26CornerBlitz Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 NEW YORK – It has been five months since the FBI arrested 10 men in a sweeping federal probe into the underbelly of the basketball world. As the three ongoing criminal cases resulting from the investigation plod along, it’s increasingly unlikely there will be another wave of double-digit arrests. More legal charges still could come, but what’s becoming increasingly clear as the discovery portion of the case comes to a close is that the breadth of potential NCAA rules violations uncovered is wide enough to fundamentally and indelibly alter the sport of college basketball. The soundtrack to the three federal basketball corruption cases is essentially a ticking time bomb, which will inevitably explode. It will impact every major conference, Hall of Fame coaches, a score of current top players and some of the nation’s most distinguished and respected programs. Multiple sources who’ve been briefed on the case and are familiar with the material obtained by feds told Yahoo Sports that the impact on the sport will be substantial and relentless. Sitting under protective order right now are the fruits of 330 days of monitoring activity by the feds, which one assistant US Attorney noted Thursday was “a voluminous amount of material.” That includes wiretaps from 4,000 intercepted calls and thousands of documents and bank records obtained from raids and confiscated computers, including those from notorious NBA agent Andy Miller. “This goes a lot deeper in college basketball than four corrupt assistant coaches,” said a source who has been briefed on the details of the case. “When this all comes out, Hall of Fame coaches should be scared, lottery picks won’t be eligible to play and almost half of the 16 teams the NCAA showed on its initial NCAA tournament show this weekend should worry about their appearance being vacated.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fadingpain Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 So what is the nature of the violations? The piece doesn't really say much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yo no se Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 I'm absolutely shocked. Shocked I tell you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaoulDuke79 Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 I'llbe shocked if Calipari comes away unscathed. I have nothing to go on but my gut, but he seems greasy to me. He may be a great coach, but I don't think you do what He has done through several programs without a little help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo716 Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 1 minute ago, RaoulDuke79 said: I'llbe shocked if Calipari comes away unscathed. I have nothing to go on but my gut, but he seems greasy to me. He may be a great coach, but I don't think you do what He has done through several programs without a little help. I'm thinking UK and Calipari are definitely connected... my CUSE homer in me is hoping Duke and NC are as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 7 minutes ago, RaoulDuke79 said: I'llbe shocked if Calipari comes away unscathed. I have nothing to go on but my gut, but he seems greasy to me. He may be a great coach, but I don't think you do what He has done through several programs without a little help. I wouldn’t call his track record “nothing”. He’s the first guy I’d want to see go down. 45 minutes ago, Fadingpain said: So what is the nature of the violations? The piece doesn't really say much. The piece is vague, but the link early in the article has more details. Basically, assistants making six figure payouts to buy recruits. Not good at all! I was glad to see Pitino get taken down. He’s been sleazy for a long, long, time. If he didn’t know about the stripper and hooker parties, he must have tried awfully hard to stay in the dark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 a school had half their team going to class for a third of a semester once? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helpmenow Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Big time College sports are all corrupt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Fan Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Imagine if Coach K is named? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eball Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 7 minutes ago, Another Fan said: Imagine if Coach K is named? It just moved a little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 24 minutes ago, Another Fan said: Imagine if Coach K is named? OH HAPPY DAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Hammersticks Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Remember this name...William Wesley or “World Wide Wes.” He’s the filthbag behind Kentucky’s dirty recruiting practices. He’s finally going down, I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 gotta believe Kentucky is a clean program, in these perverse times, because kids are wanting to go there for their 1 and done $120,000,000 contract it's the schools like Syracuse that have to pay out to attract kids to come to the program... kind of like Tarkanian 2.0 for the Northeast... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sodbuster Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 (edited) 4 minutes ago, row_33 said: gotta believe Kentucky is a clean program, in these perverse times, because kids are wanting to go there for their 1 and done $120,000,000 contract it's the schools like Syracuse that have to pay out to attract kids to come to the program... kind of like Tarkanian 2.0 for the Northeast... I was just thinking about this, but I think they would have sniffed around everywhere at Cuse when the whole Fab Melo thing went down. I feel like if there was something there, we would already know about it. Edited February 16, 2018 by sodbuster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 7 minutes ago, sodbuster said: I was just thinking about this, but I think they would have sniffed around everywhere at Cuse when the whol Fab Melo thing went down. I feel like of there was something there, we would already know about it. they already got Syracuse to kind of plead out there was no way they weren't one of the most corrupt situations for this regime, there was no way kids were coming there without huge incentives fun to watch though!!! just like Tark's UNLV teams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Hammersticks Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 10 minutes ago, row_33 said: they already got Syracuse to kind of plead out there was no way they weren't one of the most corrupt situations for this regime, there was no way kids were coming there without huge incentives fun to watch though!!! just like Tark's UNLV teams After a thorough investigation, the charges against Syracuse were academic fraud (tutor wrote a paper for Fab Melo), and lack of institutional control for players being paid by a YMCA employee for volunteering there. There was no “plea,” and never any evidence of Syracuse providing financial incentives to recruits. None. And if you don’t think Kentucky, or an individual on Kentucky’s behalf (WWW) has been paying recruits, you obviously have not been paying attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo716 Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 3 minutes ago, Johnny Hammersticks said: After a thorough investigation, the charges against Syracuse were academic fraud (tutor wrote a paper for Fab Melo), and lack of institutional control for players being paid by a YMCA employee for volunteering there. There was no “plea,” and never any evidence of Syracuse providing financial incentives to recruits. None. And if you don’t think Kentucky, or an individual on Kentucky’s behalf (WWW) has been paying recruits, you obviously have not been paying attention. People just like to rag on Syracuse lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Hammersticks Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Just now, Buffalo716 said: People just like to rag on Syracuse lol People who have no idea what they’re talking about should show some restraint in posting such drivel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo716 Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Johnny Hammersticks said: People who have no idea what they’re talking about should show some restraint in posting such drivel. I don't think Boeheim has much trouble pulling recruits even Carmelo NEVER scheduled another visit. Jimmy B has pulling power Edited February 16, 2018 by Buffalo716 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steptide Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 I remember back a few years when their was a report that Jim boehiem was letting players bang one of his assistant coaches wives. The report was ridiculous and I don't believe it was true (the chic was like 60). However I totally believe these kind of things happen at schools. Maybe not coaches wives, but hookers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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