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FBI probe uncovers massive college basketball scandal snaring big-time programs
Yahoo Sports ^ | Sep 26, 2017, 10:46 AM | Dan Wetzel

Posted on 09/26/2017 9:45:17 AM PDT by The_Media_never_lie

The worst-kept secret in college basketball is how coaches, sneaker executives, sports agents, travel-team coaches and financial advisers, often through under-the-table payments, steer top high school talent first to NCAA programs and later to apparel brands and professional representation once they enter the NBA.

Tuesday, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York blew this shadowy world open in ways that have never before been seen, indicting 10 men, including active assistant basketball coaches at Arizona, Auburn, Oklahoma State and USC, plus an executive for adidas, in a widespread case that is sure to rock college basketball to its core.

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To: The_Media_never_lie

ahem:
http://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/21008004/north-carolina-tar-heels-avoid-major-sanctions-academic-fraud-case

Yes. You were right.


41 posted on 10/14/2017 7:48:44 AM PDT by spankalib ("I freed a thousand slaves. I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.")
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