Interesting Day Ahead...

[Dish]

FBI is going to announce it has arrested several NCAA men's assistant basketball coaches in a corruption scheme.

[Dish]

Chuck Person (Auburn) and Lamont Evans (Oklahoma State) are two of the coaches.

[KampusFoods]

Emanuel Richardson of Arizona, too.

Reporter who broke it, Tom Winter, says there are 120+ pages of criminal complaints to go through. Interesting day indeed.

[fjm]

Please no MU... Please no MU...

[Mr. Sand-Knit]

Wonder what this might mean for Auburns head coach?  Career finally over?

[B. McBannerson]

USC coach, too

[Dr. Blackheart]

4 coaches, the rest from a sportswear company for a total of 10

[Tugg Speedman]

https://www.wsj.com/articles/arrests-expected-in-probe-of-alleged-bribery-kickbacks-at-college-basketball-programs-1506431065


Fed­eral law-en­force­ment of­fi­cials are ex­pected to ar­rest at least a half-dozen peo­ple and un­seal charges Tues­day as part of a wide-rang­ing in­ves­ti-ga­tion into al­leged bribery and kick­back schemes at sev­eral of the coun­try's top-tier col­lege bas­ket­ball pro­grams, peo­ple fa­mil­iar with the mat­ter said.

In­ves­ti­ga­tors have been look­ing at whether coaches at these schools have been paid by out­side en­ti­ties—such as fi­nan­cial ad­vis­ers, agents, and ap­parel com­pa­nies—in ex­change for pres­sur­ing play­ers to as­sociate with those en­ti­ties, peo­ple fa­mil­iar with the in­ves­ti­ga­tion said. Ex­ec­utives at at least one ap­parel com­pany are ex­pected to be among those ar­rested, a per­son fa­mil­iar with the mat­ter said.

The in­ves­ti­ga­tion is be­ing led by the Fed­eral Bu­reau of In­ves­ti­ga­tion and the Man­hat-tan U.S. At­tor­ney's of­fice.

Broadly, the in­ves­ti­ga­tion has shed light on the highly com­pet­i­tive re­cruit­ing pipe­line that brings elite high-school bas­ket­ball play­ers through Di­vi­sion I col­lege pro­grams and into the pro­fes­sional leagues, and the role played by as­sistant coaches in that

[reinko]

4 coaches, the rest from a sportswear company for a total of 10

Hmmm

Auburn: Under Armour
So Carolina: Under Armour
OK State: Nike
Zona: Nike

[Tugg Speedman]

USC is South Carolina, not Southern Cal (at least not yet).

[reinko]

USC is South Carolina, not Southern Cal (at least not yet).

Thanks, edited my post above.

[MerrittsMustache]

No, it's the Trojans.

Tony Bland - Southern Cal Associate Head Coach

http://www.abc2news.com/news/national/report-several-ncaa-basketball-coaches-arrested-in-corruption-scheme

[B. McBannerson]

USC is South Carolina, not Southern Cal (at least not yet).

No, USC Trojans. 

[Tugg Speedman]

this strikes me as an NCAA issue. Why do prosecutors really care about coaches taking money to steer kids towards certain advisors/apparel companies? There are far worse things happening in the world of college sports

[Tugg Speedman]

No, it's the Trojans.

Tony Bland - Southern Cal Associate Head Coach

http://www.abc2news.com/news/national/report-several-ncaa-basketball-coaches-arrested-in-corruption-scheme

One of these is fake news ....

Acording to NBC, coaches at Auburn University, Oklahoma State, South Carolina University and others will be among those charged in the corruption scheme and/or arrested.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-09-26/fbi-arrests-several-ncaa-coaches-amid-broad-crackdown-college-basketball-corruption

[B. McBannerson]

One of these is fake news ....

Acording to NBC, coaches at Auburn University, Oklahoma State, South Carolina University and others will be among those charged in the corruption scheme and/or arrested.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-09-26/fbi-arrests-several-ncaa-coaches-amid-broad-crackdown-college-basketball-corruption

USC Trojans  http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2735255-fbi-arrests-4-ncaa-basketball-coaches-connected-to-fraud-and-corruption

[GGGG]

Why do prosecutors really care about coaches taking money to steer kids towards certain advisors/apparel companies?

Because it's illegal.

[dw3dw3dw3]

In things that might be related to MU.... I was always skeptical about a 5* PG from the Adidas circuit choosing MU over KU (I get JH was adidas too... but thats a diff situation). However this little nugget may play in our favor.


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Jim Gatto, one of the Adidas' head basketball honchos, being arrested is huge news. Could mean some big names in college are about to drop.

[Dish]

Lot more bad info is coming for a lot of people. Louisville is about to find itself in more trouble. Tons of interesting nuggets in the complaint filed. Seems like this is the tip of the iceberg.

[WarriorInNYC]

this strikes me as an NCAA issue. Why do prosecutors really care about coaches taking money to steer kids towards certain advisors/apparel companies? There are far worse things happening in the world of college sports

Because it's illegal.

This.  And in general, not a fan of the whole "far worse things happening" thing that gets thrown around in general.  Things that are illegal should be cracked down on, whether they are egregious or not.

[Dish]

Feds alleged Brian Bowen's family received $100k to attend Louisville.

[Dr. Blackheart]

Merl Code, director of Nike Elite Youth Basketball also arrested.

[GGGG]

Please no MU... Please no MU...

I doubt Marquette is involved.  But if they are, they deserve whatever they get.

[CreightonWarrior]

Feds alleged Brian Bowen's family received $100k to attend Louisville.

Creighton was the favorite up until this moment.

[Tugg Speedman]

This.  And in general, not a fan of the whole "far worse things happening" thing that gets thrown around in general.  Things that are illegal should be cracked down on, whether they are egregious or not.

There is a way to regulate this ... the NCAA.  Where is the NCAA on this?  If they cannot handle this, why have NCAA investigations?