CBB Trial

[Ricker]

I'm actually surprised there hasn't been much much more dirt than what has been reported. Through Adidas corporate accounts there has got to be a way to follow the money until it becomes cash or a cashed check. There has to be corporate discussions as to who they are supporting and how. Gatto and his henchmen can't possibly be laying out money for recruits without getting credit and goodwill from people actually in senior authority in each program. I would have thought there would have been more explicit texts congratulating each other, reporting how pleased particular head coaches were, etc. I also thought there would be more specific people dragged into the conversation by discussions of needing to beat the offers of Nike related to player X, and delivered to family member Y, for school 'Z' , by assistant coach … or runner … Plus, with the defense strategy of admitting the facts but declaring it only an NCAA infraction, proving things should have been an easy job.

When this all started, the FBI came public saying if you have information you had best come forward because things will be much worse if the FBI is the one coming to you. It doesn't seem to me that any assistant coaches or people inside any program chose to protect themselves. If the prosecution is coming to a close, I'm surprised.

 

[whaler11]

Hoops Weiss dropping a that’s all they have tweet is hilarious.

 

[WhereistheDove?]

I'm actually surprised there hasn't been much much more dirt than what has been reported. Through Adidas corporate accounts there has got to be a way to follow the money until it becomes cash or a cashed check. There has to be corporate discussions as to who they are supporting and how. Gatto and his henchmen can't possibly be laying out money for recruits without getting credit and goodwill from people actually in senior authority in each program. I would have thought there would have been more explicit texts congratulating each other, reporting how pleased particular head coaches were, etc. I also thought there would be more specific people dragged into the conversation by discussions of needing to beat the offers of Nike related to player X, and delivered to family member Y, for school 'Z' , by assistant coach … or runner … Plus, with the defense strategy of admitting the facts but declaring it only an NCAA infraction, proving things should have been an easy job.

When this all started, the FBI came public saying if you have information you had best come forward because things will be much worse if the FBI is the one coming to you. It doesn't seem to me that any assistant coaches or people inside any program chose to protect themselves. If the prosecution is coming to a close, I'm surprised.

These are the types of discussions that generally happen via phone for obvious reasons.

 

[UConnStats]

No noteworthy punishments and Pitino gets hired in the off-season by some school.

 

[Rocktheworld]

I'm actually surprised there hasn't been much much more dirt than what has been reported. Through Adidas corporate accounts there has got to be a way to follow the money until it becomes cash or a cashed check. There has to be corporate discussions as to who they are supporting and how. Gatto and his henchmen can't possibly be laying out money for recruits without getting credit and goodwill from people actually in senior authority in each program. I would have thought there would have been more explicit texts congratulating each other, reporting how pleased particular head coaches were, etc. I also thought there would be more specific people dragged into the conversation by discussions of needing to beat the offers of Nike related to player X, and delivered to family member Y, for school 'Z' , by assistant coach … or runner … Plus, with the defense strategy of admitting the facts but declaring it only an NCAA infraction, proving things should have been an easy job.

When this all started, the FBI came public saying if you have information you had best come forward because things will be much worse if the FBI is the one coming to you. It doesn't seem to me that any assistant coaches or people inside any program chose to protect themselves. If the prosecution is coming to a close, I'm surprised.

1) this has been going on for decades. It’s an art form for some programs.
2) if anyone has watched The Wire they have passed “things to not do on/with a phone when conducting a criminal conspiracy 101”

 

[Edward Sargent]

SI McCann: Breaking down prosecution's case in NCAA corruption trial

May be too deep legally for some folks but interesting none the less. Towards the end of the article it delves into a possible explanation for why NCAA hasn’t yet published implicated schools and coaches.

Good article thanks for posting. It will be very interesting to see how the NCAA handles the results of these trials in 2020 or 2021. Hopefully SI and others will keep the pressure on the NCAA which results in a change in leadership. I would love to see Emmert gone as a result of all this.

 

[SoFla Steve]

I keep hoping they get in some form of trouble. my co worker is a Kansas fan and has been riding me hard the last years on our struggles. It would be nice to see them with some form of issue.

You could start calling them GREEN BLOODS!

 

[HooperScooper]

I'm no Dan Wetzel fan but anyone who takes shots at Krzyzewski is worth posting.

That he’s playing the Iraqi Information Minister bit that seems to have become popular with the upper echelons of college athletics is beneath him. Krzyzewski is better than this, smarter than this, more rooted in reality than this. He’s West Point for crying out loud, not someone prone to Roy Williams’ Mayberry-babe-in-the-woods routine or Mark Emmert’s head-in-the-sand act.

Coach K shows what college basketball's elite thinks about hoops corruption trial

 

[huskymedic]

Just remember - Emmert is a puppet of the universities.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[Devland]

Damn inflation! Kansas probably only had to pay 5k for Wilt Chamberlin. Of course they were probably a Ked's school back then.

 

[auror]

So many goodies in the non-admissible evidence pile. We all wondered about Tremont to LSU, and Wil Wade getting mentioned didn't surprise me in the slightest.

 

[the Q]

Yeah I’m sure Zion turned down money to play for duke....no possible way that duke paid any money to get these players away from schools dropping almost 6 figures on players...never, could no way no how ever happen....

 

[upstater]

Will Wade caught saying he'd have the funds. Even hd to shut his office door!!!

 

[Chin Diesel]

These are the types of discussions that generally happen via phone for obvious reasons.

Never say over a phone what can be said in person.
Never say in person anything that can be done with a nod.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[RipCity]

I have a better feeling about winning mega millions than I do about any big coach even getting a slap on the wrist.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Just remember - Emmert is a puppet of the universities.

 

[Edward Sargent]

Just remember - Emmert is a puppet of the universities.
[/QU
doesn't need to be in the court room the transcripts will be public record, just read them!

 

[Edward Sargent]

None of these guys will be convicted. They can't prove wire fraud or conspiracy to commit wire fraud with Kansas being victim.

 

[huskymedic]

Wetzel: Two numbers that could lead to not guilty verdicts in college hoops fraud trial

 

[Edward Sargent]

Wetzel: Two numbers that could lead to not guilty verdicts in college hoops fraud trial

That is my point exactly no harm no foul. They won't be able to prove that Kansas was defrauded in any way. THis mess will be left to the NCAA to clean up. My hope is that this becomes such an embarrassment that Emmert and the current establishment is fired.

 

[UConnSwag11]

Who was the kid last year duke got to reclassify and then commit immediately? This Williamson thing seems similar if not worse

 

[intlzncster]

Crazy. Self really in the cross hairs now:

Attorney: Adidas OK'd payment at Self's request

 

[UConnSwag11]

Crazy. Self really in the cross hairs now:

Attorney: Adidas OK'd payment at Self's request

James Gatto, told the jury that Gatto approved a $20,0000 payment to Fenny Falmagne, the guardian of current Kansas player Silvio De Sousa, only after Self and Kansas assistant Kurtis Townsend requested the payment through former Adidas consultant T.J. Gassnola.

"The evidence, I submit, shows that Kansas' head coach knew of and asked for a payment to be made to Silvio De Sousa's handler," Schachter told the jury. "More than that, Coach Self requested just the kind of help that Mr. Gassnola arranged as a condition for Coach Self to permit Adidas to continue their sponsorship agreement with the University of Kansas."

Wow