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Buckeye513
Stable Genius
No one's been punished. Why wouldn't they have gotten bids? They're just going to vacate everyone's wins a year from now anyway.
Personally I hope Arizona wins it all and DeAndre Ayton tells everyone to shove it up their ass during his sideline wench interview.
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ORD_Buckeye
Wrong glass, Sir.
Noone's been sanctioned yet. Hopefully, next year will be different.
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dragurd
Head Coach
And this is why the NCAA will forever be toothless. Think Ayton gives a damn what they do next year. Newsflash he doesn't he got his money and got to play. If they would have not allowed Arizona to play in the NCAA's it would have sent a message we will punish you for your stuff when it happens. Till then 1 and done players will continue to get shopped and not give a damn what happens to the teams afterwards.
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DZ83CK
Not Banned
Well not officially, but the FBI and NCAA cloud hanging over Arizona has killed Sean Miller's recruiting. They said Alkins, Trier and Ayton are all leaving. They aren't going to get the infusion of top talent they need to replace them. Miller's program is going to suck starting next year - how long does Arizona keep around a coach who is toxic in recruiting AND is losing? It cant be much longer. Once the losses start mounting next year, the powers that be will realize it is foolish to enable a toxic environment.
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Adidas executive James Gatto handed more criminal counts in college basketball probe
Federal prosecutors in New York on Tuesday added additional criminal counts to the indictment of Adidas executive James Gatto, alleging for the first time that he conspired to provide cash payments to the families of former basketball players at Kansas and NC State.
The superseding indictment also alleges that Adidas consultant Merl Code and Christian Dawkins, a runner for former NBA agent Andy Miller, conspired with Gatto to commit wire fraud and pay $100,000 to the father of Louisville recruit Brian Bowen.
Gatto, Code and Dawkins were among 10 men arrested in late September following the FBI's clandestine investigation into bribes and other corruption in college basketball. They are scheduled to go on trial at U.S. District Court in New York in October.
The new indictment alleges Gatto and another unidentified Adidas consultant conspired to provide at least $90,000 to the mother of a former Kansas player between October 2016 and November 2017, and at least $20,000 to the legal guardian of a second player who committed to the Jayhawks in August 2017.
Sources told ESPN's Jeff Goodman that the first Kansas player is former five-star recruit Billy Preston, who did not appear in a game for the Jayhawks this past season, before turning pro because of eligibility concerns. Preston announced his commitment on Nov. 18, 2016.
A federal indictment released on Tuesday alleges the payments were made to ensure the players signed with Kansas and then inked endorsement deals with Adidas once they turned pro. The indictment says the payments were concealed from the university and NCAA.
Entire article: http://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...adidas-executive-fbi-college-basketball-probe
Federal prosecutors in New York on Tuesday added additional criminal counts to the indictment of Adidas executive James Gatto, alleging for the first time that he conspired to provide cash payments to the families of former basketball players at Kansas and NC State.
The superseding indictment also alleges that Adidas consultant Merl Code and Christian Dawkins, a runner for former NBA agent Andy Miller, conspired with Gatto to commit wire fraud and pay $100,000 to the father of Louisville recruit Brian Bowen.
Gatto, Code and Dawkins were among 10 men arrested in late September following the FBI's clandestine investigation into bribes and other corruption in college basketball. They are scheduled to go on trial at U.S. District Court in New York in October.
The new indictment alleges Gatto and another unidentified Adidas consultant conspired to provide at least $90,000 to the mother of a former Kansas player between October 2016 and November 2017, and at least $20,000 to the legal guardian of a second player who committed to the Jayhawks in August 2017.
Sources told ESPN's Jeff Goodman that the first Kansas player is former five-star recruit Billy Preston, who did not appear in a game for the Jayhawks this past season, before turning pro because of eligibility concerns. Preston announced his commitment on Nov. 18, 2016.
A federal indictment released on Tuesday alleges the payments were made to ensure the players signed with Kansas and then inked endorsement deals with Adidas once they turned pro. The indictment says the payments were concealed from the university and NCAA.
