OT: ESPN Article on Duke Handling of Eligibility Concerns

Submitted by Steeveebr on

It sickens me to see how many coaches are this dishonest and straight up liars and how devious our higher education governing bodies are.  I can't believe that as fans our allegiance to a particular school even matters when it comes demanding honorable behavior.

On a more sarcastic note, I'm amazed at how thorough these investigations are and how seriously each and every coach is taking these allegations.

ESPN Article

 

"Krzyzewski laid out in considerable detail how Duke University handled Carter's clearance to play on Saturday, even while other schools chose to hold out other players named in the FBI documents. He said he was out walking his dog, Blue, when he received an anxious phone call from the player's mother, Kylia Carter. She recalled a dinner with an agent, as listed in the report, whom she described as "a friend of a friend" but told Krzyzewski that her husband immediately didn't like the dinner company and left, while she stayed behind to be polite. But she also left before any food was ordered.

With that information in hand, Krzyzewski and Carter's parents met with Duke's NCAA compliance officials and then held a conference call to share the same details with NCAA compliance officers. Both the university and the governing body agreed that there was no reason for Wendell Jr. to miss Saturday's game."

YouRFree

February 25th, 2018 at 1:32 PM ^

what i am interested in the mostis what FBI would do the next? Will they check these families' band account or expense, tax documents? If those families took a large enough trunk of money, would be be easy to find out by FBI?

Solecismic

February 25th, 2018 at 4:11 PM ^

The ballgame changed when the NCAA let UNC free. Now you deny until you can't deny any more, and then you hope that what's proven isn't enough to hurt you that much. I'm happy that Beilein seems to genuinely want a clean program. Unfortunately, we're competing against programs that don't. It's not a perfect world, but I'd rather Michigan live on this side of the equation, as long as Beilein is who he seems to be. But I won't lie and say that I feel the same way about the NCAA tournament, post-UNC.