KU Men's Basketball Listed in New Federal Indictment

[MsProudSooner]

http://www.kctv5.com/story/37925817/ku-mens-basketball-listed-in-new-federal-indictment-in-college-basketball-investigation

 

[Soonerinkc]

folks up here are not worried.

From the little I heard, haven't looked at link...3 guys were trying to funnel money to who they thought were jackson's family...

the little headline on the local news said "ku a victim in scam" so pretty sure nothing will happen

 

[hoopsaustin]

Sure as the sun rises..

 

[CMSOONER]

He was funneling players to KU on his own accord. KU had no knowledge or involvement. ��

 

[mict085]

He was funneling players to KU on his own accord. KU had no knowledge or involvement. ��

LOL. What a load of crap. Do you really believe they had no knowledge or involvement? GMAFB.

If you really believe that, you’re either incredibly naive or incredibly stupid.

 

[hoopsaustin]

He was funneling players to KU on his own accord. KU had no knowledge or involvement. ��

Lulz

 

[tooney]

I am shocked.....shocked.....that gambling is going on in here!

:facepalm

 

[Swans]

https://www.cbssports.com/college-b...s-kansas-streak-of-14-straight-big-12-titles/

 

[SoonerBounce13]

So even if nobody on the staff knew, the player still took money and would be ineligible and any games he played in would be vacated right?

 

[sperry]

Kansas has been involved in recruiting guys that are for sale for a long time. This is not news, it's a given when you go after many of the guys they've gone after.

 

[sdcloud9]

https://www.cbssports.com/college-b...s-kansas-streak-of-14-straight-big-12-titles/

So for Kansas to be a "victim" then the Adidas runner would have paid Souza's guardian 20k for him to attend KU and then told Souza's guardian not to say anything to anyone at KU because it will get everyone in trouble.

Self must think he's a heckuva recruiter, lol.

The AD's use of the word "victim" is funny on so many levels.

 

[WichitaSooner]

So for Kansas to be a "victim" then the Adidas runner would have paid Souza's guardian 20k for him to attend KU and then told Souza's guardian not to say anything to anyone at KU because it will get everyone in trouble.

Self must think he's a heckuva recruiter, lol.

The AD's use of the word "victim" is funny on so many levels.

It isn't the athletic department that came up with the word victim, that is exactly what the indictment says. So according to the US government, the schools are, in fact, the victims. They allege that the payments were specifically designed to be concealed from the schools. Obviously people can draw their own conclusions about whether the schools were completely in the dark, but the US Attorney's Office in New York would not be protecting KU if they had proof KU did anything illegal.

 

[sdcloud9]

It isn't the athletic department that came up with the word victim, that is exactly what the indictment says. So according to the US government, the schools are, in fact, the victims. They allege that the payments were specifically designed to be concealed from the schools. Obviously people can draw their own conclusions about whether the schools were completely in the dark, but the US Attorney's Office in New York would not be protecting KU if they had proof KU did anything illegal.

You are correct.....that is the language used in the indictment. I was reading the AD's quote.

It is an interesting word choice.

 

[sdcloud9]

Here is the ESPN story.

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...adidas-executive-fbi-college-basketball-probe

 

[perryj74]

And Eddie knew nothing about the FedEx envelopes his players were getting in Kentucky

 

[chuckb]

It isn't the athletic department that came up with the word victim, that is exactly what the indictment says. So according to the US government, the schools are, in fact, the victims. They allege that the payments were specifically designed to be concealed from the schools. Obviously people can draw their own conclusions about whether the schools were completely in the dark, but the US Attorney's Office in New York would not be protecting KU if they had proof KU did anything illegal.

They have to use the word "victim." If the schools aren't "victims," there's no crime. This is the only way to justify the FBI's involvement at all. Otherwise, the FBI is just gathering evidence for the NCAA.

 

[vbdad]

KU had the ticket scandal years ago now and it was all for ticket brokers who also ran AAU programs to get great tickets at Naismith for resale. They then sent players to KU in exchange for the tickets. Lew Perkins resigned with a million dollar severance.
The attorney general said he wasn't interested in who had directed the ticket office to provide the tickets to the brokers.

 

[SuperHoops]

KU had the ticket scandal years ago now and it was all for ticket brokers who also ran AAU programs to get great tickets at Naismith for resale. They then sent players to KU in exchange for the tickets. Lew Perkins resigned with a million dollar severance.
The attorney general said he wasn't interested in who had directed the ticket office to provide the tickets to the brokers.

One of the ticket office people and their spouse got arrested in that deal. And one of their assistant coaches "gave" courtside tickets to a porn star he met on a plane.

 

[vbdad]

Yes I know and I know them. They were doing what the athletic department wanted done. It was for the ticket broker/AAU guys to make money and then send players to KU. The state took down the low level people and didn't want the info on the program.

 

[Zimwillett]

KU had the ticket scandal years ago now and it was all for ticket brokers who also ran AAU programs to get great tickets at Naismith for resale. They then sent players to KU in exchange for the tickets. Lew Perkins resigned with a million dollar severance.
The attorney general said he wasn't interested in who had directed the ticket office to provide the tickets to the brokers.

It's pretty remarkable how often KU seems to just skirt around being fully implicated/suffering consequences from these various scandals. This has been going on for decades (see e.g. Tom Grant/Rush brothers).

Virtually every season it seems like there's always some whiff of scandal or eligibility issue with some key recruit. And almost without fail, these always seem to get resolved just in the nick of time (typically no later than conference play) and almost always in KU's favor with an extra helping of "plausible deniability" to go around.

I expect nothing different with this FBI investigation.