Nike Basketball Scandal Announcement 3/26.

[Sparkplug]

Not the most reliable source but Avenatti may be trying to extort Nike

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bl...tti-is-charged-with-trying-to-extort-nike-nke

 

[Die4Cy]

Well. There you go.

Going to be pretty hard to maintain his coke habit in federal prison, I'd think.

 

[Fitzy]

 

[brianhos]

I’m sure this is related:

He was just arrested: https://www.necn.com/news/national-...natti-to-Face-Charges-New-York-507623161.html

 

[cb1030]

Something tells me he won't be appearing at the press conference tomorrow. Wow

 

[cydsho]

Wow what a scumbag. Avenatti needs to go to the prisons that don't have soap on a rope.

 

[Sigmapolis]

Remember when that guy was going to run for President?

 

[Dr.bannedman]

Remember when that guy was going to run for President?

yes. that wood be awesome

 

[tim_redd]

Is the announcement still on?

 

[Go2Guy]

Aaaaaaand the plot thickens. Avenatti is being charged with trying to extort NIke:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...FsedGJ4Qy_Kkw1XBaickbYUXi6930-eYeQW0X01PQ5z94

It wouldn't surprise me, coming from Avenatti.

 

[amishclone]

Avenatti 2020

 

[alarson]

On some level its always puzzled me how it is legal to pay for someone's silence with an NDA, yet threatening to make information public unless that happens is illegal. They both seem like 2 sides of the same coin, yet if youre on the 'has information' side its illegal to call it how it is.

 

[alarson]

That being said, everything i've seen from Avenatti seems like he's a massive jackass.

 

[I-stateTheTruth]

Is the announcement still on?

Maybe depends on if he makes bail?

 

[BoxsterCy]

Maybe depends on if he makes bail?

Or live stream from jail in his orange jumpsuit.

Orange is the new lawyer power suit.

 

[knowlesjam]

Wow what a scumbag. Avenatti needs to go to the prisons that don't have soap on a rope.

Wait, they don't issue you that when you get assigned a cell??????

Oh-oh.

 

[harimad]

Michael Avenatti Got Arrested

 

[CtownCyclone]

Maybe depends on if he makes bail?

He might still be busy...

 

[ISUTex]

It's worth noting we are a Nike school. Should I be nervous at all????

Ask Randy. You bet your ass you better be nervous. This could be the end of ISU basketball. We'll be playing Simpson and Grinnell in the near future. Then again, maybe not.

 

[EnhancedFujita]

My first reaction to this was why/how would a private attorney be charges against Nike, isn't that the governments role, but with the revelation that he was trying to extort Nike, well I guess this makes sense.

I'd still expect the government to drop the hammer on Nike at some point, the same way they did with Adidas. As others have noted, there is no way Nike wasn't doing the same stuff.