NCAA Men's Basketball Corruption Case may involve up to 50 top teams

have anything to do with this report?  Hypothetically (or not), what if Izzo knew this was coming and, coupled with the Travis Walton stuff, is just trying to make it to the end of the year?  I don't think it's a stretch at all.  Izzo knows his end is near and is trying for "one more run" at it. 

Some notes:

• Players should be allowed to make NIL money. In some cases this will just bring existing stuff aboveboard (rich businessman pays a 5-star over the table to endorse his auto dealership instead of under the table like he used to) and we'll find it distasteful but at least it will be out in the open and adjustments can be made. Also, it is more fair for Olympics athletes who make it big, they can make money and still get college scholarships.
• If this is as big as they're saying, this has the potential to cross over into the mainstream big-time, perhaps even to the point of congressional involvement. The Feds are the ones driving this, not the NCAA, and the NCAA would risk the whole system crashing if they don't get on board. 
• Beware: These are just rumors and people are getting out over their skis a bit. The talk about "lottery picks" is on one hand unsurprising--of course those guys are getting big money offers--but lottery picks in school will be done with the season in a few weeks anyway. Unless this breaks in the next month the sources are overstating their case. And if they're willing to exaggerate about that, there may be other things that are overstated.
• The laws of unintended consequences should warn us that something that sounds good may turn into something we don't like. It's easy to say "blow it up" now when we think we're the innocent ones and some bad-actor teams get burned. It gets a lot worse if some player lawsuit goes to a judge and he or she orders the NCAA tournament to be suspended or something. Also, this could easily track into football, and that could be less enjoyable.
• That said, nuke it all.

When I read this, I come to two conclusions. First, that this may be a case of the media selling a storyline that ends up being overblown. Second, that when whatever comes out it ends in a ho hum reaction because a) shady stuff happens in college basketball, shocker, and b) it isn’t as though the NCAA will do anything about it anyway.

Call me a skeptic, but I doubt this sees the light of day. The FBI will hand it over to the NCAA and they will look it over. Once they see how deep and widespread the cheating is, plus the names involved. They will push it to the side in order to save themselves the embarrassment.

Are involved and leading the investigation takes this one to places no NCAA investigation has gone before. This should be far from the slap on the wrist that the NCAA issues as punishment.

The AAU, shoe company and agent nexus has been widely known as a complete swamp for years. This is where hoops is slightly different from football (football does have the agent issue too but AAU and shoe companies aren't a thing). I think people involved in it have gotten so used to it not being properly investigated that they lost their gut awareness for the risks involved (and the fact that a lot of it is downright criminal).

Fans often like to talk about coaches that are 'good guys' while others are 'sleazy' etc. but these networks transcend coaches, and honestly, I suspect that there's a large number of schools where any objection to such practices would be very detrimental to your prospects as a coach.

There aren't that many jobs as a basketball coach on par with a powerhouse program like UNC, Kansas, Kentucky etc. in terms of  income and prestige. I imagine it's very easy to rationalize such conduct when it is also seen as necessary for your own professional success. Heck, half the forum here thinks players should be paid, so I'm sure a lot of those guys think "I'm just helping these kids" when they help shuffle funds to them, their families and 'advisors'. (Of course that ignores the self-serving nature of it and the fact a lot of those arrangements may benefit 3rd parties more than the players themselves).

I think the whole thing is like doping in cycling. Anyone half-familiar with the industry knows it's going on but those involved follow 'omerta' and the sport has no internal mechanism to correct it - because most people with authority in the sport are also involved. It's no coincidence that it needed a federal investigation to even uncover a small part of it. That's the funny part because this investigation is like the feds infilitrating the Gambino family and throwing a bunch of people in jail over it. Does anyone think the mafia goes away when you do that? Even if you uncover a vast network of associates, payments etc. you're really just going after one of many such networks.

RCMB says Sparty is clean according to their posters, so they don’t need to worry, LOL!!

I think a poster mentioned that if Izzo did go to the dark side in recent years, it’s likely he had the assistants do the dirty work. Let’s see how long it takes for those assistants to throw Izzo under the bus when faced with possible indictments.

Deyonta Davis. Muskegon High. The AD is also the basketball coach there, and has been known locally as a back alley dealmaker for years..  He also acts as Davis' agent. And Davis was one of the notable recent 5* recruits for Izzo, who really hadn't pursued or landed those kinds of kids in the recent past.  

Someone cue the "House of Cards" theme music.

For this after the investigation is complete, but we all know it won't happen or if it does happen the punishment will be weak and not fit the crime. At least we know Michigan is clean.

I’m 99.9% sure one of those schools on their list is the same school that currently has the #1, #2, and #3 recruits in the nation. Looking at you Coach K........

Throw all of the fucking cheaters in jail. Including the players and parents who knew damn well they were doing illegal acts.

Football!!!

Times like this you can really appreciate Coach Beilein and how clean he has run the program.  Way to go Coach! Please win on Sunday!!!!

I think you are going to see a lot of turnover in the "Assistant Coaching" ranks over the next several months.  If I was an NCAA head coach who knew that my team was going to be implicated in this scandal, I would destroy any evidence that would directly implicate me so that I could blame any and all impropriety on my staff.  These scapegoats would be forced out so that I could claim that I have already cleaned up our program by forcing out the bad element, however, the FBI is going to work with the IRS to go after these bag-men and the lower level assistant coaches with a vengeance.  These people will be given the choice of either ratting out others or serving actual prison time.  This is going to get real ugly and will probably spread to football as well. 

when Mateen ratted out Michigan with the car thing. I'm not gonna stoop to that level if Sparty gets sanctions. But it would shut up all of my "friends" and relatives.

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