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NCAA Coaches: Bribing Players

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Tanner said:
If you'd like to isolate the AAU part of this, I truly can't even express how much I don't want my tax dollars being used to investigate 15 year old boys playing basketball and the business surrounding it.
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and yet you're fine with your tax dollars in the form of federal grants being abused by coaches, etc? you do know that oksu, arizona, louisville, south carolina, and auburn are public, don't you?
 
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University of Louisville scandal: Brian Bowen's mom says she 'didn't know anything'

The FBI investigation into NCAA basketball corruption alleges that an Adidas executive conspired to pay $100,000 to the family of a top-ranked national recruit to play at Louisville and to represent Adidas when he turned pro.

The recruit is identified only as “Player-10” in one of three federal criminal complaints released Tuesday. His family was to be paid in four installments.

Player-10 is said to have committed to University-6 on or about June 3, 2017, “or almost immediately after the illicit bribe scheme.”

The only 2017 prospect who committed to the University of Louisville on that date and fits that description is five-star recruit Brian Bowen, an incoming freshman on this season’s Louisville team.
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Louisville coach Rick Pitino did not immediately return a call for comment. An assistant in the sports information office said athletic director Tom Jurich is out of town and could not be reached for comment.

"While we are just learning about this information, this is a serious concern that goes to the heart of our athletic department and the university," said interim university president Gregory Postel in a written statement. "U of L is committed to ethical behavior and adherence to NCAA rules; any violations will not be tolerated.

"We will cooperate fully with any law enforcement or NCAA investigation into the matter."
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Pitino spoke about Bowen's recruitment with WHAS-840 Radio's Terry Meiners shortly after the player committed in June.

"We got lucky on this one," Pitino told Meiners. "I had an AAU director call me and ask me if I'd be interested in a player. I saw him against another great player from Indiana. I said 'Yeah, I'd be really interested.' They had to come in unofficially, pay for their hotel, pay for their meals. We spent zero dollars recruiting a five-star athlete who I loved when I saw him play. In my 40 years of coaching this is the luckiest I've been."

Entire article: http://www.courier-journal.com/stor...ecruits-college-basketball-scandal/703820001/

Just sayin': Bowen is very likely going to be ruled ineligible by the NCAA. He might as well withdraw from school, pack his bags, move to Europe, play a year over there, and declare for the NBA draft in 2018.
 
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"We got lucky on this one," Pitino told Meiners. "I had an AAU director call me and ask me if I'd be interested in a player. I saw him against another great player from Indiana. I said 'Yeah, I'd be really interested.' They had to come in unofficially, pay for their hotel, pay for their meals. We spent zero dollars recruiting a five-star athlete who I loved when I saw him play. In my 40 years of coaching this is the luckiest I've been."
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Fungo Squiggly said:
I dunno.....although the IRS specifically lists that illegal income is specifically taxable, I'm going to bet that these guys haven't been including it on their returns. (:lol:) Seems worth chasing to me just on that aspect, even if it's a short-term net loss to the government.
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The IRS getting Pitino and Al Capone...I love this country.
 
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OSU_Buckguy said:
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He's not lying. It didn't cost them anything.

That's was Adidas that put up the $100k. And according to the press briefing... this was being billed to Adidas, and then fake invoices generated after the fact. Not going to turn out well for them when they have to bring in Ben Affleck to uncook the books.
 
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Dryden said:
He's not lying. It didn't cost them anything.

That's was Adidas that put up the $100k. And according to the press briefing... this was being billed to Adidas, and then fake invoices generated after the fact. Not going to turn out well for them when they have to bring in Ben Affleck to uncook the books.
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absolutely. i was just taking a shot at pitino's comment about being so "lucky." there is no luck involved when a shoe company pays an aau coach who then pays a recruit (whether directly or indirectly) in addition to the college coaches (whether directly or indirectly). i bet if the layers surrounding pitino's horse racing ventures were peeled, we'd find a whole lotta dirty basketball money.
 
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Dryden said:
He's not lying. It didn't cost them anything.

That's was Adidas that put up the $100k. And according to the press briefing... this was being billed to Adidas, and then fake invoices generated after the fact. Not going to turn out well for them when they have to bring in Ben Affleck to uncook the books.
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Re: Louisville, one of college basketball’s biggest powerhouses, which is already on NCAA probation over a sex scandal.

Well, technically (as a repeat offender) it could end up costing Louisville it's basketball program, i.e. the NCAA "death penalty".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_penalty_(NCAA)
 
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The 3 big P's.....Prostitutes, Payments, and Pitino.

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