Pac-12 Basketball Coaches Arrested On Federal Corruption Charges

[Sunlei]

Source: CBS

NEW YORK (AP) — Four assistant basketball coaches from Arizona, Auburn, the University of Southern California and Oklahoma State were among those arrested on federal corruption charges Tuesday after they were caught taking thousands of dollars in bribes to steer NBA-destined college stars toward certain sports agents and financial advisers, authorities said.

The coaches were identified in court papers as Chuck Person of Auburn University, Emanuel Richardson of the University of Arizona, Tony Bland of USC and Lamont Evans of Oklahoma State. They are in federal custody and expected to make court appearances later Tuesday.

Since 2015, the FBI has been investigating the criminal influence of money on coaches and players in the NCAA, federal authorities said.

In criminal complaints, investigators said many coaches have “enormous influence” over their players and how they select their agents and other advisers when they leave college and enter the NBA.


Read more: http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2017/09/26/pac-12-basketball-coaches-arrested-on-federal-corruption-charges/

[Botany]

1. dupe

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10141875048

[Sunlei]

4. this ones CBS story and writer

[Mosby]

2. Two were pac12 coaches.

[dembotoz]

3. so finders fees are illegal?

better build more prisons this is how business is done

[Sunlei]

5. think they were taking bribes from bankers & others.

[LanternWaste]

6. Finders fees are legal. Accepting bribes is not.

Finders fees are legal (all things being equal). Accepting bribes is not.

There is in fact, a precise and most relevant difference between the two wholly separate concepts in both its informal and its formal usage.

[dembotoz]

8. not in my industry lol

[get the red out]

7. ESPN article says a bit more

And the ESPN article about this describes a university in Kentucky that exactly fits the description of the University of Louisville (ACC), facing accusations of involvement also. Needless to say here in Kentucky, that's huge.

[kag]

9. Got a link? n/t

[get the red out]

10. yes

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/20824193/ncaa-basketball-coaches-10-charged-fraud-corruption

[GulfCoast66]

11. Not surprising

After all, a Louisville coach was running a bunch of hookers for their players and recruits.

Once again, Patino was 'shocked' and had no knowledge of the situation.

That program needs a few years off and a new AD and school president.

[get the red out]

12. Yes, big mistake

Louisville made a big mistake not firing Pitino and the AD when the hooker scandal broke, JMO. I am afraid that putting those two guys ahead of the University itself will haunt them now. Louisville is a good school and this shit can trickle down to hurt faculty, staff and students in general. That asshole we have as Governor was already trying to take U of L over and install his cronies on their board, knowing that would destroy the university's accreditation.

I have to add as a disclaimer that I am a foaming at the mouth, black hat wearing, asshole U.K. Basketball fan, and I remember the exact traffic light in Lexington I was stopped at when I heard the NCAA punishments announced on the radio back in the 80s. I don't have a pair of rose colored glasses anywhere in the house. I do think though that most of the major programs in the country would have fired Pitino 3 times by now, not for any morally upstanding reasons, but because he and the AD had made themselves a liability to the program.

[GulfCoast66]

13. UK fan and Alum here

Class is 88.

No longer get emotionally involved like I used to. And being from the Deep South rather than a Kentuckian I am more of a football fan.

GBB.

[get the red out]

14. Cool

I graduated from UK in 87, should have graduated in 86, but as they used to say "Party on Aylesford".

[Baclava]

15. Louisville fires Rick Pitino amid corruption scandal

Rick Pitino found the scandal he couldn’t survive. The Louisville coach, as well as athletic director Tom Jurich, was canned on Wednesday, according to multiple reports, one day after the corruption scandal that rocked the NCAA focused intently on Louisville. Pitino and Jurich met with Louisville officials Wednesday.

According to WAVE-TV, Jurich was asked to fire Pitino and when he refused was fired himself. A news conference is scheduled for later Wednesday. The FBI investigated corruption and bribery in college sports, arresting assistants from four programs. Louisville was spotlighted by the investigation, which found a Cardinals recruit was funneled $100,000 through Adidas to get him to commit to Louisville.

http://nypost.com/2017/09/27/legenda...ption-scandal/