FBI probe into NCAA corruption identifies possible violations by basketball powers

[FakeNews]

Players from at least a dozen Division I men's basketball programs have been identified as possibly breaking NCAA rules through violations that were uncovered by the FBI's investigation into corruption in the sport, according to documents published by Yahoo! Sports.

Schools identified by Yahoo! as having players who possibly violated NCAA rules include Duke, North Carolina, Texas, Kentucky, Michigan State, USC and Kansas. At least 25 players are linked to impermissible benefits, including Michigan State's Miles Bridges, Alabama's Collin Sexton and Duke's Wendell Carter.

At least six players were identified in the documents as receiving payments exceeding $10,000. They include Dallas Mavericks point guard Dennis Smith Jr., who received $73,500 in loans from ASM before he played for NC State; Brooklyn Nets shooting guard Isaiah Whitehead, who received more than $37,000 around the time he was a freshman at Seton Hall; and 2017 No. 1 NBA draft pick Markelle Fultz, who received $10,000.

Other teams with current or former players who allegedly received payments were South Carolina, Louisville, Utah, Xavier, Wichita State, Clemson and Alabama. Other players named include former LSU guard Tim Quarterman, former Maryland center Diamond Stone and former Kentucky center Edrice "Bam" Adebayo.

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...n-reveals-basketball-powers-broken-ncaa-rules

 

[BBX3]

FBI, busy defending us against

Little Green Russians

n

Corrupt Basketball teams

and IGNORING THE BAD GUYS

 

[jaF0]

Like politicians, nearly all sports team owners are little more than Mobsters.

 

[WoundedKnee]

Who owns Kentucky?

 

[jaF0]

Dan'l Boone and his trusted friend Mingo.

 

[WoundedKnee]

R a g g m o p p rag mop...

 

[ryan8558]

Lol!!

reminds me of this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0L5QC9ZJkM8

 

[Hypoxia]

Like politicians, nearly all sports team owners are little more than Mobsters.

Dubya and Tromp were team owners.

 

[FakeNews]

FBI investigation into college basketball puts $8 billion into question for CBS

Two years ago, CBS and Turner, a division of Time Warner, extended their media rights deal with the NCAA for $8.8 billion over eight years for the Division I Men’s Basketball Championship.

An explosive Yahoo report Friday revealed details of several documents and bank records obtained during discovery for the FBI’s current investigation in the college basketball corruption case. The documents reveal expense reports, cash advances and other benefits allegedly provided to recruits and their families from various skills.

Question: Will ratings and ad dollars continue to be strong for March Madness if star players and teams miss the tournament? This year, that will likely depend in part if fans care more about star players and brand teams, or cinderella stories. Long term, it may depend on whether or not the scandal leads to the NCAA getting its house in order.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeoz...nto-question-for-cbs-and-turner/#3bc28b54552d

 

[BBX3]

Congrats to the FBI on catching Arizona coach Sean Miller. You missed Nikolas Cruz, the Boston bombers, the 9/11 attackers, the San Bernardino terrorists, the Fort Hood terrorist, the Pulse nightclub terrorist and Larry Nassar but college sports is safe.

 

[someoneyouknow]

The NCAA is a joke. They have refused to sanction UNC for its 14 YEARS of knowingly and deliberately manipulating grades for athletes, even when a report came out and explicitly listed all the violations.

They have yet to go after Baylor for its 50+ rapes, some of them gang rapes, by its football players which Art Briles knew about.

And in general refuse to go after the most egregious violations of lack of institutional control.

And now this. Either the NCAA does what it's tasked to do, or it should disband itself.

 

[BBX3]

I will Bolivate about INANITIES.....I could care less about BLACKS being sold as slaves in LIBYA.....np matter how many time BUSYBODY axes me to comment

we know

 

[jaF0]

Congrats to the FBI on catching Arizona coach Sean Miller. You missed ...

... BB.


But they'll catch up. Soon.

 

[BobaFetaCheese]

The NCAA is a joke. They have refused to sanction UNC for its 14 YEARS of knowingly and deliberately manipulating grades for athletes, even when a report came out and explicitly listed all the violations.

They have yet to go after Baylor for its 50+ rapes, some of them gang rapes, by its football players which Art Briles knew about.

And in general refuse to go after the most egregious violations of lack of institutional control.

And now this. Either the NCAA does what it's tasked to do, or it should disband itself.

They haven't gone after Baylor because that is outside of what the NCAA does. It is a criminal matter and they leave it up to the state. That's been explained in the news stories countless times.
The UNC thing is more complicated than that. I personally think they fucked up but they admitted a type of loophole in the rules and they also didn't go after other schools with similar infractions so they kind of tied their own hands in a way.

 

[BobaFetaCheese]

This thing with paying the players is just crazy. Can't remember ever seeing a similar scandal that involved so many schools and people. It's big.

 

[coachdb18]

Student athletes have been a ‘yeah, sure’ for a long time. Its about time to let the schools run farm clubs for profit, a minor league to the majors, and let the athletes get paid. They could earn financing for their degrees if they want to pursue one, but that could be optional.

 

[BobaFetaCheese]

Student athletes have been a ‘yeah, sure’ for a long time. Its about time to let the schools run farm clubs for profit, a minor league to the majors, and let the athletes get paid. They could earn financing for their degrees if they want to pursue one, but that could be optional.

This has been brought up damn near every years since the beginning of time. It most likely won't ever happen.

 

[someoneyouknow]

They haven't gone after Baylor because that is outside of what the NCAA does. It is a criminal matter and they leave it up to the state. That's been explained in the news stories countless times.
The UNC thing is more complicated than that. I personally think they fucked up but they admitted a type of loophole in the rules and they also didn't go after other schools with similar infractions so they kind of tied their own hands in a way.