Entire article: http://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...adidas-executive-fbi-college-basketball-probe
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
How Maryland, Under Armour were roped into FBI investigation of Kansas recruit
Tuesday's report revealed how schools can, and might still will, get wrangled into this investigation
The FBI's unprecedented investigation into corruption and bribery in college basketball recruiting has ensnared many people, universities and shoe companies.
Tuesday's news crowded the room of interested parties, most notably Kansas, which it could be argued is the most prominent basketball partner for Adidas. But while Adidas is at the center of the probe -- Louisville, Miami, Kansas and NC State (each one an Adidas school) were named in Tuesday's superseding indictment -- the government's new charges may have dragged another school, and apparel giant, into the picture: Maryland and Under Armour.
Neither the University of Maryland nor Under Armour (the university's official apparel provider) is explicitly named in the FBI's latest indictment -- and neither is in any danger of legal ramifications as far as we know -- but the dots align with the FBI's findings. And the fact that they are linked, even in an auxiliary way, speaks to the wider problem at hand, something the NCAA is attempting to reckon with: some shoe company employees are operating in the alleyways and there might not be any stopping them from continuing to do so.
Kansas freshman Silvio De Sousa, a 6-9 power forward originally from Angola who played prep ball at Montverde Academy in Florida, is identifiable in the government's filing that went public on Tuesday. No other Kansas player committed at a time that would correlate with the dates in the investigation, and the commitment was described as a surprise, which clearly fits the De Sousa recruitment.
The FBI alleges that Jim Gatto, a high-ranking associate at Adidas who was assessed with new charges on Tuesday, conspired with another person/consultant (identified as "CC-3" in the indictment) to move money to the guardian of a recruit who was headed elsewhere. That's where Maryland and Under Armour come in -- only the Terrapins and their outfitter fit the description in the story of that second program and apparel company.
Here's a breakdown of what we know from carefully parsing court documents. From the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York's report:
"The scheme participants also agreed to make payments to the legal guardian of another student-athlete who was a top-rated high school basketball player ("Guardian-1") in order to secure the commitment of the student-athlete to attend the University of Kansas rather than another school sponsored by a rival athletic apparel company."
Meaning that Gatto and the consultant, CC-3, were planning to pay De Sousa's guardian. More from the indictment:
"In or around August 2017, Guardian-1 informed CC-3 that Guardian-1 had received illicit payments in return for a commitment to steer the student-athlete to a university sponsored by a rival athletic apparel company. According to Guardian-1, the student-athlete was more interested in attending the University of Kansas, but Guardian-1 would need to repay the illicit payments in order to do so."
So De Sousa was a Kansas "lean" (recruitniks' parlance), but his legal guardian had already taken money and, according to the FBI's findings, agreed to a deal with another school.
Entire article: https://www.cbssports.com/college-b...ped-into-fbi-investigation-of-kansas-recruit/
Tuesday's report revealed how schools can, and might still will, get wrangled into this investigation
The FBI's unprecedented investigation into corruption and bribery in college basketball recruiting has ensnared many people, universities and shoe companies.
Tuesday's news crowded the room of interested parties, most notably Kansas, which it could be argued is the most prominent basketball partner for Adidas. But while Adidas is at the center of the probe -- Louisville, Miami, Kansas and NC State (each one an Adidas school) were named in Tuesday's superseding indictment -- the government's new charges may have dragged another school, and apparel giant, into the picture: Maryland and Under Armour.
Neither the University of Maryland nor Under Armour (the university's official apparel provider) is explicitly named in the FBI's latest indictment -- and neither is in any danger of legal ramifications as far as we know -- but the dots align with the FBI's findings. And the fact that they are linked, even in an auxiliary way, speaks to the wider problem at hand, something the NCAA is attempting to reckon with: some shoe company employees are operating in the alleyways and there might not be any stopping them from continuing to do so.
Kansas freshman Silvio De Sousa, a 6-9 power forward originally from Angola who played prep ball at Montverde Academy in Florida, is identifiable in the government's filing that went public on Tuesday. No other Kansas player committed at a time that would correlate with the dates in the investigation, and the commitment was described as a surprise, which clearly fits the De Sousa recruitment.
