I’ll bet Nike put the F B I on to Addidis.
article about that said that he even turned the swag from other schools that was mailed to him over to his high school coach to get rid of.
“Surprise commitment”
As some wrote what does it mean now “I am opening up my recruitment”. Would players be dumb enough to ask for money with what is happening? Receiving money gets them mixed up in fraud and not reporting income.
If your a player and you took money do you step up and info and hope for a lighter sentence or do you keep your head down and spend your time looking over your shoulder?
Things to contemplate while the FBI and NCAA sort it out a bit.
If a player accepted cash from a college program or a shoe company or an agent, doesn’t that make him ineligible for college hoops under current NCAA rules? And, what about if his family accepted the cash, rather than him?
Surely the FBI net will haul in Calipari, right? I am curious if this gets the UNC and Duke blue blood programs or if their methods might be more sophisticated. Getting very interesting…
You would think so. And you have to believe that the blue bloods are involved in this mess as well.
If a player accepts cash or benefits, then he is ineligible. That’s why most have handlers or payments go to the family; allows the player a bit of protection if they’re caught as the player can claim innocence at that point.
Of course, with the NCAA’s turtle-like pace, players are usually gone before anything is brought forward or decided.
The problem is this: if the player accepts the money he is ineligible. If the money goes to his parents that gets a little different. Then the FBI contacts the IRS and checks to see if the player or his parents have claimed the money they received as income on their tax returns. If not, that’s tax evasion. If the player or his parents lie to the FBI about payments received, that’s lying to federal officials and obstruction of justice. If the money was wired into a bank account, then you could be looking at wire fraud or using a computer to commit an illegal act.
We’re talking about a whole lot of felonies. I’m sure they are people who are going to be fighting to sing first and get a lighter sentence.
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Aggies are an Addidas school and there’s the whole Deandre Jordan episode from year’s past.
Saw some interesting stuff on the AAC board last night. One poster said a asst coach from Wichita St. told him Kansas payed a recruit $250,000 to commit to the Jayhawks. There was another poster who said the Lawson’s got $300,000 when they transferred last year with all these stories out there you would think its only a matter of time before Kansas gets a letter too.
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College basketball scandal: What happens to Louisville’s $160 million deal with Adidas?
According to the new contract obtained by the Courier-Journal, the University of Louisville will honor the deal as long as it remains compensated as an “elite adidas university program” when compared to other programs outfitted by Adidas. A school’s designation as “elite” is measured by how much cash, product and marketing support it receives.
If at any point the University of Louisville is not considered an “elite” program, it has 30 days to negotiate with Adidas. If both sides cannot agree on new terms, Louisville can terminate the agreement.
The contract does not stipulate whether either party has the right to terminate based on allegations of criminal activity like the ones included in the FBI
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Underwood is the former SFA head coach.
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I guess I’m a little confused by this article as the coach in question is considered to be one of the “good ones,” but goes on to say that when he sees handlers asking for money, he just moves on. Why not report this? Aren’t you part of the problem if you just stand by knowingly without saying anything?
However, he said, what has changed is the families or handlers of some prospects have become brazen in regard to demands. Whereas before some would want money in exchange for the athlete playing at a particular school, now some request to be paid just for consenting to make an official visit.
How does a “right reasons” coach know this? Because at the hint of such demands, or the inclusion of a handler with a history of crossing that line, the coach moves on to other targets. He knows he might lose a game to that player in the future. It might even be a big game. It might even be an NCAA Tournament game.
Better that than dealing with those three letters sending shivers through college basketball — now more than the four.