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I cannot believe this NCAA version of investigation is serious. IMO, it is a sham and will not lead to any substantial findings (beyond what the FBI has already found) nor will they implement any serious sanctions. They have known about the cheating for many years and have always steered away from investigating any of the big boys. Yet they will unleash the harshest punishment to small schools for far less serious infractions. Just look at the massive academic fraud at North Carolina that essentially went unpunished. And serious violations at USC, Kansas, Kentucky, Auburn, and many other schools has come and gone with minimal punishment. And even the token NCAA punishment to Louisville should have been far more punitive. Pitino and company were paying kids 6-figures under the table while Louisville was still on probation for their hooker/stripper recruiting scandal. SMU football got the death penalty in the past for less serious violations. I believe that if the Board and administration at Louisville hadn't fired Pitino, the NCAA probably would not have punished him at all. So why should we expect this be any different?
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Breaking news - Arizona assistant Mark Phelps placed on leave as he is being implicated in new violations that are unrelated to the latest NCAA investigation into violations at Arizona..
Phelps was the former head coach at Drake - https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DyxKJwqXcAEGmEP.jpg:largeComment
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It is being reported that Mark Phelps will be fired by Arizona-
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Arizona statement confirms that the paid leave is the required step in order to fire Mark Phelps, and reportedly the reason
has something to do with Phelps' role in an online course he arranged for then-recruit Shareef O'Neal. The course was reportedly fraudulent.Comment
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I am not at all surprised but - now we have even more evidence in this whole FBI investigation that Nike was also paying players...
(and probably Under Armour, too) -- so far only adidas has been implicated..
This kinda hints that the FBI or NCAA may go after Nike & UA as well...
Adidas consultant Merl Code Jr. said this at his sentencing hearing, apparently thinking it will help his case...
"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.”
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Rick Pitino coaches his Greek team to the Greek Cup Championship on Sunday
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...ip/2903500002/
There are rumors that a certain NCAA team is interested in contacting him about a job.
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He should be banned from Coaching here in the US by the NCAAComment
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NCAA will weigh the evidence (which means they will consider the cost of the lawsuits and the profit they make) and will allow Pitino to do anything he wantsComment
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now Arizona head coach Sean Miller subpoenaed to testify in FBI probe -Originally posted by tornado View Post
at what point are they gonna cut their losses and distance themselves as far from these guys that are caught up in the FBI sting?
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Sentences are being handed down for those who have been found guilty in this FBI investigation into corruption in college basketball
Three defendants so far have been sentenced:
James Gatto gets 9 months in prison
Christian Dawkins gets 6 months in prison
Merle Code gets 6 months in prison
pretty much a bunch of slaps on the wrist -Comment
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More FBI wiretap evidence being revealed - https://sports.yahoo.com/exclusive-w...175046487.html
no details about what the "offer" was that LSU head coach was throwing out to land Javonte Smart - a Top 50 recruitComment
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Will Wade has been mentioned by many college basketball experts as a top candidate for National Coach of the Year. He took over a losing program at LSU two years ago. They had gone 10-21 in the final season under former coach Johnny Jones. They went 18-15 in Wade's first season, and 25-5 this season.Originally posted by tornado View PostComment
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Duke freshman star and potential National Player of the Year Zion Williamson is now reportedly involved in the FBI college basketball corruption scandal-
Zion Williamson Reportedly Asked Recruiters for a Job, Money and Housing
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Zion Williamson's name has come up in taped conversations a couple times even back late last summer -
and yet since he is at Duke - seems everybody looked the other way...
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Rumors there may be more coming down at LSU and perhaps players there or recruits signed there will look to head somewhere else...Originally posted by Da Coach View Post
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