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FBI Case - More names named...Josh Jackson
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Looks like Josh Jackson's mom took $2700. Other Big 12 names: Monte Morris (former ISU), Prince Ibeh (former Texas), Eric Davis (current Texas), and Michael Beasley (former KSU),
It's all from the expense reports from an agent.
KU isn't being called out specifically like some other programs, and if Jackson is the ONLY person involved, it's quite possible that the program didn't know that his mom took some cash from an agent.
Makes you wonder what schools with current players would do at this point. I'd think that most would handle it like our Preston/Alexander issues: don't play until you can clear them.
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What do they do? Do they sit them until this is resolved (meaning their college career is over)?
Will they have to vacate games they have already played? If so, when does that take effect? Will those teams be allowed to play in the tournament?
Going to be a crazy few months/years going forward, that is for sure.
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"The highest-profile current player mentioned in the reporter is Michigan State sophomore forward Miles Bridges, a National Player of the Year candidate. The documents cite a $400 advance to Bridges’ mother and a $70 meal for his parents, both in May 2016."
The earlier cases with the assistant coaches busted were hinting at $100,000 as price of a top player. Billy's car was a problem and KU was wise not to play him, but do you think Michigan St should be busted because an agent loaned $400 to Bridges' mom and treated his parents to a $70 meal? Here in the mountains, $70 doesn't go very far in a good restaurant.
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They have a very poor track record of making much sense.
The issue for many will be wondering what else might be out there. If they took $400, who is to say someone else didn't give them more. The open ended nature of this has to have a lot of folks very worried and wondering what they should do to show that they care.
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This is hitting so many teams that I don't think the NCAA can put them all in the dog house. I think there will be some hand slapping, but I don't think we'll be vacating anything.
If, however, you've got an active guy on the list, I think it would be prudent to sit him until you can get an ok from the NCAA....and we know how speedy they are.
What continues to irk me is that there's always the risk that the program can be hurt if they don't know about something. I doubt Cliff Alexander's mom called Self and asked if it was ok to take out a loan. In a case like that, or like Wiggins' mom, how is the program supposed to track that?
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And someone paying somebody's parent without a coach or school knowing is a far cry from the slimebucket activity out west:
www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/sto...ng-fbi-investigation
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Assume team A defeated team B 75-72. If the NCAA vacates Team A,s victory , but vacates Team B's victories for that season what happens.
Wormhole? Havoc ?
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rainyhawk wrote: And a lot if the sportswriters and analysts on TV have been talking about the fact that it's time for the NCAA to really do an major overhaul on the rules for eligibility. The bigger this business of college basketball gets and as the increase in money being made off of these players continues, the inequality and unfairness of the situation, re: the players, continues to grow. Also that perhaps it's time again to look at the 'one and done' rule and simply let players go to the NBA or a farm system directly from HS since many/most (?) of the players mentioned are 'one and dones'.
Re OAD - the NCAA can work with the NBA to try to get it changed, and I’m sure we all hope it does. But it is going to take the owners and the PA agreeing to make changes. The main thing the NCAA needs to work on is the player eligibility rules so basketball — and football - players can have agents same as college baseball and hockey players can, and don’t lose their eligibility if they enter the draft but are not drafted. Best thing for all would be for NBA, PA and NCAA to adopt the MLB/college baseball rules. Straight to pros from HS or 3 years minimum if player goes to college.
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