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NCAA Coaches: Bribing Players

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DZ83CK said:
Duke is so corrupt. No chance K is getting all the top players in the country to come for free. Those guys are all semi-pro.
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I've always said that there's no way that they consistently pull lottery level talent out of the cesspool of the Chicago Public League without playing the necessary game of paying off the hs coaches, uncles and street agents.
 
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Jurors in NCAA trial end first day of deliberations without verdict

A jury deliberated for five hours Monday on its first day considering the merits of claims by the government that three men conspired to cheat major college basketball programs by paying young athletes to sign with schools sponsored by Adidas.

Attorneys for the defendants contend their clients broke NCAA rules but no laws.

Deliberations began midday Monday after U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan instructed the jury. Five hours later, jurors went home without sending any notes. They are set to resume work Tuesday morning.

Federal prosecutors have portrayed universities with some of the nation's best college basketball programs as victims of a group of individuals who arranged to pay the families of top recruits tens of thousands of dollars so young athletes would go to Adidas-sponsored schools.

Prosecutors say the men tricked the schools into giving scholarships to players who should have been ineligible.

The defendants are Adidas sports marketing manager James "Jim" Gatto, aspiring sports agent Christopher Dawkins and Merl Code, a former Adidas consultant.

Entire article: http://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...caa-trial-end-first-day-deliberations-verdict

Re: The lawyers argued that financially aiding struggling families of the athletes along the way was part of a process that involved big-brand shoe makers supporting the schools they sponsored in any way they could.

Sounds like NCAA violations to me.
 
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College basketball corruption trial: Aspiring agent, 2 former Adidas representatives found guilty of defrauding schools

Jim Gatto, Christopher Dawkins and Merl Code were accused of giving cash to college basketball recruits

All three defendants in the first college basketball corruption trial were found guilty of conspiracy to commit wire fraud on Wednesday.

A jury found James Gatto guilty on all three of his counts and Christian Dawkins and Merl Code were found guilty on both of theirs.

Gatto and Code are former Adidas employees; Dawkins is a former aspiring sports agent.

The prosecution in the case successfully argued the trio defrauded the University of Louisville and the University of Kansas in the process of helping funnel money -- and recruits -- to those schools, with the intention of later signing prospects to endorsement deals.

All three were found guilty on wire fraud and specific conspiracy to commit wire fraud against the University of Louisville. Gatto's third guilty count was a conspiracy to commit wire fraud against the University of Kansas.

"The jury was out three days, so obviously they thought about it, struggled with their decision," Steve Haney, lawyer for Dawkins, told CBS Sports. "There's a little bit of comfort knowing that we worked hard and made them think about what their verdict was going to be."

Lawyers representing Gatto and Code opted not to comment afterward. Dawkins and Code also declined comment when approached by CBS Sports.

The three men will report for sentencing the morning of March 5, 2019. Until then, they'll remain out on bond. Dawkins and Code are defendants in a second of three cases in this overarching saga.

"We're still intent on fighting that case as well," Haney said.

Each defendant plans to appeal the verdicts, though a timeline for that remains unclear. This case was potentially groundbreaking, as it established a violation of rules against a private organization could amount to federal fraud. A lingering aspect of this trial was how the jury pool was established. Members of the jury were specifically picked based on their lack of knowledge regarding the NCAA and a general naiveté about the environment of college basketball.

Entire article: https://www.cbssports.com/college-b...entatives-found-guilty-of-defrauding-schools/

Re: Adidas put out a statement in the wake of the verdicts coming in. It reads: "We cooperated fully with the authorities during the course of the investigation and respect the jury's verdict. We look forward to continuing to work with the NCAA and other stakeholders in a collaborative and constructive manner to improve the environment around college basketball.

(If it is an investigation on NCAA violations against a school/coach) I'll beleve that one when I see it.........:roll1:
 
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OHSportsFan said:
What a garbage comment and a slap in the face to the kids he is recruiting. Surely they have not worked hard to be the 1% of the 550,000 high school basketball players to earn a D1 scholarship.

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Re: NBA agent and Klutch Sports co-founder Rich Paul called the choice of top prospect Darius Bazley to forgo college and opt for a $1 million shoe-company internship the product of a broken system, saying Wednesday the on-court component of the next seven months was "the one thing that we were missing." Bazley will be paid a $200,000 base salary annually over five years, assuming he is on an NBA roster in the second year and in the league each season thereafter. Paul earlier this week told The New York Times the internship was part of a multiyear shoe contract that could pay Bazley up to $14 million if he reaches performance incentives written into the contract.

Bazley, ranked the No. 13 prospect in 2018 by ESPN, decommitted from Syracuse in March and said he planned to play in the NBA's G League. This week, he again changed course, landing a first-of-its-kind, three-month job with New Balance, a deal Paul brokered.

Re: I don't think we should ever compensate players...There's a lot of 17-year-old kids that don't make money.”

Just sayin': Obviously Barzley doesn't agree with Boeheim, he's opting for the money.
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James Arthur Boeheim; born November 17, 1944 is the current head coach of the men's basketball team at Syracuse University. Boeheim had previously stated that he would retire in April 2018. However, in 2017 when his son committed to play at SU starting in 2018 he extended his contract to beyond the 2017–18 season.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Boeheim#Personal_life
The asshole is almost 74 years old and has a 19 year old son (actually son and daughter)......
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Jayhawks' Bill Self denies using improper benefits to sway recruits

Bill Self said he and his staff have never used improper benefits to sway a recruit's decision, his first in-depth comments since former Adidas consultant T.J. Gassnola testified in federal court to arranging a pay-for-play scheme, with the financial assistance of former Adidas executive James Gatto, to influence players to pick Kansas and other schools.

