Report: 30+ teams could be punished for recruiting violations

[rholtgraves]

It is shocking headline but really, what violations are we talking about? They don't say. Some could be big violations but others could be small. We have already seen that NCAA isn't doing much to schools like Arizona, Auburn and Louisville, teams that have already been shown to have major violations.

 

[tim_redd]

So we still have a chance to make the NCAA tournament this year?

 

[VeloClone]

Frank Martin went to USC,e because he got run for, among other things, concerns about NCAA violations. The FBI has gotten all of USC,e's records, in case you didn't know.

When I saw them list USC I assumed they were talking about Southern Cal. Interesting.

 

[isutrevman]

By DANIEL RAPAPORT
February 14, 2018


As many as three dozen programs could face discipline in connection with the FBI's probe into recruiting violations across college basketball, according to ESPN's Mark Schlabach.

The college basketball world was turned upside down on Sept. 29 when the the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York laid out findings from an F.B.I. investigation that uncovered mass corruption, bribery and wire fraud involving some of the sport's top programs. But none of the programs implicated in the FBI probe—including Arizona, Louisville, USC, Oklahoma State, Auburn and Miami—have yet been punished by the NCAA as the FBI continues its investigation and while legal proceedings play out.

Four assistant coaches have been formally charged with varying violations: Tony Bland of USC, Emanuel "Book" Richardson of Arizona, Lamont Evans of Oklahoma State and Chuck Person of Auburn. Also charged were former Adidas executives James Gatto and Merl Code, clothing designer Rashan Michel and financial adviser Munish Sood.

Schlabach's report—which also says that Gatto and Code are seeking to have their charges dropped on the grounds that their conduct did not violate federal law—would seem to suggest that the FBI has investigated dozens of programs that have not yet been connected to the probe.

"It's not the mid-major programs who were trying to buy players to get to the top," a source told ESPN. "It's the teams that are already there."

While the alleged activities cited in the complaints submitted by the U.S. Attorney's Office vary, there was a pattern—men not involved with college basketball funneled money, often through assistant coaches, to recruits to incentivize them to commit to a specific school. In return, those recruits would do business with the men after leaving college.

The probe led to the firing of Louisville coach Rick Pitino and athletic director Tom Jurich. Pitino is accused of being aware of a $100,000 payment made to the family of Brian Bowen to secure his commitment to Louisville. Multiple other similar occurences at other marquee programs are described in the complaints.

I'll believe it when I see it. When the story broke, everyone claimed it was just the tip of the ice berg. It's been 5 months and nothing new has come out.

 

[CycloneWanderer]

I'll believe it when I see it. When the story broke, everyone claimed it was just the tip of the ice berg. It's been 5 months and nothing new has come out.

Honestly, no one knew about the FBI operation at all before the day it was released. The FBI seems to be pretty effective at keeping the contents of this investigation under wraps. I get the feeling we're going to hear the details about additional issues when they are ready to tell people. It also wouldn't surprise me if people in the NCAA offices are being investigated as well.

 

[jcyclonee]

When I saw them list USC I assumed they were talking about Southern Cal. Interesting.

I think they were. Tony Bland was working for Southern Cal.

 

[intrepid27]

The FBI has a 97% conviction rate. The NCAA has a 3% enforcement rate. So combined thy should be able to clean this thing up. #jimladd

 

[keepngoal]

"punished"

 

[ImJustKCClone]

Aren't these two statements contradictory? I believe the first, as the FBI is responsible for finding, prosecuting and punishing criminal activity. My knowledge of their work is that they do not care whether the individual in question has been successful as the result of the criminal activity or not.

The second paragraph seems more like a "woe is me" kind of statement. Calipari and others may be above the rules when it comes to the NCAA; however they are subject to the same LAWS as all of us.

Subject to, yes. Prosecuted and punished equally, no. Just have a look at our current incarceration rates and arrests/convictions. Not saying his "woe is me" statement is a given, but to think we are all equally arrested/tried/convicted/punished is a bit naive, although that's the way it SHOULD be.

 

[BryceC]

I don’t know about that. This is the FBI and the US Attorneys office, not the NCAA. I really don’t think the former GAF if you’re a blue blood or not.

The FBI and the US Attorney have the incentive to go after the blue bloods harder as that's how they would make a name for themselves and advance their careers.

 

[Playboi Carti]

If texas is cheating at basketball, they're doing it wrong (given their record over the last few years)

They still get high rated recruits ie Mo Bamba

 

[TykeClone]

They still get high rated recruits ie Mo Bamba

Texas Basketball's motto: We do less with more!

 

[BBHMagic]

Texas Basketball's motto: We do less with more!

Texas sports in general motto

 

[surly]

The NCAA has been called before Congress in the past to justify its 501(c)(3) status, because college sports is a significant untapped revenue stream for the government. Regardless of what the NCAA does, I would like to see 501(c)(3) challenges brought against those schools implicated by the FBI. Let's see how donations fare when the donors and corporate sponsors no longer get a tax deduction.

