Steve Babik, the longtime University of Florida host of the “TailGator Pre-game Show” and “Urban Meyer Post-game 
Show,” can now add “convicted of child pornography” to his resume.
Babik, 50 years old, joins our Jocks Behind Bars after he was sentenced by a federal judge in Gainesville to 151 months in jail. The sentence comes after the slink pleaded guilty back in April to one count of receipt and distribution of child pornography.
Prosecutors say between June 2008 and November 2009, Babik was involved with offering child pornography files 326 times from his personal computer. The investigation revealed those files contained children engaging in sex acts with other children and with adults. . . hold on we’re going to vomit. . . okay we’re back.
Once this deviant’s evil-doings were discovered, he didn’t have a chance since the Gainesville P.D., the Alachua County Sheriff Office, the FBI and the Florida Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force all converged on the case.
Babik actually is said to have two children of his own which makes this story even sicker.
Before the trial, a private organization that funds University of Florida athletics earlier released a statement that included:
“We are deeply disturbed by the charges.”
Yes, we all were but Babik is in a better place for a guy like him. Behind bars with no key in sight for more than a decade.
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Jay Donetelli is a Tampa-based freelance sportswriter and contributor to Sports Climax. With an opinion sharper than an Ovechkin skate blade with the sting of an Ali jab, Donetelli has a loyal cult of readers who have found a way to love him.
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