First crack in Ku's armor ...

[randomfan44]

One employee, then I don't disagree with you. Multiple employees indicate a culture exists. The fact that you can't follow logic doesn't surprise me, you aren't the most logical of posters, tending towards an emotional defense of anything even slightly negative towards KU.

Multiple employees breaking NCAA rules to benefit Kansas then yes, I would agree that shows that a culture exists. Multiple employees conspiring to defraud the university then no, I disagree. But whatever, those now former employees are in federal prison and the ticketing system is running smoothly now.

 

[nfrine]

@surly, we get it, you're a K-state fan. You're one on the only non-Cyclones in here that I actually read, but that purple font has got to. It is just not easy to read and as someone who wants to read you're posts, please make it stop

Surly's font is JayHawk blue.

 

[95CLONE]

It's called taking a step back and logically looking at all of the known facts of a situation. If I am presented with some facts that make things look different then I will change my opinion of what is going on.

The FBI and NCAA are going fishing. I hear there is a nice pond in Lawrence that has some VERY BIG fish in it.
By the way, the FBI are really good fisherman!

 

[CyTwins]

I know for a fact Wiggins got paid to go to Kansas. The question is how much and by who. If I was a betting man I'd say a lot and Adidas takes the fall not KU.

 

[intrepid27]

The FBI and NCAA are going fishing. I hear there is a nice pond in Lawrence that has some VERY BIG fish in it.
By the way, the FBI are really good fisherman!

And the FBI's conviction rate is 93%.

 

[FinalFourCy]

The FBI and NCAA are going fishing. I hear there is a nice pond in Lawrence that has some VERY BIG fish in it.
By the way, the FBI are really good fisherman!

It's coming and its going to be really bad for those hayseed hillbillies.

 

[isutrevman]

Even if KU coaches weren't directly involved, this will still end their pipeline of being fed players by Adidas. They'll have to actually recruit some of those guys just like everybody else now.

 

[Pat]

I know for a fact Wiggins got paid to go to Kansas. The question is how much and by who. If I was a betting man I'd say a lot and Adidas takes the fall not KU.

If I was a betting man, I'd bet that KU coaches are complicit - they have to be in order to steer players back to the agents/advisors/shoe companies - and that the FBI will come for them, too.

 

[Go2Guy]

Wow, the timing of the KU-Adidas deal couldn't have been worse ??
"...
Last week, the KU athletic department announced the extension of its contract with Adidas, with the partnership now lasting for at least the next 14 years and including a $191 million price tag that is expected to help the athletic department as it pursues a stated goal of $350 million for facility upgrades in football, basketball, volleyball and baseball.

James Gatto, the global marketing director at Adidas, was one of the 10 men charged with using bribes to influence high-profile athletes in their choice of schools, shoe sponsors, agents and financial advisers.

In recent days, Gatto had touted the deal Adidas reached with KU on his social media pages. Marchiony, though, said Gatto “had nothing to do” with the recent negotiations between KU and Adidas"
http://www2.kusports.com/news/2017/sep/26/kansas-athletics-monitoring-charges-against-adidas/

 

[CNECloneFan]

I'm still worried that one of our coaches bought some kid a single piece of Bazooka Joe, and the NCAA will have then found their poster child...

 

[kcclones]

Late night at the Phog was yesterday. Horrible situation. It amazes me how much more crime is in Lawrence. Some of that has to do with people from KC driving over when they have concerts etc.

http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article176420606.html

 

[iowa_wildcat]

Frank Martin's assistant that landed him Michael Beasley was the same Lamont Evans that Okie State just fired after being arrested by the FBI. I am sure it's just a coincidence.

Dalonte Hill recruited Michael Beasley. Lamont Evans had absolutely nothing to do with recruiting at Kansas State when Beasley was in high school.

 

[iowa_wildcat]

To quote Sir Ocelot, "When the next shoe drops on this scandal, it will be more like a grand piano than a shoe."

 

[scyclonekid]

Better start sweating Jayhawks

 

[CyCloned]

It doesn't look good for KU to have that huge Adidas contract and Adidas at the center of the payouts. I'm not going to throw rocks at KU yet, because they are a Blue Blood, and should be able to get good players based on that and the ridiculously nice "dorm" their basketball players seem to always get into. There are several other schools out there that have not been mentioned that seem to out recruit their position in the pecking order of P5 basketball.

 

[Cyforce]

Anything is possible but if you look at our track record it seems like we fall out of the running for big time recruits when the money starts flowing.

 

[jcyclonee]

The hiring of players parents to the positions they were hired into was also well within the rules in place at the time and certainly didn't "push the rules" of anything.

I believe that the wording of the previous poster was a bit incorrect. I think he realizes that KU wasn't breaking any rules but that the process was more so ethically (or morally - the boundary between the two is confusing to me) questionable than legally questionable. No rules were broken but it certainly gave off a certain stink to most college basketball fans.

 

[jcyclonee]

I was just saying what I heard stated by Mark Titus. I didn't publish a story or say that Bragg is or isn't guilty of following money. Just stating what I heard. And many people nationally have been asking if Kansas is clean in this as they are an Adidas flagship program, not just this message board.

I just hope the FBI doesn't come asking me what I know.

For me, it probably depends upon which agent they send to interrogate me.

 

[Rural]

It doesn't look good for KU to have that huge Adidas contract and Adidas at the center of the payouts. I'm not going to throw rocks at KU yet, because they are a Blue Blood, and should be able to get good players based on that and the ridiculously nice "dorm" their basketball players seem to always get into. There are several other schools out there that have not been mentioned that seem to out recruit their position in the pecking order of P5 basketball.

If you're inclined to do so, go ahead, no way in the world they're clean.

 

[surly]

"As he started looking at schools, an Adidas rep tried to push us toward a school in the Big Ten and another in the Big 12 that Adidas had contracts with. There is no doubt they are surrogates for the schools."
https://scout.com/tu/MjIyNTYyM3RpbnkyNDc=

Imagine if I was a Ku fan, I'd try to rationalize my way out of this as well. But sooner or later it's going to drop on Lawrence.