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Captain Ned wrote:Will there be anything left standing in Division 1 NCAA basketball after the FBI gets through with it?.
DancinJack wrote:So far we know of USC, Miami, Louisville, Arizona, OK State, and Auburn. I honestly think it's just who unluckily ended up with jerks on their coaching staff that were willing to skirt the rules all along. There isn't much of a geographical correlation there beyond most of them being in the southern portion of the US.
Captain Ned wrote:DancinJack wrote:So far we know of USC, Miami, Louisville, Arizona, OK State, and Auburn. I honestly think it's just who unluckily ended up with jerks on their coaching staff that were willing to skirt the rules all along. There isn't much of a geographical correlation there beyond most of them being in the southern portion of the US.
Don't forget the AAU ball feeders. That's where it really starts.
That said, when I was in college somewhere around the stone age (a/k/a pre-MTV), total undergrads were usually under 3,000 (excluding Cornell).
Pat Forde & Pete Thamel of Yahoo! Sports wrote:Documents and bank records obtained in discovery during the federal investigation into the underbelly of college basketball detail in meticulous fashion the expenditures of prominent former NBA agent Andy Miller, his former associate Christian Dawkins and his agency, ASM Sports. They include expense reports and balance sheets that list cash advances, as well as entertainment and travel expenses for high school and college prospects and their families.
The documents tie some of the biggest names and programs in the sport to activity that appears to violate the NCAA’s amateurism rules. This could end up casting a pall over the NCAA tournament because of eligibility issues. There’s potential impermissible benefits and preferential treatment for players and families of players at Duke, North Carolina, Texas, Kentucky, Michigan State, USC, Alabama and a host of other schools. The documents link some of the sport’s biggest current stars – Michigan State’s Miles Bridges, Alabama’s Collin Sexton and Duke’s Wendell Carter – to specific potential extra benefits for either the athletes or their family members. The amounts tied to players in the case range from basic meals to tens of thousands of dollars.
idchafee wrote:I'd be willing to bet that Mike Krzyzewski will end up personally clean, while some of his assistants go down. I'd be willing to wager that he does almost nothing outside of on-court coaching these days.
Usacomp2k3 wrote:I wonder if his will make a dent in the overall practice. I kinda doubt it.
Usacomp2k3 wrote:So how do they pick and choose which schools to go after?
JustAnEngineer wrote:A few years ago, I heard a well-respected former NCAA coach and current radio commentator describe the difference between an NCAA investigation and a real investigation like this: "If the NCAA pounds on your front door with dozens of allegations, you laugh. You tell them to go away and stay the heck off of your porch. If the FBI gives you a phone call saying that they want to talk with you, you should immediately offer to tell everything that you know about bigger fish to try to negotiate a deal."
Even if NCAA investigators were equally skilled, they lack the powerful tools available to the FBI: subpoenas, wiretaps and the threat of real jail time in federal prison.
Buub wrote:I am still struggling to understand exactly how this warrants FBI budget and time. Especially when they're having a hard time stopping school shooters.
Why isn't this a matter between the NCAA and specific schools, with potentially several cases against NBA agents?
Buub wrote:I am still struggling to understand exactly how this warrants FBI budget and time. Especially when they're having a hard time stopping school shooters.
Why isn't this a matter between the NCAA and specific schools, with potentially several cases against NBA agents?