FBI investigation leads to several NCAA indictments

[Prince Madison]

have the fbi got nothing better to do? who cares about a few bungs.

[-Swizzy-]

They aren't bribing the kids, they are bribing the assistant coaches to influence the kids, in most of the cases presented. Though there seems to be a smorgasbord of shady deals in the report

This is like a company giving money to a stockbroker and having him "advise" his clients to invest in company.

Plus they hid the money transactions, so they getting fraud and wire fraud charges, probably tax evasion stuff.

Shyt is serious when Feds come to your door

Interesting. Still don't think the law should get involved in this. There are bigger more important problems in this world to deal with.

[Motorcity Cobra]

Rick Pitino has been fired from Louisville

[Motorcity Cobra]

Does Rick pitino finally fall...

This dude has survived a lot of scandals at Louisville, but coming up in this investigation will probably be the nail in the coffin

They just fired him

[Sweet Pea 50]

It's all dirty. All of them.

This student-athlete shit is an absolute farce.

And this shit starts even before the collegiate level, in AAU.

You had a former NBA player in Chuck Person who made 10's of millions playing involved in this.

Crazy.

[Sugar Adam Ali]

They just fired him

Just saw that..

Though they are saying it's just unpaid leave. With employment review at later date.

Heard the board asked AD to fire potion, and he refused so he is on paid leave now..

Either way pitino done for. No way he survives


More big coaches going down supposedly as guys that were arrested start ratting out cohorts.

Shyt about to get ugly

[Sugar Adam Ali]

Here is an article that has a lot of detailed info... this thing is gonna get messy. This could be a scandal on par with or even bigger than steroids in baseball.
And damn, why my man chuck person got to be caught up in all of this.. rifleman was my guy back in the day

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-bas...rds-corruption

[maracho]

How is this news? This is normal stuff that happens in NCAA and will always happen.

But why is the FBI involved? I thought this was only an NCAA violation and not federal law.

This shouldn't be illegal anyway. NCAA makes billions while their athletes aren't allowed to make a penny. Doesn't make sense.

The FBI is responsible for investigating corrupt organizations but their attention only gets aroused over big money they might pilfer.

I dont have a problem with paying student athletes but there are big problems when scouts and money start exploiting kids; oh and scholarships based on who you know over what you know is part of the problem that actually starts at a very young age

[BM dnobagaV]

If this nukes the NCAA in basketball & football I’d absolutely lose it. Here’s hoping, honestly.

In b4 U of A doin’ some QUICK work burning half the their records & firing the staff.

[siablo14]

It needs a semi-pro league that doesn't involve representing the colleges. The NBA D-league needs to expand and kids after playing in high school go straight to there but the colleges will never allow that.