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Posted on 5/2/18 at 2:53 pm to bham_tiger
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Auburn basketball’s nonconference schedules for the next two seasons have picked up some more prestige.
Auburn announced Wednesday afternoon that it will play NC State — another team that made the NCAA Tournament in the 2017-18 season — in 2018 and 2019. The Tigers will travel to Raleigh’s PNC Arena on Dec. 19, 2018. The Wolfpack will come to Auburn Arena in 2019 at a date to be determined later.
“We’re really excited to start a series against such a storied program in NC State,” Auburn coach Bruce Pearl said in a statement. “I’ve known Kevin Keatts for a long time and he’s an outstanding young coach. For our players to go to Tobacco Road and play in Raleigh will be a great experience, and we’re excited to have them come back the following year to Auburn Arena.”
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Posted on 5/3/18 at 7:40 am to GenesChin
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GenesChin
I saw where your hard work and persistence finally paid off with Purifoy. When we are cutting down the nets again next season we'll all owe you a huge amount of gratitude.
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Imma wear the sleeve
Posted on 5/3/18 at 7:43 am to GenesChin
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He is native American, not white
He not pale face?
Posted on 5/3/18 at 8:14 am to marshallcotiger
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I saw where your hard work and persistence finally paid off with Purifoy. When we are cutting down the nets again next season we'll all owe you a huge amount of gratitude.
Don't encourage him
Posted on 5/3/18 at 11:15 am to auburnnyc94
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saw where your hard work and persistence finally paid off with Purifoy. When we are cutting down the nets again next season we'll all owe you a huge amount of gratitude
He has tweeted he'd wear an arm sleeve for 2 years. I'll believe it when I see it
After the initial joke though, I've had to see it through. It was my show of support last year. Way better than all the other garbage people tweet at these kids
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Don't encourage him
I'm clearly joking around with him and he knows it
This post was edited on 5/3/18 at 11:19 am
Posted on 5/3/18 at 5:35 pm to GenesChin
that's hilarious.Posted on 5/3/18 at 8:30 pm to BowlJackson
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that's hilarious.
It started as a joke and he said he'd do it. Then he backed out
Now he tweets he'll do it to frick with me. I respond with sleeve game facts now
Posted on 5/4/18 at 6:26 am to GenesChin
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Bruce Pearl retweeted this article. He knows we are about to repeat.
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These Eight Teams are Sweating out NBA Draft Decisions
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Auburn
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It was somewhat obscured by a late-season fade and blowout NCAA tournament loss to Clemson, but consider this your reminder that Auburn won a share of the 2018 SEC regular-season title. If Jared Harper, Bryce Brown and Austin Wiley all return next season, the Tigers could be in a strong position to defend that crown.
True, there's a good deal of uncertainty built into that "if." Wiley was suspended for all of 2017-18 as part of the school's internal investigation of activities related to former assistant Chuck Person. We don't yet know what the Auburn roster will look like in 2018-19, but, depending on draft decisions, there's a chance the Tigers will again be a power in the SEC.
Bruce Pearl retweeted this article. He knows we are about to repeat.
Posted on 5/5/18 at 1:15 pm to jangalang
Posted on 5/6/18 at 6:59 pm to marshallcotiger
Jared Harper is working out for the Hawks tomorrow.
Posted on 5/7/18 at 5:58 pm to Smoke7024
More information and allegations may be coming for Coach Person.
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It appears the worst is yet to come for former Auburn basketball assistant Chuck Person. Person was indicted last year and arrested by the FBI on conspiracy and fraud charges. He is alleged to have accepted up to $91,500 to send Auburn players to a certain agent in Atlanta, Rashan Michel, to ensure they would sign with him when turning professional. His wife also filed for divorce.
Now it appears something new has come to light according to Yahoo! writers Pat Forde, Dan Wetzel and Pete Thamel. A letter from Michel’s lawyer, Jonathan Bach, asks for “suspension of briefing” because the “government has advised that it intends to file a superseding indictment within the next 30 days.”
This means that the government could be adding new information to the original indictment. It will also likely “further clarify its theory of wire fraud,” which the government had stated it intended to do in a recent filing.
A new indictment could mean new charges or simply new information in the case. It remains unclear what those details might be. Person posted bond after his initial arrest, but had to surrender his passport.
Posted on 5/7/18 at 6:24 pm to jangalang
quote:I'll believe it when I see it
according to Yahoo! writers Pat Forde, Dan Wetzel and Pete Thamel.
Posted on 5/7/18 at 6:43 pm to Rig
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I'll believe it when I see it
As long as Pearl isn’t involved, I don’t care. Maybe they’ll throw the book at Person.
Posted on 5/8/18 at 2:18 pm to jangalang
The new indictment is in response to motions by Person + Michel to suppress wiretappings + dismiss charges. The government is likely releasing very little new info, just enough to fight off these motions
Basic breakdown of Person's dismissal arguments vs FBI/US Gov
Motion to Suppress Wiretaps and cell phone search evidence
(1) Wiretaps were 'unnecessary' . With the cooperating witness who orchestrated the crimes, govt didn't need wiretaps.
