re: Cliffs of Chuck Person allegations for those that care (Updated)

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Then the writer was confused by some of the personal info on Player 1.

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I've tried to clarify or correct the op. I still think P1 is Wiley, but there is a chance it isn't.

In the allegations stepfather is used 3 times in reference to P1. However, the first two times it is in [brackets] and the third time it is referring to an unknown man believed to be the stepfather.

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These coaches took bribes, their schools get federal grants so the 'injured party' is the United States of America. Just because you don't think the case warranted federal investigation and prosecution isn't relevant. That's the law and they appear to have broken it.

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So Auburn does not have an Athletic Department that is separate from the University like LSU and Bama?

I'm not seeing the overriding legal interest in the US Atorney in Manhattan being interested in anything that happens in OKIE State, So Cal and The Plains of Alabama that involves all participants with their hands out, engaging in otherwise legal conduct.

The question would be, Did the coach take "bribe: or was he solicting a loan?

There has to be a bigger fish in the pond than this stuff. I mean why the USA from the Southern District of NY....when the USAs in Bama are quite capable of handling this, ditto in Tulsa and Los Angeles.

There has to be more to this other than sports apparel companies trying to pay asst coaches to help steer kids to universities .

I've dealt with the US Attorney before; they do pick and chose the cases they want. They are not going after Person and the other coaches by themselves or the financial advisors....now, Adidas maybe

The phone number thing tells me there is more to this than just some steering and few hundreds of thousands of dollars

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So Auburn does not have an Athletic Department that is separate from the University like LSU and Bama?

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The way most work is that a part of the salaries are paid from University funds and the rest (usually the biggest chunk) from whatever they call their support group.

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I've dealt with the US Attorney before; they do pick and chose the cases they want. They are not going after Person and the other coaches by themselves or the financial advisors....now, Adidas maybe

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That's the real target. This isn't about Chuck Person taking money to steer a kid to an agent or a booster giving money to a recruit. It is about at least one $20 billion dollar company engaging in a nationwide criminal enterprise to get kids on their roster - and IMO that's an easily justifiable reason for federal involvement.

Everybody's asking if any other programs are going to get implicated, but to me the really interesting question will be just how far up the Addidas (and potentially other companies) leadership ladder this goes. It isn't hard to see how this could end up costing them billions of dollars.

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In the allegations stepfather is used 3 times in reference to P1. However, the first two times it is in [brackets] and the third time it is referring to an unknown man believed to be the stepfather.

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Everyone knew who Austin's Father was. If the writer believed that the person was the stepfather, then he was so out of touch with the issue he shouldn't write about the subject. Plus if he had any clue the relationship between the Wileys and the Persons, he would have reference it.