DOJ Charges 10 in College Basketball Corruption Scheme

[catcrazy]

On the topic of corruption, wasn't their some whispers a few years ago that when we were recruiting the point guard Moore ( blanking on his first name), that we backed off because there were rumors that his handlers wanted money for him to come and play ball.

 

[charcat]

What is the crime? Violating NCAA rules is not a federal crime. Taking money to attend a school is not a crime, nor is advising your kid to go to a certain school who gave you money.

Most of the people getting the money, however, are not reporting the income. That includes the parents, players, coaches and “street agent” guys. That’s why you need the IRS to charge people with income tax evasion. The idea that there are bigger fish to go after and it is not worth the time for the IRS ignores the corruption to the system.

 

[elgatoloco]

What is the crime? Violating NCAA rules is not a federal crime. Taking money to attend a school is not a crime, nor is advising your kid to go to a certain school who gave you money.

Most of the people getting the money, however, are not reporting the income. That includes the parents, players, coaches and “street agent” guys. That’s why you need the IRS to charge people with income tax evasion. The idea that there are bigger fish to go after and it is not worth the time for the IRS ignores the corruption to the system.

The crimes are laid out in the DOJ documents, and someone upthread linked to a helpful Sports Illustrated article. In short, these universities accept federal money. You accept federal money, you accept the laws/regulations that come along with it. A lot of the charges are related to wire fraud because they spoke on the phone about their activity. I'm sure the IRS will do their thing at some point.

Hillsdale College in Michigan is the only college I'm aware of that doesn't accept federal money.

 

[WildcatWillie]

So private schools are exempt? cool! We should be champions sooner than I thought, in all sports.

I may be taking you too seriously, but in fact I don't think there's an "exemption" for private schools. Univ of Southern California is private also but still in the soup over the current mess. The criterion, I think, is whether the institution is recipient of federal funds (research grants, etc.)

Edit: Sorry, I hadn't seen elgatoloco's post on this subject.

 

[Hungry Jack]

The crimes are laid out in the DOJ documents, and someone upthread linked to a helpful Sports Illustrated article. In short, these universities accept federal money. You accept federal money, you accept the laws/regulations that come along with it. A lot of the charges are related to wire fraud because they spoke on the phone about their activity. I'm sure the IRS will do their thing at some point.

Hillsdale College in Michigan is the only college I'm aware of that doesn't accept federal money.

Are most of these laws under RICO?

 

[Medill90]

On the topic of corruption, wasn't their some whispers a few years ago that when we were recruiting the point guard Moore ( blanking on his first name), that we backed off because there were rumors that his handlers wanted money for him to come and play ball.

I think it was the point guard who went to Kentucky. The Illinois Prep Bullseye guy came on here and said something smells fishy in Denmark. Tyler Ullis maybe.

 

[elgatoloco]

Are most of these laws under RICO?

I'm no attorney, but I think most fall under Section 666, not RICO. This covers bribery for institutions receiving federal funds.

 

[Trigatos]

Big difference is, at Louisville the payment came from someone employed by the program, whilst Sandusky was just using their facilities on his own time. I think UoL is toast.

Ok, but if the administration did nothing about it they pretty much facilitated the crime

 

[NJCat]

Ok, but if the administration did nothing about it they pretty much facilitated the crime

Three PSU administrators went to prison. Had nothing to do with the NCAA.

 

[IGNORE2]

If nothing else, I bet this levels the playing field for recruiting at the perfect time. Nobody will be offering money - not coaches, shoe companies, no one. So CCC should have a really good shot of a great classes for the next few years. Hello Final Four!