Corruption in College Basketball

[JSHoosier]

Just now, pumpfake said:

I can believe it.  More proof that the best way to avoid getting penalized is to deny, deny, deny, and fight the NCAA with everything you've got.  It kind of becomes an "honor system" where schools like UK, UNC, etc. have no problem with acting with impunity.

This.  The NCAA is some bad combo of corrupt/incompetent, trying to make yourself look good won't help.  Don't ever, ever, EEVVVVEEERRRRR self report and self sanction like IU did, that's the dumbest possible thing you could do.

[reconmkd]

2 minutes ago, Tom White said:

Jared Jeffries was on it.

Jefferies was already out of school when ASM was created.

[Hoosierfan2017]

2 minutes ago, Tom White said:

Jared Jeffries was on it.

Because he was a professional client of the agency. 

[HoosierCoop]

I wouldn't doubt if, at the witching hour of the JBJ announcement, the Blackmon's got cold feet on the Kentucky "all in" deal and selected IU as a safe landing.  If so, very good move and high character.

[CrossboneIU22]

Not sure if this has been posted or shares anything new, but since it is relevant, I'm going to share it here.

https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/college-basketballs-fbi-probe-gets-specific-with-players-teams-named-in-report/

 

This is the report released by CBS sports this morning.

[Bowhunter]

I worry that the more teams get in trouble the less the punishment there will be. As others have said we gutted our program over phone calls and text messages. I want the big boys like UK to go down and I’m not sure it will happen if the majority of college basketball is found to be corrupt.

Am I wrong?

[Stuhoo]

1 minute ago, Bowhunter said:

I worry that the more teams get in trouble the less the punishment there will be. As others have said we gutted our program over phone calls and text messages. I want the big boys like UK to go down and I’m not sure it will happen if the majority of college basketball is found to be corrupt.

Am I wrong?

 

Agreed. 

However, hopefully full sunshine will be a full disinfectant of the current situation. 

If that happens, coupled with our local talent base and Archie's coaching ability? Wowza; glorious days ahead for IUBB.

 

[Brass Cannon]

12 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

 

Agreed. 

However, hopefully full sunshine will be a full disinfectant of the current situation. 

If that happens, coupled with our local talent base and Archie's coaching ability? Wowza; glorious days ahead for IUBB.

 

Plus a one year head start. Plus could see some coaches just hanging it up not fired but moving on. 

[mdn82]

I worry that the more teams get in trouble the less the punishment there will be. As others have said we gutted our program over phone calls and text messages. I want the big boys like UK to go down and I’m not sure it will happen if the majority of college basketball is found to be corrupt.
Am I wrong?

I don’t think you are wrong at all. I can see them marketing some crazy changes that are more of a smoke screen. Maybe now the players will get paid and Bill Walton will call the national title game.


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[Bowhunter]

So if Bam gets $36,000 does Kentucky get punished as much as Louisville  for Bowen getting 100,000

[WayneFleekHoosier]

So if Bam gets $36,000 does Kentucky get punished as much as Louisville  for Bowen getting 100,000

1 Agents money compared to shoe company money. They are grabbing money anywhere they can get it. Bam and others could end up iwith much higher tallies.


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[JHoosier914]

And lets not forget that the image that the yahoo article shared was from 2015.  MUCH more money, players, and schools will be released in due time.

[Bailey7878]

Can MSU really continue on with Izzo and think they can somehow save face? This piled on with the ongoing investigation has to be too much right?

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Yes they can and they will. He wins and that's all that matters period.

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[DChoosier]

I realize the amount of money from shoe companies will likely blow away the numbers that were published today.

 In regards to the numbers today, however, I am shocked at how small some of   the totals are.  $400 to Miles Bridges (actually his mom).  Not to justify it but how is that going to sway a 5 star?  Who knows, maybe it will come out that a shoe company came through with 100k but the small amounts ( mostly) were a surprise.

[Bailey7878]

I've said that before: If Crean was cheating, he certainly wasn't very good at it.

The only players i could see crean paying were April and priller. I mean how else did we get priller away from immaculate heart.

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[Bailey7878]

It takes the NCAA forever to resolve one case. There is no way they can deal with anything this pervasive. More likely, this will lead to a rewriting of the rule book that, much like phone-gate, will make some of this stuff go away. I just don't see much happening given, as so many posters have pointed out, the amount of money involved.

Not much of anything is going to happen and it will take the ncaa five years to release any findings.

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[Bailey7878]

So if Bam gets $36,000 does Kentucky get punished as much as Louisville  for Bowen getting 100,000

Nothing is going to happen to Kentucky so just prepare yourself. Just like nothing will ever happen to Duke or North Carolina.

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[maharkn]

I think since the FBI is involved the NCAA will have no choice but to take action no matter how many teams in high profile coaches are involved

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[Stuhoo]

I realize the amount of money from shoe companies will likely blow away the numbers that were published today.
 In regards to the numbers today, however, I am shocked at how small some of   the totals are.  $400 to Miles Bridges (actually his mom).  Not to justify it but how is that going to sway a 5 star?  Who knows, maybe it will come out that a shoe company came through with 100k but the small amounts ( mostly) were a surprise.

That $400 to Bridges was one ledger entry from one page.



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[coonhounds]

That $400 to Bridges was one ledger entry from one page.



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Yes and 400 dollars looks large compared to 9 games for 10 dollar bumper sticker

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