Multiple NCAA assistant coaches arrested in corruption scheme
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Last: 6 yr ago by Pumpkinhead
Tony Bland of USC (one of the assistant coaches arrested) was the primary recruiter of 2018 PF Taeshon Cherry who A&M spent effort trying to land but committed to the Trojans (cherry said primarily because of his relationship with Bland).
Coaches probably got so used to the lack of bite by the NCAA, the Feds jumping in like this probably has some scurrying around like cock roaches right now.
Federal Charges of wire fraud and money laundering ain't no joke.
Coaches probably got so used to the lack of bite by the NCAA, the Feds jumping in like this probably has some scurrying around like cock roaches right now.
Federal Charges of wire fraud and money laundering ain't no joke.
Wow, Chuck Person is an absolute scumbag.
You can watch the press conference here.
https://www.facebook.com/usaosdny/videos/vb.906121526161994/1441397979301010/?type=3&theater
https://www.facebook.com/usaosdny/videos/vb.906121526161994/1441397979301010/?type=3&theater
It should be noted that there are two different scams happening here. One is paying players to swing players to schools, and the other is paying coaches to swing players to agents. I dont think the complaint against Bland is related to recruiting,Pumpkinhead said:
Tony Bland of USC (one of the assistant coaches arrested) was the primary recruiter of 2018 PF Taeshon Cherry who A&M spent effort trying to land but committed to the Trojans (cherry said primarily because of his relationship with Bland).
Coaches probably got so used to the lack of bite by the NCAA, the Feds jumping in like this probably has some scurrying around like cock roaches right now.
Federal Charges of wire fraud and money laundering ain't no joke.
People are going to start singing now that this is out in the open. This is going to get messy.
This makes the NCAA look like a bunch of idiots. If the FBI has to come in and clean this stuff up w2hat exactly is the NCAA doing. Are they investigating anybody anymore?
They apparently got worked up about someone on our swim team recently. So there's that...WES2006AG said:
This makes the NCAA look like a bunch of idiots. If the FBI has to come in and clean this stuff up w2hat exactly is the NCAA doing. Are they investigating anybody anymore?
Just a note that it looks like this investigation which resulted in the indictments occurred over the past two years.cajunaggie08 said:We also pulled in the #4 recruiting class in the country a few years ago while having a coach who was barely above .500 during his time here. Just seems odd, thats all.mdanyc03 said:What does being an Adidas school have to do with anything? All three shoe companies have been implicated.boboguitar said:
Hop, not all coaches have been named yet, how worried should we be? We are an adidas school as well and we had stansbury...
So all the head coaches just stay out of it and let their assistants do the dirty work?
Think the FBI is going to go after some head coaches?
Think the FBI is going to go after some head coaches?
Assistants are easier pickings because they don't get paid as much. A head coach making a million bucks or more a year would be beyond foolish to engage in a criminal scheme to earn a few extra thousand a month.
Yes, deniability
Think someone in the fbi got tired of their school losing recruits?
Already on probation for that recent hooker scandal, it would be yet an new low for Louisville if they allowed Pitino to survive this. They got video tapes and wire taps of one or more of his assistants involved in this. And again, his staff apparently is pulling stunts like below while still on probation for getting caught in the hooker thing.
It sure looks like this should be the end for Rick Pitino's coaching career. We'll see.
It sure looks like this should be the end for Rick Pitino's coaching career. We'll see.
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The alleged conspirators are accused in the indictment of paying one recruit, described as an all-American, $100,000 to attend the university in Kentucky, with the payments designed to be concealed from both the school and the NCAA. The scheme was set in motion in May, after the player announced that he was looking at other schools. In June, after the alleged bribery scheme kicked in, the player announced his attention to attend the school in Kentucky, a decision that was regarded as a surprise. The payments were made at the request of "at least one coach" on that school's staff, according to the charging documents. Via tapped cellphone conversations heard by the FBI, the defendants also are accused of money laundering in an attempt to cover up the source of the payments.
The charging documents also allege that the defendants and an unnamed assistant coach from the Kentucky school devised a plan to pay another recruit, this one from the high school class of 2019, at a meeting in a Las Vegas hotel room that was surreptitiously videotaped by the FBI. The assistant coach from the Kentucky school was recorded as saying the scheme would have to be "low key" because the program already was on NCAA probation. The coach also was recorded giving Augustine, the AAU official, an envelope containing $12,700 in cash, which Dawkins said "will take care of July, of August." The scheme was patterned after the one used for the other recruit, according to the charging document.
PooDoo said:
Think someone in the fbi got tired of their school losing recruits?
I mean I don't know if there is a school out there that isn't dirty. Hoping for change...but I don't know how you do it....at this point it's essentially the process
well they can't access bank accounts... or get warrants. Anything they can do has to be so obvious those people are idiots or have former head coaches do the dirty work like at ole miss.WES2006AG said:
This makes the NCAA look like a bunch of idiots. If the FBI has to come in and clean this stuff up w2hat exactly is the NCAA doing. Are they investigating anybody anymore?
Yeah, and all of those guys would have been a bit below the radar of the the shoe company/ agent complex to some degree.cajunaggie08 said:We also pulled in the #4 recruiting class in the country a few years ago while having a coach who was barely above .500 during his time here. Just seems odd, thats all.mdanyc03 said:What does being an Adidas school have to do with anything? All three shoe companies have been implicated.boboguitar said:
Hop, not all coaches have been named yet, how worried should we be? We are an adidas school as well and we had stansbury...
But there was a perfectly safe way to conduct all of this. Just don't take kick backs and don't directly order payments. Those who are getting busted are stupid and brazen.Ryno01 said:PooDoo said:
Think someone in the fbi got tired of their school losing recruits?
I mean I don't know if there is a school out there that isn't dirty. Hoping for change...but I don't know how you do it....at this point it's essentially the process
"NCAA unaware."
That tells you a lot about the power of the NCAA or lack thereof...
That tells you a lot about the power of the NCAA or lack thereof...
Peace for Ukraine!
It is the NCAAs cash cow
I don't like the job the NCAA does, but they can't even do it well.
I'm still trying to figure out how they alone are the key to monetizing college sports such that universities stick with them.
I'm still trying to figure out how they alone are the key to monetizing college sports such that universities stick with them.
this is Bad Assed; unreal.
Peace for Ukraine!
This is going to flip the recruiting process and college basketball on its head. If the FBI goes down the rabbit hole of money laundering and tax evasion in AAU and college basketball then everyone is screwed
Everyone who is anyone has been paying players for commitments in NCAA basketball for awhile now. It's no secret.
Glad Stansbury isn't here anymore or this could have ended up badly for us as well.
Glad Stansbury isn't here anymore or this could have ended up badly for us as well.
Can the IRS process all of this?!?!?
I mean what does that even look like....players have to pay taxes? Chuck Person?
I mean what does that even look like....players have to pay taxes? Chuck Person?
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