Four college basketball assistant coaches hit with federal fraud, corruption charges
Four college basketball assistant coaches hit with federal fraud, corruption charges
The United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York announced early Tuesday that a press conference will be held at noon ET to announce charges of fraud and corruption in college basketball against four current assistant coaches -- Arizona's Emanuel "Book" Richardson, Auburn's Chuck Person, Oklahoma State's Lamont Evans and USC's Tony Bland. Managers, financial advisers and representatives of a major international sportswear company are also involved.
The four basketball coaches were arrested late Monday.
Jim Gatto, director of global sports marketing for Adidas Basketball, was also arrested. He's accused of helping funnel approximately $100,000 to the family of an "All-American high school basketball player" to secure the prospect's commitment to a school that Adidas sponsors.
https://www.cbssports.com/college-baske ... n-charges/
The four basketball coaches were arrested late Monday.
Jim Gatto, director of global sports marketing for Adidas Basketball, was also arrested. He's accused of helping funnel approximately $100,000 to the family of an "All-American high school basketball player" to secure the prospect's commitment to a school that Adidas sponsors.
https://www.cbssports.com/college-baske ... n-charges/
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Merl Code, director of Nike Elite Youth Basketball Was also named.
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Article mentions the All-American player as Brian Bowen, who committed to Louisville. Not a good look for Rick Pitino and Bruce Pearl, both of whom have had run-ins with the NCAA and whose programs are being linked to this. Will be interesting to follow this and see what comes of it.
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Whenever I see Nike, hard not to think Oregon in same thought.
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When they say Chuck Person, is that THE Chuck Person who smashed Larry Legend's head into the floor?
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This stuff is everywhere.....tip of the iceberg.....my guess is, if everything like this was uncovered, there would be many more announcements like this.
Programs that are squeaky clean are probably in the minority nowadays.
Programs that are squeaky clean are probably in the minority nowadays.
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WAIT...you mean to tell me there is corruption in NCAA sports! I can't believe it!! Pay the players and stuff like this wouldn't be necessary.
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Much happier that we run a clean program on that front. I'd rather hear about 10 more Boswell-type incidents than something along these lines.
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tuitionadam914 wrote:WAIT...you mean to tell me there is corruption in NCAA sports! I can't believe it!! Pay the players and stuff like this wouldn't be necessary.
housing
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they do get "paid". Lets see how quickly their tune changes when they get paid but have to pay out of pocket for travel expenses, facilities time, housing, tuition, food plan, books, etc. And have to pay taxes on the new income.
on topic...lets be real the NCAA could find violations at any school any time they wanted and choose to turn the blind eye except for a few wrist slaps here and there to keep the media quiet.
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Updated:"We got lucky on this one," Pitino said. "I had an AAU director call me and say, 'Would you be interested in a basketball player?' I said ... 'Yeah, I'd be really interested.'
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The head coaches there are responsible for their programs.....just as guilty if not more so than the assistants named.
Just a cover, that's all. Pearl and Pitino, just naming 2, obviously haven't learned any lessons. They need to go.
Adam, paying the players is one thing....we're talking about paying to GET the players.
Remember when Calhoun said he knew nothing about his assistants calling recruits? Not the same as this type of violation, but denying knowledge of what's going on?
Pure unadulterated bullshit. Just wait...all those coaches will deny being involved.
Just a cover, that's all. Pearl and Pitino, just naming 2, obviously haven't learned any lessons. They need to go.
Adam, paying the players is one thing....we're talking about paying to GET the players.
Remember when Calhoun said he knew nothing about his assistants calling recruits? Not the same as this type of violation, but denying knowledge of what's going on?
Pure unadulterated bullshit. Just wait...all those coaches will deny being involved.
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Go read the tweets of @JasonRileyWDRB about the U of L piece of this. Fascinating and mind blowing.
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For those of us not on the Twitter - can you share or link, URI96?
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It appears that way, yes.TruePoint wrote:When they say Chuck Person, is that THE Chuck Person who smashed Larry Legend's head into the floor?
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you dont need a twitter account to read tweets. just put his username into google and it'll be the top result. Also he has 30+ tweets about this, pasting in the thread isn't feasible.sf2010 wrote:For those of us not on the Twitter - can you share or link, URI96?
The big question is how far down the rabbit hole do the Feds want to go...and does Pitino have enough grease in his hair to lube up and slide through the cracks again
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It will be interesting to see what happens to Pitino. https://www.seccountry.com/kentucky/ric ... -lucky-oneDa_Process_Survivor wrote:you dont need a twitter account to read tweets. just put his username into google and it'll be the top result. Also he has 30+ tweets about this, pasting in the thread isn't feasible.sf2010 wrote:For those of us not on the Twitter - can you share or link, URI96?
The big question is how far down the rabbit hole do the Feds want to go...and does Pitino have enough grease in his hair to lube up and slide through the cracks again
Hair grease jokes get me every time.
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U.S. Attorney Press Conference about to kick-off. Link below to watch...
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If your employer offered to replace your salary by paying your housing costs (at a place of their choosing) and food costs, plus work-related travel, gym access and some books...you would take that deal? I sure as hell would not.Da_Process_Survivor wrote:tuitionadam914 wrote:WAIT...you mean to tell me there is corruption in NCAA sports! I can't believe it!! Pay the players and stuff like this wouldn't be necessary.
housing
food
books
travel expenses
training facilities
they do get "paid". Lets see how quickly their tune changes when they get paid but have to pay out of pocket for travel expenses, facilities time, housing, tuition, food plan, books, etc. And have to pay taxes on the new income.
on topic...lets be real the NCAA could find violations at any school any time they wanted and choose to turn the blind eye except for a few wrist slaps here and there to keep the media quiet.