The FBI alleges that Jim Gatto, a high-ranking associate at Adidas who was assessed with new charges on Tuesday, conspired with another person/consultant (identified as "CC-3" in the indictment) to move money to the guardian of a recruit who was headed elsewhere. That's where Maryland and Under Armour come in -- only the Terrapins and their outfitter fit the description in the story of that second program and apparel company.
Here's a breakdown of what we know from carefully parsing court documents. From the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York's report:
"The scheme participants also agreed to make payments to the legal guardian of another student-athlete who was a top-rated high school basketball player ("Guardian-1") in order to secure the commitment of the student-athlete to attend the University of Kansas rather than another school sponsored by a rival athletic apparel company."
Meaning that Gatto and the consultant, CC-3, were planning to pay De Sousa's guardian. More from the indictment:
"In or around August 2017, Guardian-1 informed CC-3 that Guardian-1 had received illicit payments in return for a commitment to steer the student-athlete to a university sponsored by a rival athletic apparel company. According to Guardian-1, the student-athlete was more interested in attending the University of Kansas, but Guardian-1 would need to repay the illicit payments in order to do so."
So De Sousa was a Kansas "lean" (recruitniks' parlance), but his legal guardian had already taken money and, according to the FBI's findings, agreed to a deal with another school.
Entire article: https://www.cbssports.com/college-b...ped-into-fbi-investigation-of-kansas-recruit/
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LitlBuck
Kevin Warren is an ass
Sort of disappointed in this report and recommendations for change by Condi and her group. I forget how many months they had to come up with this report but I think I could have gotten a few guys together and written the same report, not using the same language, in about a week.
Some good ideas but they need to put more teeth into them and the NCAA has to get some balls which they never will and no one is going to tell the NBA what rules they have to implement. All they care about is their "product".
https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...l-did-all-could-do-and-wont-enough/549300002/
The recommendations (which need NCAA approval, of course), as they stand, are positive. Here are a few highlights:
— Work with the NBA to lift the league’s so-called one-and-done rule that requires players be at least 19 years old and a year removed from high school to be draft eligible. This, however, ultimately, is up to the NBA and NBPA.
— Allow players to enter the draft out of high school or after any college season, and to return to their school if they go undrafted.
— Allow and encourage access to certified agents to high school and college players to help athletes and their families make more informed choices about professional opportunities.
— Impose stiffer penalties for serious rules violations to deter future rule-breakers.
— Work with USA basketball and the NBA to create NCAA-run recruiting events in the summer.
— Work with USA Basketball and the NBA to evaluate pre-college players.
Allowing access to agents, harsher penalties and more involvement in AAU — "non-scholastic" basketball, as Rice kept saying — are good ideas.
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Some good ideas but they need to put more teeth into them and the NCAA has to get some balls which they never will and no one is going to tell the NBA what rules they have to implement. All they care about is their "product".
https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...l-did-all-could-do-and-wont-enough/549300002/
The recommendations (which need NCAA approval, of course), as they stand, are positive. Here are a few highlights:
— Work with the NBA to lift the league’s so-called one-and-done rule that requires players be at least 19 years old and a year removed from high school to be draft eligible. This, however, ultimately, is up to the NBA and NBPA.
— Allow players to enter the draft out of high school or after any college season, and to return to their school if they go undrafted.
— Allow and encourage access to certified agents to high school and college players to help athletes and their families make more informed choices about professional opportunities.
— Impose stiffer penalties for serious rules violations to deter future rule-breakers.
— Work with USA basketball and the NBA to create NCAA-run recruiting events in the summer.
— Work with USA Basketball and the NBA to evaluate pre-college players.
Allowing access to agents, harsher penalties and more involvement in AAU — "non-scholastic" basketball, as Rice kept saying — are good ideas.
More…
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muffler dragon
Bien. Bien chiludo.
Maybe I don't understand the context, but I would think this would mess with recruiting and team numbers significantly.
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They are just going crap at the wall and most of it is not going to stick anyhow.