NCAA basketball coaches among 10 charged with fraud, corruption


Olde Hornet

Olde Hornet

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Barkley said this was going on at Auburn many years ago

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...asketball-coaches-10-charged-fraud-corruption

NCAA basketball coaches among 10 charged with fraud, corruption

Four assistant basketball coaches from Arizona, Auburn, Oklahoma State and Southern California were charged Tuesday morning in a federal corruption investigation, and that might only be the tip of the iceberg in a three-year FBI probe that focused on coaches being paid tens of thousands of dollars to steer NBA-bound players toward sports agents, financial advisers and apparel companies.
Federal prosecutors stunned college basketball by announcing charges for four Division I coaches. Although the charges stem from a three-year investigation, much is still to be determined. Here's what you need to know.

Federal prosecutors in New York announced charges of fraud and corruption against 10 people, including Auburn's Chuck Person, Oklahoma State's Lamont Evans, Arizona's Emanuel "Book" Richardson and USC's Tony Bland.

Each of the coaches is charged with bribery conspiracy, solicitation of bribes, honest services fraud conspiracy, honest service fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud and Travel Act conspiracy. The U.S. Department of Justice said each of the coaches faces a maximum sentence of 80 years in prison.
 



Olde Hornet said:
Barkley said this was going on at Auburn many years ago

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...asketball-coaches-10-charged-fraud-corruption

NCAA basketball coaches among 10 charged with fraud, corruption

Four assistant basketball coaches from Arizona, Auburn, Oklahoma State and Southern California were charged Tuesday morning in a federal corruption investigation, and that might only be the tip of the iceberg in a three-year FBI probe that focused on coaches being paid tens of thousands of dollars to steer NBA-bound players toward sports agents, financial advisers and apparel companies.
Federal prosecutors stunned college basketball by announcing charges for four Division I coaches. Although the charges stem from a three-year investigation, much is still to be determined. Here's what you need to know.

Federal prosecutors in New York announced charges of fraud and corruption against 10 people, including Auburn's Chuck Person, Oklahoma State's Lamont Evans, Arizona's Emanuel "Book" Richardson and USC's Tony Bland.

Each of the coaches is charged with bribery conspiracy, solicitation of bribes, honest services fraud conspiracy, honest service fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud and Travel Act conspiracy. The U.S. Department of Justice said each of the coaches faces a maximum sentence of 80 years in prison.
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Maximum of 80 years in prison? They won't serve a damn 80 hours! Who we fooling?

And yes, I know that's the maximum they could potentially serve.
 
They will get 6 months at best and be suspended from coaching at a D-I school for a period of 2 years and pay a fine.
 
I don't really care what they give these coaches for right now. I want to see how they handle Louisville. They are involved as well and after the sex scandal this is the cherry on top.
 
goodolebrave said:
I don't really care what they give these coaches for right now. I want to see how they handle Louisville. They are involved as well and after the sex scandal this is the cherry on top.
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Louisville should start preparing for a Penn State-like penalty at minimum. Pitino might get a multi year Show Cause penalty and should DEFINITELY be fired.
 
Pitino is out with the AD. I'm sure the President knew what was going on too. Every school does this some kind of way.
 
We can blame the Coaches, however the NCAA is complicit in this as well. All that needs to happen is to have an equal distribution of all monies earned from NCAA basketball. Remove the monetary incentive and the cheating will stop.

The NCAA allows certain schools to get away with stuff and penalized the ones that can not afford to fight them in court.

Cheating is rampant in collegiate big time sports.
 



East Tex Tiger said:
We can blame the Coaches, however the NCAA is complicit in this as well. All that needs to happen is to have an equal distribution of all monies earned from NCAA basketball. Remove the monetary incentive and the cheating will stop.

The NCAA allows certain schools to get away with stuff and penalized the ones that can not afford to fight them in court.

Cheating is rampant in collegiate big time sports.[/QUOTE
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I think you're confusing the P5 issue with the Final Four run. They are not the same.
 
East Tex Tiger said:
We can blame the Coaches, however the NCAA is complicit in this as well. All that needs to happen is to have an equal distribution of all monies earned from NCAA basketball. Remove the monetary incentive and the cheating will stop.

The NCAA allows certain schools to get away with stuff and penalized the ones that can not afford to fight them in court.

Cheating is rampant in collegiate big time sports.
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This stops when the NCAA stops trying to up hold amateurism within the business model that's been developed over time.
 
East Tex Tiger said:
We can blame the Coaches, however the NCAA is complicit in this as well. All that needs to happen is to have an equal distribution of all monies earned from NCAA basketball. Remove the monetary incentive and the cheating will stop.
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Pitino to the SWAC so he can rebuild his image..lol.

Sadly, when the people caught up get done with this AD's will have to do thorough background checks as first place they will try to come back to is HBCUs.
 
Rick Pitino couldn't avoid trouble forever

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...louisville-coach-rick-pitino-find-way-trouble

Rick Pitino turned out to be a colossal waste of talent. Forced out by Louisville on Wednesday, Pitino will not be remembered as a coach who made regular appearances in the Final Four.

An FBI investigation into fraud and corruption in college basketball has likely cost Louisville coach Rick Pitino and athletic director Tom Jurich their jobs.

He will be remembered as the architect of a morally bankrupt program, and as a complete disgrace to his profession.

We usually think of athletes, not coaches, when we talk about superstar talent, but Pitino was different. He was absolutely born to do this for a living. If coaching ever had a bonus-baby prospect, Richard Andrew Pitino was the one. He was every bit the blue-chipper that his Louisville program allegedly purchased for a hundred grand
 
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