Fed Investigation of NCAA Includes MD, Duke, UNC...

[TonySoprano]

 

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While three criminal cases tied to the investigation may take years to play out, the documents viewed by Yahoo revealed the extent of the potential NCAA ramifications from the case. The documents show an underground recruiting operation that could create NCAA rules issues – both current and retroactive – for at least 20 Division I basketball programs and more than 25 players.

The documents tie some of the biggest names and programs in the sport to activity that appears to violate the NCAA’s amateurism rules. This could end up casting a pall over the NCAA tournament because of eligibility issues. There’s potential impermissible benefits and preferential treatment for players and families of players at Duke, North Carolina, Texas, Kentucky, Michigan State, USC, Alabama and a host of other schools.

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An ASM balance sheet in the hands of federal investigators shows accounts through Dec. 31, 2015, with the subheading, “Loan to Players.” It listed several who were in high school or college as receiving four-figure and five-figure payments from ASM Sports. Among the largest listed loans:.....

• Diamond Stone, at the time a freshman at Maryland, received $14,303 according to the documents.

https://sports.yahoo.com/exclusive-federal-documents-detail-sweeping-potential-ncaa-violations-involving-high-profile-players-schools-103338484.html

 

[glenn__davis]

Man, I didn't like that kid from the start lol.

Reading these closer, it sounds as if this payment came from an agency, and the MD staff legitimately may have had no knowledge of it whatsoever.  It's possible that MD could be forced to vacate wins if Stone is found to have been inelegible (fortunately we haven't won anything of significance lately!) but that's looking down the road a bit.  Will be interesting to see where all of this goes.

[Finisher]

If we're lucky we can use this to get out of Turgeon's awful contract. Guy is just a joke of a coach (getting destroyed at home versus Michigan).

[JohnnyEutaw]

FBI can only arrest, NCAA will have to punish programs, coaches, players. 

That will likely take forever and/or nothing will come of it. 

 

At worst, Stone will be ruled ineligible and UMd would have to forfeit games he players in after the payment. 

 

 

[atomic]

How is this a surprise to anyone?  How do you get the best players to go to your college? You pay them.  Coaches getting seven figure salaries is the cause of this.    I would suggest the Terps just shut down their sports programs and focus on academics.  They can't compete in the Big Ten even in basketball.  

Otherwise just pay a physical education teacher 60k to be the coach.