The only thing missing from what happened today is Trump calling for all college head coaches at schools in the Power Five conferences to be fired. LOL
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What I'm curious if there are any disgruntled "in the know" boosters at the busted schools who will call into the hotline and rat out on the schools, coaches, and companies that do it as well.
The only thing missing from what happened today is Trump calling for all college head coaches at schools in the Power Five conferences to be fired. LOL
Right. It's only a dark day if your head has been completely buried in the sand for sixty years about the way the game conducts itself.I love how they keep saying this is a dark day for college basketball or another synonymous phrase. This is a GREAT day for the sport, and maybe shows there's hope for a return someday to some semblance of amateurism at the high major level.
Agree on the grassroote quote. I believe that they are out there trying to make a buck off of some kids talent and do it by taking advantage of the kid and their families which to me is worse than ruining the sport. Goes on everyday. And the kids and the families are complicit but many come from poor and difficult circumstances so they are easy prey. I am still pissed about that agent DeFazio who talked Luther's mother into going to the NBA when PJ was clearly right saying he's a baby and is not ready. Follow the money...A term that I've always hated, because in my mind it describes nothing but people out to make a buck while ruining the quality of the sport:
Grassroots basketball.
Not good.Sources: Basketball agency ASM Sports was raided today. FBI had warrant, took Andy Miller's computer.
No, USC assistant Lamont Evans apparently being investigated for issues when he was at South Carolina - not sure if while at USC also. Issues may stem from recruitment of players that led to Carolina's Final Four. Twitter South Carolina and Evans and you get the latest. Evans long-time assistant of Frank Martin.That's why I said the poster saw USC and took it to mean South Carolina instead of Southern Cal.
That was a great piece by Mike Vaccaro in the Post. In the 50s scandal, the bad influencer was the Garden and the corruption in NYC from gambling interests. Here it is the sneaker companies. The difference is the schools are complicit today. Adidas is publicly traded. Nike too. My guess is the SEC will step in after the DOJ & Co. Has done all the heavy lifting. There is a foreign corruption stature that forbids bribery in other countries by US companies. I'm neither a lawyer nor a stockpicker, though I covered markets, but I could see the SEC finding a way to wet its beak a bit with some fines and joining the party. This continuing drama could be a big black eye for the game if this drags out the entire season. Could it impact TV Ratings? We'll see.
“In terms of federal criminal prosecution, the stakes are about as low as they get,” said Craig Mordock, a New Orleans-based criminal defense attorney and former prosecutor.
While technically some of the defendants are facing up to 80 years for fraud, committing bribery through a federally funded educational program (in this case a basketball program at a school that receives more than $10,000 in federal funds), money laundering and violation of the Travel Act, Mordock said there is virtually no chance a sentence like that is possible.
“Amount of loss controls almost everything in fraud cases and compared to what these judges see on a day in, day out basis, it is the equivalent of a ticket for driving 75 in a 55,” Mordock said. “And since these are part of a common scheme, they would almost certainly be sentenced concurring as well.”
For some, or even all the defendants, that could mean a likely sentence of as little as six months maximum prison time, which could be turned into just probation. It’s still a risk, but not as considerable as at first glance.
For some, or even all the defendants, that could mean a maximum of 27-33 months in prison, Mordock said, but if found guilty it is far more likely to be as little six months maximum prison time, which could be turned into just probation.
There were posts on this site that listed South Carolina by name as one of the original four teams being investigated.No, USC assistant Lamont Evans apparently being investigated for issues when he was at South Carolina - not sure if while at USC also. Issues may stem from recruitment of players that led to Carolina's Final Four. Twitter South Carolina and Evans and you get the latest. Evans long-term assistant of Frank Martin.
Thank you. As you know, the SEC can be pretty creative when it wants to be. Bribery, at whatever amount and so public as this one, would be hard to ignore. My guess is there would be some kind of action, however big or small.The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act deals with bribes to foreign government officials by US corporations not bribes from one corporation to another. However there is the ability to bring an action if a US publicly held corporation uses bribes to obtain business if their books and records do not accurately reflect the true nature of the transaction and their required quarterly and annual report filed with the SEC contain false and misleading information about the true nature of payments made to others .
It's hard to follow everything on the board but this was discussed in length in another thread.
https://setonhall.forums.rivals.com...er-nba-players-has-his-computer-seized.30192/
Apparently, his agent is as dirty as they come (per ESPN) and was one of the people arrested.
Seems a number of kids originally destined for Big East schools went for the money at the last minute and will now basically lose everything due to greed.Nova was thought to be in good shape with Lonnie Walker as well before a change of heart.