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Message: [QUOTE="McLovin, post: 3276586, member: 9450"] Lots more detail in the ESPN article. Shows evidence of Self's direct involvement and knowledge of the pay to play scheme. If this stuff is legit it will be interesting to see what type of punishment he is handed. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/27662997/report-ncaa-set-notify-kansas-violations[/URL] [I]>>"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," attorney Michael 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."<< >> On Sept. 19, 2017, three days before Kansas announced a 14-year, $196 million contract extension with Adidas, Gassnola [URL='https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/24990651/texts-show-kansas-coaches-knew-adidas-role-silvio-de-sousa-recruitment']texted Self and thanked him[/URL] for helping the sponsorship deal get done. Self responded: "I'm happy with Adidas. Just got to get a couple real guys." Gassnola replied: "In my mind, it's KU, bill self. Everyone else fall into line. Too [expletive] bad. That's what's right for Adidas basketball. And I know I am RIGHT. The more you win, have lottery pics [sic] and you happy. That's how it should work in my mind." Self responded: "That's how ur works. At UNC and Duke." Gassnola replied at Kentucky as well. "I promise you I got this," Gassnola wrote. "I have never let you down. Except Dyondre lol. We will get it right." When Schachter, asked Gassnola if "Dyondre" was a reference to former Arizona player Deandre Ayton, Gassnola replied, "It is." << [/I] [/QUOTE]

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