Federal documents detail sweeping potential NCAA violations involving high-profile players, schools

[Russ Smith]

So, is Utah the second shoe? NCAA pulled a bait and switch right now.

No, they weren't connected to the FBI story.

The thing is the NCAA doesn't publicize letters of allegations they just send them. NC State got one and made it public, Auburn publicly said they expect to get one. We have no idea if they sent out more and if so who got them because the NCAA doesn't tell us.

The assumption is based on what was said there will be 5 or 6 other schools getting them and some of them probably already got them and just haven't made it public

 

[Russ Smith]

https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/27390195/avenatti-filing-nike-okd-payments-zion-more

Some interesting stuff if Avenatti has the emails mentioned. They were going to pay Zion 35k, Romeo Langford 20, and unnamed minor kid believed to be Emoni Bates 15K. Zion went to a Nike school, Langford went to an Adidas school so presumably got more from them. Bates, was 13 when this discussion was ongoing.

If they have the emails will the NCAA actually look at Nike and Duke?

 

[overseascardfan]

https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/27390195/avenatti-filing-nike-okd-payments-zion-more

Some interesting stuff if Avenatti has the emails mentioned. They were going to pay Zion 35k, Romeo Langford 20, and unnamed minor kid believed to be Emoni Bates 15K. Zion went to a Nike school, Langford went to an Adidas school so presumably got more from them. Bates, was 13 when this discussion was ongoing.

If they have the emails will the NCAA actually look at Nike and Duke?

I think the NCAA will continue their approach to have schools hold internal investigation and police themselves and hope this all goes away in time. Unless CONCRETE proof is discovered nothing will happen to the blue bloods. Coach K has a better chance of retiring than Duke getting hit with sanctions.

 

[Russ Smith]

I think the NCAA will continue their approach to have schools hold internal investigation and police themselves and hope this all goes away in time. Unless CONCRETE proof is discovered nothing will happen to the blue bloods. Coach K has a better chance of retiring than Duke getting hit with sanctions.

Duke again denying any wrongdoing after reports Zion was one of the players involved in the scheme Avenatti is exposing.

Ayton again came up as ESPN says he's one of the players and there's details of payments of over 65K to his family and friends before he got to Arizona via Nike.