FBI arrests NCAA basketball coaches and Adidas rep in bribery probe

[enhanced_deficit]

Timing probably just coincidence, unless it is aimed to put pressure on sports teams owners/coaches supporting kneelers following war of words between Trump and some high profile basketball players?



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhPWVFHqm7s


FBI arrests NCAA basketball coaches and Adidas rep in bribery probe involving recruitment

• The FBI arrests 10 people, including four NCAA basketball coaches and an Adidas manager, in a bribery investigation involving recruitment efforts.
• The four assistant or associate coaches are from Oklahoma State, Auburn, Arizona and the University of Southern California.

Lauren Thomas
Published 2 Hours Ago

FBI arrests NCAA basketball coaches and Adidas rep in bribery probe 19 Mins Ago | 03:33

The FBI has arrested 10 people, including four NCAA basketball coaches and an Adidas manager, in a bribery investigation involving recruitment efforts.
The probe has revealed numerous instances of bribes paid to assistant and associate basketball coaches to exert influence over student athletes, according to documents filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Manhattan. The papers were unsealed on Tuesday.





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[surf]

Sonny Vacarro in the house

edit: after watching that holy prosecutor discussing how basketball recruiting has been going on forever and become more prevalent since the "one-and-done" rule was implemented, I really wish my Huskies had kept Romar and his top recruiting class even though he'd lost his ability to coach

isn't there an organization called the NCAA that should pursue this?

[Raginfridus]

Glad the FBI are sitting on a trove of white-collar crimes, capriciously handing out charges to sports dudes. We've got to end this culture of corruption at the source: the FBI NCAA.

[euphemia]

This is just the tip of the iceberg.

[NorthCarolinaLiberty]

Oh noze! Did some aluminist pay for a player's sandwich again?

[Ender]

Glad the FBI are sitting on a trove of white-collar crimes, capriciously handing out charges to sports dudes. We've got to end this culture of corruption at the source: the FBI NCAA.

Exactly.

My suspicions are that this is all to to take attention away and cover up something else. Korea perhaps?

[devil21]

First football, now basketball. Baseball controversy probably soon.

Right in time for the "international" game of soccer to be introduced!