re: BREAKING Alabama Associate AD took 25k to steer players to Atlanta financial advisor

Auburn thread caught back up. Our numbers took some hit due to LSU fans investing more time in melting over Troy.

What a desperate thread made by Lil bro.

They're still the only SEC team to date that had a coach/alum arrested by the FBI.

Which is a surprise to nobody.

It has been quiet for awhile now.

Alabama likely to get pinched, Hell I would not be shocked if most schools get pinched.

Two men who could bring down college basketball

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That potentially leaves Gatto and Code with decisions that could significantly alter the landscape of the sport. Of the 10 figures in the basketball industry, none figure to have more wide-ranging information of the inner-workings of the black market of agents, shoe companies, financial advisers and college basketball recruiting than Code and Gatto.

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“The coaches who’ve dealt with the sneaker companies are sweating bullets and having sleepless nights,” said Fran Fraschilla, an ESPN analyst who coached at St. John’s and New Mexico. “If I’m Jim Gatto and Merl Code, I like some of these coaches, but I love my family more.”

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I think one of these guys sings like a canary. And then the NCAA will have some tough decisions to make.

With thd FBI in olved Auburn fans should hope the statute of limitations has ran out on the Cam payoff.

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Two men who could bring down college basketball

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That potentially leaves Gatto and Code with decisions that could significantly alter the landscape of the sport. Of the 10 figures in the basketball industry, none figure to have more wide-ranging information of the inner-workings of the black market of agents, shoe companies, financial advisers and college basketball recruiting than Code and Gatto.

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I think Merl Code has already flipped and gave info on Nike. A day after he gets arrested his old division at Nike gets raided, that is not a coincidence.

Code is also a Clemson grad/ex player

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Code is also a Clemson grad/ex player

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We need to keep parity for the two running!

Also, I am not sure if you read the yahoo link I posted, but it could be catastrophic for college basketball. But, and this is the catch, does the NCAA really want to strangle the golden goose?

I mean the tourney is their cash cow, right? I think that is why they turned a blind eye to the AAU stuff, the middle men, the street agents etc.

And I wonder if the guy who got resigned at Alabama might be more compelling in detailing how the NCAA handled these things in the past. He met with Chuck to get money, I have to wonder if he got kicks from when he was in the NCCA department.

One of the guys, was also apparently longtime friends with the Miss State coach as well.

I think my biggest worry would be the NCAA does what they sometimes do in football and hit the hell out of a non-blue blood. Unfortunately, I think AU def fits that description in basketball, and Alabama, while having better runs, would still also fall into that category.

I am also really curious to see what happens in college basketball in recruiting over the next year. It takes time to build cases. I wonder if the money well is dry, at least for this season?

And when will the Coach O fired sticky be put up?

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have to wonder if he got kicks from when he was in the NCCA department.

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Appears it was just a subpoena of records, but I still think its not coincidence that he gets arrested, then the division at Nike, he used to run, is subpoenaed.

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Oh, it isn't a coincidence at all. There's no doubt it is going to be related to him and his time at Nike.

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Employees of Nike's EYBL grassroots division, along with documents, have been subpoenaed by FBI in furtherance of investigation

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That is standard subpoena language. They'll say "you have been ordered to appear at XXXX court on YYYY date and bring ZZZZ records."

This is where not knowing the contents of the subpoenas and who got them comes into play. Sometimes, simply producing the records will be enough to satisfy the subpoena. Other times, particularly if going to trial, the custodial of records will have to appear and testify that the items are accurate copies of records kept as part of normal business operations.

I'm not saying they AREN'T digging into Nike's operations to make them their next target. That may well be the case. All I'm saying is that the information isn't nearly complete enough to use as a basis for any conclusions. A search warrant, on the other hand, would have been a much bigger deal. That would mean that they'd already gone before a judge and articulated some probable cause.