Board 8 > Major NCAA Basketball Scandal

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There is two angles to this investigation.

1. Assistant coaches and financial advisors were taking kickbacks from Sports Agencies to deliver their athletes to their agents.

This includes Arizona, Auburn, Oklahoma St, and USC at least for now.

2. Adidas head of marketing was paying high school athletes to deliver them to schools who are Adidas schools in conjunction with the schools. Louisville is the major one listed for now.

Now, this is still developing and more is bound to come. 10 people from universities, Adidas, and agencies are currently in jail.

The FBI lead this investigation starting in 2015. Has video and wiretaps provided from flips in their investigation. And has began seizing computers and such with warrants.

The major kicker here is that Louisville who recently just got on probation for providing hookers to recruited athletes is on video setting up paying 100k via Adidas to Bruce Bowen just a month after their probation began. Also, they are on tape stating that they just recently got on probation so that they must do as much as possible to cover their tracks on the deal.


More as it develops.
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Shocked, SHOCKED that Louisville might be dirty
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Corrik posted...

The major kicker here is that Louisville who recently just got on probation for providing hookers to recruited athletes is on video setting up paying 100k via Adidas to Bruce Bowen just a month after their probation began. Also, they are on tape stating that they just recently got on probation so that they must do as much as possible to cover their tracks on the deal.

Man, they are really going to keep pushing until the NCAA gives them the death sentence.
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lol louisville
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LouisVILE

The real scandal here is that the NCAA is just constantly using their athletes and pretending their students.
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What
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Corrik posted...

1. Assistant coaches and financial advisors were taking kickbacks from Sports Agencies to deliver their athletes to their agents.

What are Sports Agencies?
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RIPitino
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bng_mmmk posted...

Corrik posted...

1. Assistant coaches and financial advisors were taking kickbacks from Sports Agencies to deliver their athletes to their agents.

What are Sports Agencies?

You know how wren athletes go pro they hire agents to do their contracts?

That's them
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bng_mmmk posted...

Corrik posted...

1. Assistant coaches and financial advisors were taking kickbacks from Sports Agencies to deliver their athletes to their agents.

What are Sports Agencies?

ASM was a major one I believe
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Jakyl25 posted...

Shocked, SHOCKED that Louisville might be dirty

almost as shocking as the "fact" that Pitino yet again HAD NO IDEA something inappropriate was happening at his program
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South Carolina with Dozier and Thornwell and Miami are other schools most likely that players were paid to attend.
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Coded in the FBI documents

Universities:

1 - Auburn

2 - South Carolina

3 - Oklahoma State

4 - Arizona

5 - USC

6 - Louisville

7 - Miami (FL)

Players

1 - Austin Wiley, Auburn

2 - possibly Mustapaha Heron, Auburn

3 - P.J. Dozier, Mavericks via South Carolina

4 - Jawun Evans, 76ers via Oklahoma State

5 - Jahvon Quineryly, Arizona commit

6 - unspecified Arizona player

7 - unspecified Arizona player

8 - Charles O'Bannon Jr., USC

9 - De'Anthony Melton, USC

10 - Brian Bowen, Louisville

11 - Balsa Koprivica, Louisville target

12 - Nassir Little, Miami target
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Any famous players involved yet?
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voltch posted...

Any famous players involved yet?

These are all recent players. Nassir Little is a big time recruit tho.
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I suppose if you go back a cew years more names will pop up.

But I still hope miami gets good players! Larranaga comes off as a cool coach.
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Rick Pitino to be fired shortly (today)
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Pitino unpaid administrative leave. Jurich oaid administrative leave. Both pretty much fired.

Alabama getting ahead of the game says they are conducting their own investigation and accepted the resignation of their basketball administrator.

10 arrested yesterday are apparently singing to the feds to try and get immunity. Tons more to come.

Miami and Arizona (Adidas and Nike had a bidding war on Nassir Little ongoing.

Nike supeonad and all their EYBL (think UK here) information has been seized.

Miami, Arizona, Alabama, Auburn, Ok State, USC, South Carolina, Louisville are leading the charge for now.

UnderArmour, Nike, Adidas leading the charge right now for apparel companies which is basically everyone.

Jay Williams confirms that Kevin Loves handler was given $250k prior to commitment.
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The Nike subpoena might just be because Merl Code (one of the people arrested) left Nike for Adidas.
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kevwaffles posted...

The Nike subpoena might just be because Merl Code (one of the people arrested) left Nike for Adidas.

No. Arizona was in a bidding war with Miami. Miami was getting money through Adidas, Arizona was getting money through NIKE.
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When I say he worked for Nike, I mean he actually ran the EYBL. So yeah, this subpoena being specifically for the EYBL, which wasn't mentioned in the initial court documents, might well be stemming from that.

Doesn't mean Nike is in the clear by any stretch.
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