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OT: FBI has reportedly arrested several NCAA basketball assistant coaches.

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Why is this a surprise to anyone? It appears that what has happened is that this has gone on for so long with no repercussions that the participants got sloppy. And, the FBI is not the NCAA and I would think that the upcoming investigations will uncover a ton of dirt on a number of players, coaches, businessmen, and schools. People are going to talk to avoid jail time and I think we are in the early stages of this scandal.

On a side note, how can Louisville avoid the death penalty as it appears they blatantly broke the rules while under probation?
 
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QDOG5 said:
WLCL FM says that L'ville may be a victim not a perpetrator. wtf. Turning it off now.
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The schools are the "victims" of employees that have blatantly broken the law. The employees will face penalties, but so will the schools as they allowed this behavior to go on. Heck, Rick Pitino has been the poster child of bad behavior in college sports and the Louisville president and board are guilty by not holding him responsible for his behavior.
 
UConnJim said:
Why is this a surprise to anyone? It appears that what has happened is that this has gone on for so long with no repercussions that the participants got sloppy. And, the FBI is not the NCAA and I would think that the upcoming investigations will uncover a ton of dirt on a number of players, coaches, businessmen, and schools. People are going to talk to avoid jail time and I think we are in the early stages of this scandal.

On a side note, how can Louisville avoid the death penalty as it appears they blatantly broke the rules while under probation?
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Not a surprise/shouldn't be a surprise to anyone who follows college sports but the shorts have been pulled down and the rubber gloves are now being snapped on.
 
intlzncster said:
Does the kid get caught up in this too? Idk how this works. You'd have to think something went his way at some point. But without tangible evidence, it's useless. At the very least, the NCAA will investigate him
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From what I have seen... Absolutely. He probably won't play this year.
 
Lol, the bleacher report article about the scandal gives a quote from Bowen's mom that sounds like a panic cover up. Following that a quote from a Louisville spokesman sounds similarly fishy.
 
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intlzncster said:
Does the kid get caught up in this too? Idk how this works. You'd have to think something went his way at some point. But without tangible evidence, it's useless. At the very least, the NCAA will investigate him
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It seems they do have tangible evidence (the Lousiville asst on tape coordinating the payments). I don't think the player did anything illegal, though, but there's 0 chance he plays an NCAA game.
 
Chuck said:
Biggest impact of all of this? Big Baller Brand takes over as the biggest sneaker / apparel company for NCAA schools. Good for LaVar Ball. Just shows that if you keep it clean and classy, you'll get your day!

If BBB can't fully absorb the void, I look for Pony and LA Gear to become secondary players. Reebok and Roos are outside shots if they get the right people in place.
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I like where you're going. Maybe 'Starter' can get back in the game and I can finally get another one of those cool 1990's era sports jackets with the kangaroo pouch in the front! :cool:
 
upstater said:
This isn't the school. It's the shoe companies
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paying the coach at a school who pays the kid (less the coaches cut) to stick with a specific agent and shoe company when they go pro.

I think any school that has signed a 5* in the last 10+ years should have some worries about how that kid was signed and whether there was any outside money that flowed to the kid from a shoe company thru some affiliate of the school. This is not some new development. There have always been whispers and innuendo about how the top kids get some money to commit (also in FB, hello Cam Netwon's father - man does Auburn have this down to a science). No school should consider themselves clean or clear right now.
 
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UConnSportsGuy said:
I like where you're going. Maybe 'Starter' can get back in the game and I can finally get another one of those cool 1990's era sports jackets with the kangaroo pouch in the front! :cool:
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Matrim55 said:
Dear lord, I don't ask for much. The occasional late free throw, good health for my cats, continued growth in the value of a few investments I've made. That's about it.

But lord, if you're out there and you're listening... I'd really appreciate it if you could burn Louisville to the fn ground.

It's been a long, long time since you've done some Old Testament-style smiting, my friend. And you should know that people just love the classics.

So that's all I ask, lord. Get out there today and be your best self. Smite away.
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A+
 
Ricker said:
On page 22 it discusses addressing a higher bid by a 'rival company' but doesn't name it. Obviously, the FBI knows which company and has a lead to follow to at least 1 other company. That means plenty of other recruiting low life's competing with this group, are sweating whether they have been wire tapped, have Undercover FBI agents amongst them etc. Love to see this bleed into programs that seem to attract 5 star talent.
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Maybe chief is an undercover FBI agent!!!!!!
 
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UConnSportsGuy said:
So let me get this straight. There is an investigation about paying and influencing players and Calipari and World Wide Wes are not implicated?! OK.:rolleyes:
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Lets wait and see. If coaches start ratting each other out then nothing is off the table.
 
I don't understand why they were arrested. They violated NCAA rules, but what laws did they break?
 
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