"At Kansas, we've recruited and signed many players who wore athletic brands other than Adidas on their grassroots basketball teams," Self said in a statement he read on Wednesday, hours after Gatto, Christian Dawkins, a former runner for agent Andy Miller, and Merl Code, a former Adidas consultant, were all found guilty on felony charges of wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud in federal court.

"We've also recruited many players whose grassroots teams were sponsored by Adidas who signed with other universities that were aligned with other shoe companies," he said. "So while these brand relationships can be a factor for some families during the college decision-making process, it is only one of many factors. When recruiting prospective student-athletes, my staff and I have not and do not offer improper inducements to them or their families to influence their college decision, nor are we aware of any third-party involvement to do so."

At Big 12 media day on Wednesday afternoon, Self told reporters he could not comment on anything related to the trial due to a "mandate." On Wednesday night, at a media conference called just hours in advance, he said he's still limited in what he can say, but he made it clear that he will not discuss anything related to the trial during the season. He said Wednesday night's media conference was "the last time" he'd talk about the FBI investigation during the season.
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In federal court last week, Gassnola said he arranged payments to the families of former Kansas player Billy Preston and current player Silvio De Sousa, who is suspended indefinitely pending the outcome of an eligibility review announced by the school on Wednesday. Gassnola claimed neither Bill Self nor Kansas assistant Kurtis Townsend were aware of any pay-for-play arrangements, but an attorney for Gatto, the former Adidas executive implicated in the scheme, said the payment to De Sousa's family was requested by Self.

Entire article: http://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...ach-says-no-improper-benefits-used-recruiting
 
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Christian Dawkins' emails detail payment plans to several players

Federal authorities have given NCAA officials their approval to move ahead with an investigation of alleged rules violations that came to light during the first of three federal criminal trials involving pay-for-play schemes and other corruption in college basketball, ESPN has confirmed.

During last month's trials in New York, evidence and testimony were presented that alleged potential rules violations involving coaches and players at Arizona, Creighton, Kansas, Louisville, LSU, NC State, Oklahoma State, Oregon and other programs.

ESPN reported in February that as many as three dozen Division I programs, including many of the sport's traditional powers, might be facing NCAA sanctions once the federal government releases information that it acquired during its clandestine, three-year investigation.

Among the most revealing evidence turned over to the NCAA, according to documents obtained by Outside the Lines, is a business plan that aspiring agent Christian Dawkins emailed to his business partners on Sept. 5, 2017.

In a five-page document, Dawkins shared his plan to make monthly payments of thousands of dollars and provide other benefits to players at nearly one dozen Division I schools, as well as a handful of the country's top prospects for 2019 and 2020.

Dawkins, Adidas executive James Gatto and former Adidas consultant Merl Code were convicted of felony conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud during last month's trial.

NCAA spokeswoman Stacey Osborne would not confirm whether the NCAA is preparing to begin an investigation into what already has come to light.

"We can't comment on current, past or potential investigations," Osborne said.

Entire article: http://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...te-schools-college-basketball-corruption-case

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Kansas fears formal NCAA investigation stemming from FBI case involving college basketball

A reinstatement ruiling involving Silvio De Sousa may have opened a door for the NCAA into the Jayhawks

Kansas officials are concerned that a formal NCAA infractions case may be developing into the basketball program after a recent reinstatement ruling, several sources told CBS Sports.

Sources at Kansas, those close to the reinstatement process involving forward Silvio De Sousa and familiar with the NCAA process, said a door could be opening to one of the first formal infractions cases to stem from the wide-ranging FBI investigation into college basketball.

Of chief concern to Kansas is the designation by the school of Adidas representative T.J. Gassnola as a "booster" of Kansas athletics in the De Sousa case.

Earlier this month, the NCAA ruled De Sousa must sit out the remainder of this season and the 2019-20 campaign because his guardian received money from "a university booster and agent."

That dual designation came as a surprise to Kansas officials who say they only agreed to designate Gassnola as a booster. Kansas athletic director Jeff Long described publicly on Feb. 1 how the school had to designate Gassnola "as a hypothetical" for the De Sousa reinstatement case to continue.

Long said, that day, Kansas "disagreed" on how to define Gassnola's role but that the NCAA made it a condition of considering De Sousa's reinstatement.

"The NCAA told us that they would not consider a reinstatement unless we included that information," Long said. "If we did not include the hypothetical, they would not consider reinstatement until after the enforcement investigation was complete."

Entire article: https://www.cbssports.com/college-b...g-from-fbi-case-involving-college-basketball/
 
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The NCAA is already a farce, but I feel like that they have to hammer every program with severe sanctions over recruits being bribed to attend a certain college. Starting with Louisville, if they don't get the death penalty, then every program who does the "right" thing and admits their wrongdoing and accepts punishment when they could have tried to cover it up is being doubly punished by a system that equally punishes programs that break the rules intentionally, try to conceal their rules violations, and then fight the system to avoid being punished. The death penalty isnt going to solve anything, but the NCAA will show it is completely worthless if it doesnt hammer Louisville, and issue a more severe punishment than a postseason ban to the other programs that got caught.
 
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