Dirty Recruiting..."In Search of the Next Andrew Wiggins"

[hoosierpap 14,300]

Slow days so I figured we could throw out this article for discussion. It is a pretty interesting read describing the illegal recruiting tactics that are a part of the AAU scene. The article follows Team SCAN with IU targets Tyus Battle and Thomas Bryant, most notably. Reeves Wiedeman does a great job, imo.

 

"Accepting cash or gifts can jeopardize a player’s eligibility, but throughout a summer on the E.Y.B.L. circuit, I watched $20 bills change hands from coaches to handlers; from parents to recruiting analysts; and from coaches to players — that last case being scandalous only to those who maintain a strict belief in the virtues of amateurism on the part of teenagers while adults make considerable sums of money off them."

 

 

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(This is from two days ago and I hadn't been around a bunch so if this has been posted I can pull it)

 

 

 

[Hutch89 2,939]

Really great article there, Pap!

[BubbleKnuts 569]

You think Cream hasn't done that? I beg to differ. <br /><br /><br />Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

[Walking Boot of Doom 18,170]

[quote name="BubbleKnuts" post="76496" timestamp="1407191297"]You think Cream hasn't done that? I beg to differ.


Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners[/quote] Don't think this is about Crean... I believe pap was focused more on highlighting the joke that is "amateurism" in the NCAA... Everyone does it.


Sent from my place of advanced, analytical thinking: the toilet.

[BubbleKnuts 569]

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