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College assistant coaches arrested for fraud and bribery
What you need to know about the FBI's NCAA basketball investigation
"Under the first group of charges, the U.S. Attorney is alleging that assistant coaches at Arizona, Auburn, Oklahoma State and USC "took cash bribes" in order to steer elite basketball players toward certain financial advisers and sports agents. The assistants named in the indictment are Chuck Person (Auburn), Emanuel Richardson (Arizona), Lamont Evans (Oklahoma State) and Tony Bland (USC)." "In the second set of allegations, authorities say that James Gatto, on behalf of an unnamed "sportswear company," funneled "six-figure payments" to three players, who, in exchange, committed to play for particular college programs affiliated with the company. Gatto is the director of global sports marketing for Adidas. This set of charges includes a reference to a "public research university located in Kentucky." Sources have told ESPN it is the University of Louisville." |
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You're assuming he would know anything about it. While it is possible, and perhaps probable, a shoe company could do that all on their own to get a player at a school where it will get them the most exposure all without ever involving the coach.
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There is NO WAY he gets fired over this.
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This stuff has been going on for years...I'm surprised it has taken this long to happen (FBI).
I'm guessing every major program has done this. Here's a story ESPN did in 2011 on the AAU Program Indiana Elite and Indiana University who is sponsored by Adidas.... Some question relationships built by Indiana AAU basketball team coach who doubles as nonprofit foundation leader My guess is the NCAA will force the universities to break their current deals with Adidas, Nike, UA and anyone else. The NCAA will then negotiate their own deal on behalf of all member schools and all the monies will go to the NCAA rather than directly to the schools. |
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