OT: Kansas and NC State get pointed at in Adidas scandal
Looks like Kansas is a "victim" of the Adidas scandal. Wow, quite the victim of having a player's parents getting paid $100k and NC State coach was flat out given the money to pay players. Once again, God bless Beilien.
April 10th, 2018 at 11:14 PM ^
April 11th, 2018 at 10:32 AM ^
The indictment also alleges that Gatto and others conspired in 2015 to funnel approximately $40,000 from Adidas to the father of a player who was "widely considered the top high school recruit in the state of North Carolina and who had played for an [Adidas-sponsored] AAU team" to ensure that he signed with the Wolfpack and signed an apparel deal with Adidas once he turned pro.
I see Adidas has been making strides in its attempt to implement total vertical integration of its own sponsorships, starting at the AAU level. Bold indeed.
Would have been fun to get the national championship win and some sweet basketball justice over the Jokehawks in the final.
And what's amazing is that this is basically one of a number of agencies involved with this behavior. So for every major program caught by this sting, there are probably a half-dozen others breathing a momentary sigh of relief.
April 10th, 2018 at 10:23 PM ^
The NCAA doesn't give a crap. They would rather sweep all of this away quitely during the summer.
You're the one who posted the article. Why are you blaming the NCAA?
I would hope that federal prosecuters don't even consider that kind of stuff when deciding how and when to file charges.
April 10th, 2018 at 10:09 PM ^
April 10th, 2018 at 10:22 PM ^
The Kansas player #2 is likely De Sousa which is interesting because the school that seemingly finished second to Kansas was Maryland who was already slightly implicated with Diamond Stone so there is some potential big ten interest there. Though MD fans might be thankful it it gets Turgeon fired.
April 10th, 2018 at 10:31 PM ^
Yup, I said at the beginning of this I would be shocked to see Maryland get through this cleanly due to their relationship with Under Armour. I thought they were more likely to be paying guys than MSU. I would say Minnesota too because of Pitino, but they mostly get transfers so idk.
Maryland actually wins a lot. Maybe not in football... but their womens bball team is elite and i think they are the defending champs (nationally) in at least 3 sports.... mens and womens lacrosse and field hockey i believe (winning it over UM). If we're just talking basketball, they have the most recent title of any b1g team (2002).
April 11th, 2018 at 10:09 AM ^
Lacrosse, rowing, table tennis, etc.... Yeah, those are the sports that are corrupting college athletics. The money coming from revenue sports are the ones that get schools apparel contracts, and those are the sports that corrupt. I guess you missed my point in saying that just because a school has a deal with an apparel company based on region or alumni,(Nike - Oregon) Maryland - UA) doesn't mean they are cheating or benefiting unfairly.
April 10th, 2018 at 10:51 PM ^
So it's the amount that matters? Are you OK with trading memorabilia for tatoos?
But funny and fitting that "clean schools" like U-M, Wisconsin, and ND all left Adidas recently
April 11th, 2018 at 10:04 AM ^
April 11th, 2018 at 10:22 AM ^
The Bellingham (WA) Herald this morning had the FBI-Adidas article at the top of the sports page. Right below it, an article about UW signing with Adidas.
April 11th, 2018 at 11:09 AM ^
Once again, God bless Beilien.Beilein, too.