From Michael Avenatti, no less, but still I'll be interersted to see what he means by, "This criminal conduct reaches the highest levels of Nike and involves some of the biggest names in college basketball..."
Nike Basketball Scandal Announcement 3/26.
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I'm all for bringing down those who have done the sport wrong, but this dude can't even be bothered to pay his child support. I'll be skeptical until it comes from a more reputable source.
I can't believe anything that dude is involved in. But it was proven with Adidas and only a moron would think that Nike didn't do some of the same things.
I guess it depends if you feel we're, "one of the biggest names in college basketball".
And you gotta think Dana Altman / Phil Knight (Oregon's Sugar Daddy) too.
Completely agree. This isn't a great source, but if anyone thinks Adidas was the only company doing this they are very naive.
CycloneErik
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I'm not going to pretend that I think we're clean. I don't believe that any program in this sport is clean, either in recruiting or academics.
Poor messenger in this case. Some of what he reveals will likely be true, but he is not the person to be leading this. Unfortunately, that's exactly why he is. Media *****.
I'm all for rooting out college basketball cheaters, but Avenatti is all about using extortion and innuendo to get himself on camera. He is probably the easiest person to discount just on the face of it.
We will see.
We will see.
Aaaaaaand the plot thickens. Avenatti is being charged with trying to extort NIke:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...FsedGJ4Qy_Kkw1XBaickbYUXi6930-eYeQW0X01PQ5z94
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...FsedGJ4Qy_Kkw1XBaickbYUXi6930-eYeQW0X01PQ5z94
