joe Biden has reportedly commuted the prison sentence of Nevin Shapiro, the infamous University of Miami booster. Per the New York Times, Shapiro's name was among the nearly 1,500 people who had clemencies granted by Biden on Thursday.

College football fans reacted to the news on social media, with many having mixed feelings on the judgment.

Some were simply unbothered by Biden's clemency toward Shapiro, while others were puzzled by the decision.

"Who cares?" one wrote.

"wtf why? Didn’t that guy steal a shit load of money from people?" another added.

"Why the F did he do that? Makes no sense. Ponzi schemer's are the worst of the worst and belong in prison. I don't get it." a fan commented.

Some also took digs at Biden and Shapiro, mocking the duo.

"This is the most hilarious pardon in history." one wrote.

"Literally pardoning anyone." another added.

"unreal two idiots," a user tweeted.

Although Biden did not mention Nevin Shapiro in his clemency announcement, the White House released a statement about those whose sentences were commuted.

“As the President has said, the United States is a nation of second chances,” the statement read. “The President recognizes how the clemency power can advance equal justice under law and remedy harms caused by practices of the past.”

Shapiro was born on April 13, 1969, in Brooklyn, New York, but his family soon moved to Miami Beach, Florida, when he was young. He attended Miami Beach Senior High School, where he played basketball and wrestled. While he graduated from school in 1986, he did not graduate from the University of South Florida.

Nevin Shapiro provided illegal gifts and presents for former Miami players

In an interview with Yahoo! Sports in 2011, Nevin Shapiro admitted to donating large sums of money, amounting to around $500,000, to the Miami Hurricanes's athletics program. He showered student-athletes luxury gifts and perks while paying for plane rides and hotel suites for NCAA prospective players from the early 2000s to around 2010.

In 2011, Shapiro was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for masterminding the Ponzi scheme. In it, he solicited approximately $930 million from people who thought they were investing in a grocery distribution business. Instead, Shapiro spent $35 million on personal use, including $5 million on illegal sports gambling and payments to dozens of Miami student-athletes.

Since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Nevin Shapiro has reportedly been in home detainment.