OT Adidas head and NCAA asst coaches arrested on fraud and corruption charges

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  1. illmatic99

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    http://www.businessinsider.com/college-basketball-bribery-scandal-arrests-2017-9

    Figured this is relevant given Adidas' presence in Portland and Dame's active stature in the company.

     
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    Coaches, agents, and donors giving money is something that happens at a ton of schools, BUT the news that Adidas is involved, that is NUTZ! So Adidas has an "Illegal recruiting" budget...haha
     
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    This has got to spell the end for Pitino doesn't it?! I mean, is this dude made of Teflon or something?
     
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    I'm sure Nike and UA have the same.
     
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    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    To me, this is the most shocking revelation in the entire case:

    "Christian Dawkins, a former sports agent who was reportedly fired in May after being found to have charged $42,000 in Uber rides on an NBA player's credit card."

    How the fuck do you run up $42,000 in Uber charges? Who the fuck is this guy, the John Madden of sports agents? Instead of flying, does he pay Uber drivers to drive him coast to coast?

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    This paper trail is going to cause a great deal of angst with MANY NBA players. I'm not implicating anyone, but apparently payments were made for players to attend Addidas colleges, paid them and their families throughout college, and then would pay the players to become Addidas-wearing sponsors. It's startling how involved Addidas has been with multiple NBA players from college to pros.
     
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    Nike and UA will be dragged into this as well. They are as bad as Adidas if not dirtier. I also wouldn't be surprised if some college football names go down as well. It will hit both sports for sure.
     
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    It's the timing of this that's strange. Mr. Trump trying to shift the attention to this from the NFL anthem protesting.
     
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    Maybe the "Uber driver" was a student athlete? Wouldn't be the first college athlete with a fake job. Uber would seem to be a pretty good cover.
     
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    Even worse, the entire US Government Kennedy Assassination files are due to be released next month.
     
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    First the prostitutes, now the pay for play at Louisville. What will it take to cost Teflon Rick his job?
     
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    Except this guy was an agent (college players are not allowed to hire agents) and he was charging the "Uber rides" to an NBA player's credit card. I think it's more likely that the "Uber driver" was actually a drug dealer and this guy had an expensive habit he was supporting by using one of his client's credit cards.

    Or maybe he just liked to go for long, relaxing rides a LOT.

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    How much did Lillard's family get? :dunno:
     
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    Lillard got $100 mill from Adidas.
     
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    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    After he turned pro and won ROY. I doubt if anyone was bribing his family to send him to Weber State.

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    This investigation started 3 years ago. lol.
     
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    shits always been like this, it's a crazy industry
     
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