HawkGold
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Exactly. This is going to effect so many schools even some people think are clean
It's got to be beyond Adidas.
Exactly. This is going to effect so many schools even some people think are clean
Miles has run through many players the last couple years culminating with this years success. I guess it wouldn’t shock me.Nebraska is an Adidas school... that's where I would start - look at their shoe company
see - Iowa still might win a basketball championship in 2018 ... haters and doubters be DAMNED!
This isn't about the NCAA.
Times are getting tense, folks.
Actually this is 100% about the NCAA, not the FBI or criminal charges. Do you know what the FBI is charging the Adidas rep with? Wire Fraud. That's the only "crime" he's really committed, and what's even funnier is the FBI is listing the university as the "victim".
Most of the NCAA violations are not crimes according to our laws. Its not a crime to pay a kid to go to a college...its just a massive NCAA violation. Why do you think Pitino hasn't been arrested or indicted by the FBI? Because he didn't commit any crimes...he just committed massive NCAA violations.
isn't there crimes against untaxed cash or is that not a thing?
Actually this is 100% about the NCAA, not the FBI or criminal charges. Do you know what the FBI is charging the Adidas rep with? Wire Fraud. That's the only "crime" he's really committed, and what's even funnier is the FBI is listing the university as the "victim".
Most of the NCAA violations are not crimes according to our laws. Its not a crime to pay a kid to go to a college...its just a massive NCAA violation. Why do you think Pitino hasn't been arrested or indicted by the FBI? Because he didn't commit any crimes...he just committed massive NCAA violations.
The investigation is ongoing. The NCAA won't be able to leave it alone. It's intertwined. The ongoing Fed investigation won't allow the NCAA to leave it. Pitino hasn't been indicted as it hasn't come down yet. Like I said, the Feds won't do a partial job. if indicted, you are screwed. Wait and see.
Sitting under protective order right now are the fruits of 330 days of monitoring activity by the feds, which one assistant US Attorney noted Thursday was “a voluminous amount of material.” That includes wiretaps from 4,000 intercepted calls and thousands of documents and bank records obtained from raids and confiscated computers, including those from notorious NBA agent Andy Miller.
“This goes a lot deeper in college basketball than four corrupt assistant coaches,” said a source who has been briefed on the details of the case. “When this all comes out, Hall of Fame coaches should be scared, lottery picks won’t be eligible to play and almost half of the 16 teams the NCAA showed on its initial NCAA tournament show this weekend should worry about their appearance being vacated.”
Well the FBI charges are on shaky ground, so we'll see. They definitely uncovered some massive corruption, but labeling what exactly was criminal about it has been heavily contended..but so far upheld in court. For example, the FBI is listing the universities as the victim even though that university made money off those players playing for the school. Its really strange.
I just don't envision a future of John Calipari and Rick Pitino being hauled off in handcuffs. I think its going to come down to the FBI releasing all their discovery and then it will be up to the NCAA to level sanctions...which I just don't see them doing very harshly besides lowering banners and slapping probations. The NCAA basketball tournament is the NCAA's primary source of income. They're not going to jeopardize that.
Kind of a nice distraction from this season. Iowa does have a chance to pick up 3 wins yet.
I'll believe it when I see it. All of these Hall Of Fame coaches will have their program's big money boosters contact their Senators and their Congressmen. The info will never be released and the crooked ass NCAA can go right on enabling their cash cow programs to make them millions.
If the NCAA would look the other way on North Carolina......they'll look the other way on anything.
There’s a reason why illegal money and cheating has crept into college sports. You can’t have a billion dollar corporation making 100% of its money off of kids who don’t get paid other than a scholarship and expect it to stay clean. If you think it can be then your head’s in the sand.I think colleges sports in general need to be cleaned out so as to avoid becoming a defacto pro league. But you watch, this will be turned into a push to start allowing pay to players. The "You've got poor kids that can't afford to fly home or go on a date...." crowd is going to try and flip this.
What B1G schools are potentially on “the list”?
MSU
ILL
IU
Unsure.
MSU
Illinois
Minnesota