ESPN: Arizona Coach Sean Miller Discussed $100k Payment to Recruit On Wiretap
According to this report, Arizona head coach Sean Miller was caught on wiretaps discussing a $100,000 payment to secure the recruitment of top prospect Deandre Ayton, who does indeed play for Arizona this year.
If this is true, this is the first huuuuge revelation from the case.
Worth noting: This alone checks basically every box of details that the leaks described would come out in the case: Lottery pick, big-time coach, top NCAA seed, etc. So this could, theoretically, be the biggest story that will be discovered.
But nobody believes this is all that there is. We may not get all the details we deserve, but something is happening, and Miller is done if this is true. And there's no reason to believe it's not true.
The question is, how many more people does this investigation catch.
February 23rd, 2018 at 10:24 PM ^
February 23rd, 2018 at 10:52 PM ^
You could live that way. Or you could just do things that are honorable....
February 23rd, 2018 at 11:09 PM ^
How about both?
February 23rd, 2018 at 11:15 PM ^
The government could do the same. THere's a reason the constitution was written to limit their powers. Big government always leads to genocide.
February 24th, 2018 at 12:01 AM ^
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February 24th, 2018 at 9:02 AM ^
realize the privelege of not being surrounded by constant and undeserved paranoia
February 23rd, 2018 at 10:25 PM ^
He...is...outta here..
February 23rd, 2018 at 10:48 PM ^
February 23rd, 2018 at 11:10 PM ^
I get you, smart guy. I know what you are--straight as a corkscrew, Mr. Inside-Outski, like some goddamn Bolshevik picking up his orders from Yegg Central.
February 23rd, 2018 at 10:27 PM ^
Pitino was the biggest fish identified thus far.
February 23rd, 2018 at 10:30 PM ^
Good point, I keep forgetting how many slimy investigations he has been a party to. It all blends together, I guess.
In penance, here is a live picture of you putting me in my proper place.
February 23rd, 2018 at 10:38 PM ^
I'm sure there will be plenty more big names popping up soon as well.
I just can't forget what that greasy, scumbag coach from Louisville took from us in 2013.
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February 23rd, 2018 at 10:37 PM ^
i bet JB is disgusted, especially since he's been part of the ethics committee trying to make his sport the best it can be.
February 23rd, 2018 at 10:49 PM ^
February 23rd, 2018 at 11:12 PM ^
Maybe he is disgusted - actually yeah, I'm sure he is - but there is no way in hell he's surprised.
None of this is news to anyone who has any familiarity with the workings of big-time college sports. The only novel thing is that it made it into the news.
February 23rd, 2018 at 10:43 PM ^
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maybe one of those boxes is checked. me thinks the 3 boxes belong to other coaches/programs.
February 23rd, 2018 at 10:30 PM ^
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Was anyone actually arguing that B-ball recruiting is clean? I don't remember that at all.
February 23rd, 2018 at 11:19 PM ^
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February 23rd, 2018 at 11:59 PM ^
Ya know, that could be a pretty good tag.
College basketball recruitng is dirty, like dirt in a dirt sandwich with extra dirt. Who wrote that anyway?
February 23rd, 2018 at 10:40 PM ^
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February 23rd, 2018 at 10:31 PM ^
Boosters. That Miller is the one coordinating the cash movement is noteworthy.
February 23rd, 2018 at 10:39 PM ^
stoooopid. other coaches use their assistants and/or try to stay a couple degrees of separation away.
February 23rd, 2018 at 10:45 PM ^
February 23rd, 2018 at 10:39 PM ^
Agents, marketing firms and apparel companies hoping to land top draft picks. Pay them to go to a coach you know will assist you when it comes time for the kid to sign deals. Its a great big game of gambling where they hope they paid enough to sign the players when they turn pro. Boosters may have a little to do with it but after all that has come out so far, boosters seem like a small infraction.
February 23rd, 2018 at 10:33 PM ^
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Will MSU hold Bridges out for the rest of the year like Texas is doing with Eric Davis?
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February 23rd, 2018 at 10:35 PM ^
God imagine paying someone 100k to play basketball, cheating your ass off rampantly, and you still can't even make a Final Four. Well done Arizona, your battle to determine who is more incompetent between you and ASU rages on