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Message: [QUOTE="tcf15, post: 3041825, member: 208"] [B][URL="https://sports.yahoo.com/nike-schools-pay-federal-court-docs-allude-corruption-involving-flagship-nike-basketball-programs-212410675.html"]'Nike schools pay too': Federal court docs allude to corruption involving flagship Nike basketball programs[/URL][/B] [I]But the filings also include snippets of evidence entered at trial, some of which revive an old, dormant question in the 16-month-old case. Did other shoe companies beyond Adidas also buy players for their flagship schools?[/I] [I]Code, who worked for 14 years at industry leader Nike before moving to Adidas, said his former employer was in the business of brokering deals between basketball programs and recruits. “Nike schools pay too,” Code said in a conversation recorded by federal investigators on June 20, 2017. In the same conversation, Code names several of the most prominent programs in the country that are outfitted by Nike. “It’s a corrupt space as it is and cheating is cheating,” Code is quoted as saying in the transcript. “Whether I give you a dollar, 100,000, or I get your mom and dad jobs, it’s cheating. … So in some form or fashion, Duke, North Carolina, Syracuse, Kentucky and all of the schools are doing something to help get kids. That’s just a part of the space.”[/I] [/QUOTE]