Auburn self-reports 'real money' thrown by Florida fans

Auburn isn’t taking any chances with the NCAA after Florida fans rained real money on Tigers players after the Gators beat them Saturday in Gainesville.

Tigers coach Bruce Pearl told reporters the team turned the few bucks over to the program’s compliance department to avoid any type of violation.

"It was real money, and I think there's $5 or $6 that are out there, and because you guys know we're compliant, we've actually turned that money over to compliance," Pearl said (via AL.com). "Really. I don't know, it was five or six bucks, but our people have the money. I don't know what they're going to do with it, probably give it to charity, but we've already self-reported."

Florida fans chanted “F-B-I” as the Tigers left the court Saturday in reference to Auburn’s involvement in the investigation into corruption in college basketball.

Auburn associate head coach Chuck Person was one of 10 people arrested in September as part of the investigation and is alleged to have accepted $91,500 in bribes that helped funnel Auburn players toward a particular financial adviser. He has since lost his job and Austin Wiley and Danjel Purifoy have not played this season for the No. 14 Tigers (24-5,12-4 SEC) due to their potential connection with Person’s actions.