(2) Wiretaps were unlawful as they were not supported by probably cause.
a) Wiretap warrants granted based only on speculation Person was involved in other bribery schemes
b) The wiretap applications never suggested that "Person was paid with the specific intent" to effectively commit a crime
c) No clear evidence that phones were being used to commit a crime
Dismiss Corruption/Honest Services Fraud Charges:
Person's Arguments to Dismiss:
(1) Person was not acting as an agent of Auburn University/outside his employment responsibilities. Person was a private citizen on his "downtown and away from Auburn premises" recommended a financial adviser for when players went pro after school.
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(3) What Person did was not even a federal crime and may be unconstitutional to prosecute as such. NCAA Amateurism rule violations do not fit statutory definition of corruption or 'viable theory of criminal liability'
US Govt Response:
US Attorney Geoffrey Berman said the motions were "a series of premature arguments that at their core turn on their views of the sufficiency of evidence at a trial that has not yet occurred"
Person's lawyer doesn't "understand the concept of agency."
andgenerally speaking relating to the federal crime charges
Basic breakdown of Person's dismissal arguments vs FBI/US Gov
Motion to Suppress Wiretaps and cell phone search evidence
(1) Wiretaps were 'unnecessary' . With the cooperating witness who orchestrated the crimes, govt didn't need wiretaps.
(2) Wiretaps were unlawful as they were not supported by probably cause.
a) Wiretap warrants granted based only on speculation Person was involved in other bribery schemes
b) The wiretap applications never suggested that "Person was paid with the specific intent" to effectively commit a crime
c) No clear evidence that phones were being used to commit a crime
Dismiss Corruption/Honest Services Fraud Charges:
Person's Arguments to Dismiss:
(1) Person was not acting as an agent of Auburn University/outside his employment responsibilities. Person was a private citizen on his "downtown and away from Auburn premises" recommended a financial adviser for when players went pro after school.
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"Nothing in the wiretap applications suggests that Mr. Person was paid with the specific intent that Mr. Person act contrary to his duties to Auburn University," the motion states. "To the contrary, Mr. Person's alleged acceptance of payments from Mr. Blazer was entirely unconnected to Mr. Person's duties as a basketball coach and Auburn University's business, generally. The alleged arrangement among Mr. Blazer, Mr. Michel, and Mr. Person plainly contemplated that Mr. Person would receive a loan, and that Mr. Person would refer basketball players to Mr. Blazer only once they entered the NBA."
(3) What Person did was not even a federal crime and may be unconstitutional to prosecute as such. NCAA Amateurism rule violations do not fit statutory definition of corruption or 'viable theory of criminal liability'
US Govt Response:
US Attorney Geoffrey Berman said the motions were "a series of premature arguments that at their core turn on their views of the sufficiency of evidence at a trial that has not yet occurred"
Person's lawyer doesn't "understand the concept of agency."
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"Of course it was not Person's job to recommend financial advisors to his players, but that is precisely the point," Berman's motion states.
"Person, as a NCAA Division I men's basketball (assistant) coach, had a duty to run an NCAA-compliant basketball program for Auburn, which included not directing players to financial advisors or agents in exchange for cash. Person acted in derogation of these duties to Auburn in engaging in the bribery scheme charged in the indictment."
andgenerally speaking relating to the federal crime charges
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Berman states "the defendants' arguments are meritless."
Posted on 5/8/18 at 2:25 pm to GenesChin
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Person acted in derogation of these duties to Auburn in engaging in the bribery scheme charged in the indictment."
Sure did. Where did you get this information?
Posted on 5/8/18 at 2:32 pm to Smoke7024
Bryce Brown is working out for the Hawks tomorrow.
Posted on 5/8/18 at 3:36 pm to jangalang
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Sure did.
Well that's bad for Auburn. We want this case dismissed
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Where did you get this information?
Quotes from I think a bham news article. Can't find the official gov response that was filed
Posted on 5/8/18 at 4:19 pm to GenesChin
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Of course it was not Person's job to recommend financial advisors to his players, but that is precisely the point," Berman's motion states. "Person, as a NCAA Division I men's basketball (assistant) coach, had a duty to run an NCAA-compliant basketball program for Auburn, which included not directing players to financial advisors or agents in exchange for cash. Person acted in derogation of these duties to Auburn in engaging in the bribery scheme charged in the indictment."
While person is a giant POS for doing what he did and deserves to be fired and ostrisized from college b-ball forever, is this a clear federal crime?
Even if it is a fender alignment crime, is this really worth the full weight of the justice dept coming down on an assist b-ball coach for cashing what amounted to relatively small sums of money?
This post was edited on 5/8/18 at 4:22 pm
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