The Official UofL Thread (UPDATE: Pitino, Jurich Reportedly Out)

[Joneslab]

I guess what I'm unclear on is why the FBI is involved. We've had these issues of schools paying players in college sports for decades. What's the difference? The scale on which it happened?

There is a federal bribery statute I believe. I would imagine because they were transferring money across state lines and setting up meetings with the shoe rep and the player in different cities it became a federal case.

[Dwight Schrute]

There is a federal bribery statute I believe. I would imagine because they were transferring money across state lines and setting up meetings with the shoe rep and the player in different cities it became a federal case.

Sorry, not trying to be obtuse, I'm just unclear why the FBI is concerned with schools/shoe companies bribing players to come to a certain school when this is something that has gone on for decades.

[Spiritof96]

Dan Wetzel‏Verified account @DanWetzel 32s32 seconds agoAny attempt to stop capitalism invites corruption.

There is the quote of the century.

[lilproUK98]

Also, I think we know why Cal has avoided some recruits and "missed" on some the last few yrs.......

[Dwight Schrute]

Also, I think we know why Cal has avoided some recruits and "missed" on some the last few yrs.......

I have noticed that recruiting has fallen off a bit.

[Joneslab]

If Deandre Ayton is one of the recruits at Arizona then it blows open college basketball next year. Unfortunately it probably makes Duke a heavy favorite.

[UK8STL11]

Sorry, not trying to be obtuse, I'm just unclear why the FBI is concerned with schools/shoe companies bribing players to come to a certain school when this is something that has gone on for decades.

I assume there are multiple IRS/tax laws broken as well that the Federal government has an interest in.

[Spiritof96]

How funny is it going to be, if we find out that Cal is, in fact, a FREAKING SHARK who is incredibly shrewd about steering clear of corruption in college basketball? That would certainly turn the narrative on its head.

My big concern is that as with PEDs in sports, no one at the top is really "clean".

[Joneslab]

The FBI conducted the investigation completely on their own and didn't involve the NCAA whatsoever.

Fascinating and hilarious.

[Lighthouse]

Watched the news conference and I didn't hear UL mentioned, but they are a major Adidas school.

[Joneslab]

Watched the news conference and I didn't hear UL mentioned, but they are a major Adidas school.

I don't think they named any school or even Adidas in the press conference?

They're referring to the document that's been made public as the "charging document." They redacted the schools' names for some reason.

[Joneslab]

They also have set up a tip line, which is where all kinds of craziness is bound to take place.

How many athletes over the years have been paid to sign with a school? That phone is going to be ringing constantly for months.

[teamchemistry15]

Watched the news conference and I didn't hear UL mentioned, but they are a major Adidas school.

They haven't officially named Louisville. But, they said a school in Kentucky, with (for example because I don't remember the number) 23,487 students (the number in the article was the exact number of students at Louisville) who is already on probation, and received a high profile commitment from a top tier basketball player on or around June 3rd. I believe Bowen committed to them either the 3rd or 4th. Sources are saying Louisville but it hasn't been confirmed. Supposedly they have wire taps with conversations involving staff members and talks of Adidas reps agreeing to send $100,000 in four payments to the recruit's family.

[Dwight Schrute]

How many athletes over the years have been paid to sign with a school?

This is at the core of why I still don't really understand why the FBI is involved.

[Dwight Schrute]

I assume there are multiple IRS/tax laws broken as well that the Federal government has an interest in.

But that's not so much an FBI matter as an IRS matter. The IRS has their own enforcement division, I believe.