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I sure as hell wouldn't! For what I know, I'd end up being placed in a small drafty apartment above a karaoke bar. Surviving on Chef Boyardee.TruePoint wrote:If your employer offered to replace your salary by paying your housing costs (at a place of their choosing) and food costs, plus work-related travel, gym access and some books...you would take that deal? I sure as hell would not.Da_Process_Survivor wrote:tuitionadam914 wrote:WAIT...you mean to tell me there is corruption in NCAA sports! I can't believe it!! Pay the players and stuff like this wouldn't be necessary.
housing
food
books
travel expenses
training facilities
they do get "paid". Lets see how quickly their tune changes when they get paid but have to pay out of pocket for travel expenses, facilities time, housing, tuition, food plan, books, etc. And have to pay taxes on the new income.
on topic...lets be real the NCAA could find violations at any school any time they wanted and choose to turn the blind eye except for a few wrist slaps here and there to keep the media quiet.
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Completely agree.Da_Process_Survivor wrote:tuitionadam914 wrote:WAIT...you mean to tell me there is corruption in NCAA sports! I can't believe it!! Pay the players and stuff like this wouldn't be necessary.
housing
food
books
travel expenses
training facilities
they do get "paid". Lets see how quickly their tune changes when they get paid but have to pay out of pocket for travel expenses, facilities time, housing, tuition, food plan, books, etc. And have to pay taxes on the new income.
on topic...lets be real the NCAA could find violations at any school any time they wanted and choose to turn the blind eye except for a few wrist slaps here and there to keep the media quiet.
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Not surprised.
Notice it wasn't the NCAA's action, but FBI's.
Still waiting for the eternal NCAA investigation into UNC's
scandal to see the light of day.
This is why mid majors can;t compete.
Big money waved under the noses of 18 year olds,
must be hard to resisit.
Notice it wasn't the NCAA's action, but FBI's.
Still waiting for the eternal NCAA investigation into UNC's
scandal to see the light of day.
This is why mid majors can;t compete.
Big money waved under the noses of 18 year olds,
must be hard to resisit.
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If I understand it correctly, it sounds like the FBI intentionally left the NCAA in the dark on the investigation. Shows you how much they trust them to help uncover the corruption.rodfromcranston wrote:Not surprised.
Notice it wasn't the NCAA's action, but FBI's.
Still waiting for the eternal NCAA investigation into UNC's
scandal to see the light of day.
This is why mid majors can;t compete.
Big money waved under the noses of 18 year olds,
must be hard to resisit.
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The denials and idk's have already started.
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I don't think there's any way that Pitino makes it out of this unscathed. Too much smoke around that program now for him to be able to plead ignorance and keep his job.
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Assuming we are clean, this could help our future recruiting.
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How so?Rhodymob05 wrote:Assuming we are clean, this could help our future recruiting.
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I worry that the Adidas link will work against us.
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Agree,Rhodymob05 wrote:Assuming we are clean, this could help our future recruiting.
Will hurt the teams that pay, and will help the teams that do not pay.
URI, being a clean program as well as an up and coming program, could benefit
Teams will need to stop. This is the FBI, not the NCAA. Not good publicity for the brand name involved either
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I think this breaks too late to change this year's recruiting class and our contract with adidas runs out on June 30th. If this tarnishes us in anyway I'm sure we'll be with someone else July 1st.Rhody74 wrote:I worry that the Adidas link will work against us.
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I wonder what recruits that have made verbals to these schools do now? There are quite a few highly ranked players.
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Hearing potential Death Penalty at U of L... family member who is a member of law enforcement at the NCAA level and I just spoke... this will be the end for Ricky P...
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I said this in the Harris recruiting thread but it is more relevant here. I'd be shocked if other apparel companies like Nike/UA/others are not eventually implicated, I do not think this issue is isolated to adidas. So, as long as we're not one of the schools on-the-take or employing someone on-the-take, then I can't imagine that it will have any negative effects for us.Rhody74 wrote:I worry that the Adidas link will work against us.
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When I said this is the tip of the iceberg I wasn't kidding.....
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FWIW, Kate Howard - formerly of The Newport Daily News and now of the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting - has been on a team looking into Louisville for years now. Perhaps not surprisingly, the whole school seemingly has some issues, not just the basketball team. One of her more recent pieces, but plenty of other ones on the site too: http://kycir.org/2017/08/04/in-effort-t ... s-balloon/
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Maybe this is enough to put us in the Top 25 to start the year? Heck, if this thing explodes we could be top 10.
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You'd think $100,000 would get more than the 5th best SF
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Da_Process_Survivor wrote:The big question is how far down the rabbit hole do the Feds want to go...and does Pitino have enough grease in his hair to lube up and slide through the cracks againsf2010 wrote:For those of us not on the Twitter - can you share or link, URI96?
I don't have anything else to say...the above is too perfect to not be repeated....
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I know it's not a betting scandal, but I can't help but wonder if this will rival the scandals of the early 50s that all but destroyed NYC college basketball.
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as Long as the indictments don’t say public research institution in RI we can breath easy
For NCAA purposes. If a coach at a school is convicted in a court of law, can that be enough evidence for sanctions or the never actually used tv ban or death penalty options
For NCAA purposes. If a coach at a school is convicted in a court of law, can that be enough evidence for sanctions or the never actually used tv ban or death penalty options
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