Further to this point, the new tax law is already taking deductions away for donations tied to tickets. It's also taxing certain university foundation gains. So, there's certainly a bias in what is now a conservative government to not look the other way when it comes to academic institutional malfeasance.

 

[TheJackWePack5]

They still get high rated recruits ie Mo Bamba

Didn't somebody in Bamba's camp get paid?

Thought that was documented somewhere.

 

[randomfan44]

You need to read the Schlabach article in order to figure out how they know that "three dozen" universities are involved:

Regardless what happens with the criminal cases, sources with knowledge of the FBI investigation told ESPN this week that the clandestine probe could result in potential NCAA violations for as many as three dozen Division I programs, based on information included in wiretap conversations from the defendants and financial records, emails and cell phone records seized from NBA agent Andy Miller. His office was raided on the same day the FBI arrested 10 men, including four assistant coaches, in late September.​

Former college players repped by Andy Miller and their former schools:

Lavoy Allen- Temple
Malik Allen - Nova
James Anderson - Okie State
Chucky Atkins- South Florida
Malik Beasley- Florida State
Chauncey Billups- Colorado
Jaron Blossomgame- Clemson
Keith Bogans- Kentucky
Trevor Booker- Clemson
Craig Brackins- Iowa State
Greg Buckner- Clemson
Alec Burks- Colorado
Rakeem Christmas- Syracuse
Jermareo Davidson- Alabama
Michael Frazier- Florida
Ashton Gibbs- Pitt
Daniel Gibson- Texas
Aaron Gray- Pitt
Daniel Hackett- Southern Cal
Brendan Haywood- Carolina
Bobby Jackson- Minnesota
Jared Jeffries- Indiana
Cady Lalanne- Mass
Kyle Lowry- Nova
Tyronn Lue- Nebraska
Cartier Martin- Kansas State
Kenyon Martin- Cincinnati
Roger Mason- Virginia
Jason Maxiell- Cincinnati
Eric Maynor- VCU
Antonio McDyess- Alabama
Andre Miller- Utah
Cuttino Mobley- Rhode Island
Kyle O'Quinn- Norfolk St.
Justin Patton- Creighton
Casey Prather- Florida
Malachi Richardson- Syracuse
Austin Rivers- Duke
Brian Roberts- Dayton
Jeff Robinson- Seton Hall
Stanley Robinson- UConn
Michael Ruffin- Tulsa
Peyton Siva- Louisville
Stromile Swift- LSU
Kaleb Tarczewski- Arizona
Hollis Thompson- Georgetown
Myles Turner- Texas
Maalik Wayns- Nova
Lorenzen Wright- Memphis

 

[Playboi Carti]

Didn't somebody in Bamba's camp get paid?

Thought that was documented somewhere.

Wouldn't that make him ineligible?

 

[VeloClone]

Wouldn't that make him ineligible?

Ever heard of Cam Newton?

NCAA compliance is a joke.

 

[jcyclonee]

Former college players repped by Andy Miller and their former schools:

Lavoy Allen- Temple
Malik Allen - Nova
James Anderson - Okie State
Chucky Atkins- South Florida
Malik Beasley- Florida State
Chauncey Billups- Colorado
Jaron Blossomgame- Clemson
Keith Bogans- Kentucky
Trevor Booker- Clemson
Craig Brackins- Iowa State
Greg Buckner- Clemson
Alec Burks- Colorado
Rakeem Christmas- Syracuse
Jermareo Davidson- Alabama
Michael Frazier- Florida
Ashton Gibbs- Pitt
Daniel Gibson- Texas
Aaron Gray- Pitt
Daniel Hackett- Southern Cal
Brendan Haywood- Carolina
Bobby Jackson- Minnesota
Jared Jeffries- Indiana
Cady Lalanne- Mass
Kyle Lowry- Nova
Tyronn Lue- Nebraska
Cartier Martin- Kansas State
Kenyon Martin- Cincinnati
Roger Mason- Virginia
Jason Maxiell- Cincinnati
Eric Maynor- VCU
Antonio McDyess- Alabama
Andre Miller- Utah
Cuttino Mobley- Rhode Island
Kyle O'Quinn- Norfolk St.
Justin Patton- Creighton
Casey Prather- Florida
Malachi Richardson- Syracuse
Austin Rivers- Duke
Brian Roberts- Dayton
Jeff Robinson- Seton Hall
Stanley Robinson- UConn
Michael Ruffin- Tulsa
Peyton Siva- Louisville
Stromile Swift- LSU
Kaleb Tarczewski- Arizona
Hollis Thompson- Georgetown
Myles Turner- Texas
Maalik Wayns- Nova
Lorenzen Wright- Memphis

Elijah Johnson - Kansas
Sherron Collins - Kansas

 

[NorthCyd]

Elijah Johnson - Kansas
Sherron Collins - Kansas

I am so shocked Random missed those 2!