That Art Briles knew about the rapes, that Baylor has attempted to cover up the rapes, falls directly under "lack of institutional control". If the NCAA was going to claim the three people at the top of Penn State let Sandusky get away with what he did because they failed to act, then the NCAA has no choice but to go after Baylor when they absolutely knew about the rapes and tried to cover them up.

For example, Briles knew in 2012 about a sexual assault and failed to report it.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2675596-art-briles-baylor-ad-reportedly-didnt-report-alleged-2012-sexual-assault?utm_source=cnn.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=editorial

Here's the cover up:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/baylor-official-addresses-mishandled-sexual-assault-allegation-against-star-football-player/

Correspondent Armen Keteyian has been investigating since May. His investigation revealed the senior vice president in charge of campus safety, Reagan Ramsower, often clashed with Patty Crawford, the university’s former Title IX coordinator.

She says she could not get police reports, including one for a Baylor student who claimed she was gang-raped.

The gang rape allegedly involved football players Tre’Von Armstead and Shamychael Chatman in 2013. A Waco police report stated “Baylor University was contacted” about the incident. Criminal charges were never filed against either player.

Ramsower said the Baylor campus police department he oversees had a history of burying sexual assault complaints that came to them.​

And further:

The lawsuit by the student, who is listed in the documents only as “Elizabeth Doe,” alleges at least 52 rapes by more than 30 football players over a four-year period.
. . .
It also alleges a “culture of sexual violence” and describes her 2013 attack by two players. It doesn’t detail the other alleged attacks, but says some were recorded by the players, who shared them with friends.
. . .
An internal investigation last year found that the football program operated as if it was “above the rules” and that assistant coaches and staff interfered or stifled investigations into alleged assaults by players.​

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/former-baylor-university-student-files-new-lawsuit-alleging-rape/

As for UNC, it's not complicated, there are no loopholes. For years they manipulated grades so athletes could pass. Their own report said so. Manipulating grades is a gold star infraction of NCAA rules.

The reason the NCAA didn't, and won't, do anything is because if they tell UNC they can't play in March Madness, ratings will go down.

As to the most recent revelations, I can guarantee Duke will not be punished, nor any of the other big names because if they're not playing, people aren't watching.

The NCAA is more about generating money than they are about making sure everything is above board.

 

[WoundedKnee]

https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeoz...nto-question-for-cbs-and-turner/#3bc28b54552d

No one is going to miss the tournament.

 

[WoundedKnee]

Congrats to the FBI on catching Arizona coach Sean Miller. You missed Nikolas Cruz, the Boston bombers, the 9/11 attackers, the San Bernardino terrorists, the Fort Hood terrorist, the Pulse nightclub terrorist and Larry Nassar but college sports is safe.

lol...

 

[BobaFetaCheese]

That Art Briles knew about the rapes, that Baylor has attempted to cover up the rapes, falls directly under "lack of institutional control". If the NCAA was going to claim the three people at the top of Penn State let Sandusky get away with what he did because they failed to act, then the NCAA has no choice but to go after Baylor when they absolutely knew about the rapes and tried to cover them up.

For example, Briles knew in 2012 about a sexual assault and failed to report it.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2675596-art-briles-baylor-ad-reportedly-didnt-report-alleged-2012-sexual-assault?utm_source=cnn.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=editorial

Here's the cover up:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/baylor-official-addresses-mishandled-sexual-assault-allegation-against-star-football-player/

Correspondent Armen Keteyian has been investigating since May. His investigation revealed the senior vice president in charge of campus safety, Reagan Ramsower, often clashed with Patty Crawford, the university’s former Title IX coordinator.

She says she could not get police reports, including one for a Baylor student who claimed she was gang-raped.

The gang rape allegedly involved football players Tre’Von Armstead and Shamychael Chatman in 2013. A Waco police report stated “Baylor University was contacted” about the incident. Criminal charges were never filed against either player.

Ramsower said the Baylor campus police department he oversees had a history of burying sexual assault complaints that came to them.​

And further:

The lawsuit by the student, who is listed in the documents only as “Elizabeth Doe,” alleges at least 52 rapes by more than 30 football players over a four-year period.
. . .
It also alleges a “culture of sexual violence” and describes her 2013 attack by two players. It doesn’t detail the other alleged attacks, but says some were recorded by the players, who shared them with friends.
. . .
An internal investigation last year found that the football program operated as if it was “above the rules” and that assistant coaches and staff interfered or stifled investigations into alleged assaults by players.​

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/former-baylor-university-student-files-new-lawsuit-alleging-rape/

As for UNC, it's not complicated, there are no loopholes. For years they manipulated grades so athletes could pass. Their own report said so. Manipulating grades is a gold star infraction of NCAA rules.

The reason the NCAA didn't, and won't, do anything is because if they tell UNC they can't play in March Madness, ratings will go down.

As to the most recent revelations, I can guarantee Duke will not be punished, nor any of the other big names because if they're not playing, people aren't watching.

The NCAA is more about generating money than they are about making sure everything is above board.

Their lack of involvement in Baylor has been documented and explained. Like it or not it's been mostly accepted as correct. Biles was fired, the players involved gone. The only people left to punish are innocent. At least as far as playing goes.
And UNC is more complicated than that but that doesn't mean they are correct. Unless we're talking about two different cases, it was a loophole that was pushed by UNC that the NCAA had to acknowledge. They did look into and found they couldn't do anything.
I don't think anyone claims money wasn't an issue in their thinking but it also wasn't black and white. Just like not too many people claim the NCAA is all pure goodness and never does anything wrong. But they also aren't as bad as some like to claim.
Sorry but the most recent scandal involving pay is bringing down a lot of big names. Already has. Duke will be one them. The NCAA is probably already past the point of being able to control it since the FBI is involved.