And don't been surprised if during the pleading for deals that it rolls over to football and names are named....
Then
Bama
LSU
Oregon
USC
Texas
etal are laid bare
And don't been surprised if during the pleading for deals that it rolls over to football and names are named....
Then
Bama
LSU
Oregon
USC
Texas
etal are laid bare
''Don't be a bad dagh..."
Apparently Pitino just got fired. The Louisville AD too.
Gary Parrish
@GaryParrishCBS·11m
Now official: Louisville has fired Rick Pitino as its basketball coach.
Brett McMurphy
@Brett_McMurphy·15m
Louisville AD Tom Jurich has been fired. 1st reported by @CardChronicle
Last edited by tenacious_dog; 09-27-2017 at 11:06 AM.
Could this be the end of the One & Done dynasties?
I think this will just distribute the wealth (Players) more evenly among the $ schools. Probably won't help us much.
Mark Ennis @MarkEnnis 11m11 minutes agoMore
The next NCAA Tournament might just be the 64 eligible teams.
Louisville was pretty obvious when the news broke. I wonder how long it will take for this to unspool enough that we get an idea of how big the impact will be. A few days...a couple week's, a month or more.
Well NIKE has been issued their papers...
Under Armour will be next
Everyone and I mean EVERYONE cheats -
Just talking the difference between a Bernice girl and one of Heidi Fliess's girls
''Don't be a bad dagh..."
Subpoena power is a very big thing when trying to prove wrong doing
NCAA doesn't have that
''Don't be a bad dagh..."
Although contracts may be different, no buy outs should be required if fired for illegal activity. This could save the schools big bucks.
"Termination For cause"
https://www.thebalance.com/what-is-t...-cause-2061656
An example of the "for cause" language is on Pages 9 and 10 of Bill O'Brien's old contract at Penn State: http://www.psu.edu/ur/2012/openness/OBrien_contract.pdfReasons an employee could be terminated for cause include, but are not limited to, stealing, lying, failing a drug or alcohol test, falsifying records, embezzlement, insubordination, fraud, felonious conduct, disclosing private, confidential information or trade secrets, deliberately violating company policy or rules, and other serious misconduct related to your employment.
Here is Rick Pitino's contract with the University of Louisville: http://media.bizj.us/view/img/855604...t-contract.pdf
Based on Sections 6.1.2 and 6.1.3 (Termination for Just Cause), the escort sex scandal alone probably would have been enough to fire Pitino without the university having to pay out the contract.
This is long overdue. And did you notice the FBI is controlling this investigation, not the NCAA?Under Armour has made major investments in college basketball in recent years. In 2016, the company made a $280 million agreement to replace Adidas as the UCLA men's basketball team's shoe and apparel sponsor for the next 15 years. Under Armour has also cut deals in recent deals with teams including Notre Dame, Auburn, and Wisconsin.
College basketball recruiting has been shady and crooked for a very long time. The year round basketball camps, the AAU teams, the "summer leagues", etc...have all turned college basketball recruiting into an out-of-control abyss. And as long as you've got companies like Adidas throwing $280M at college programs, the problem is not going away. Unless of course, people start going to prison for fraud and bribery.
IMO, this is merely the tip of the iceberg. Rick Petino lost his job today at Louisville over this. (Technically Petino was put on leave, but his contract specifically states that the university can't fire him until he has had an official 10-day warning period before a firing. He's now in that 10-day period.) Look for more coaches --as well as some of these corporate employees at Adidas (and others) to go to jail.
Fraud, bribery and other corruption charges is what happens when "non-financial" people (e.g., basketball coaches) get into the business of conducting financial transactions to influence player decisions. These people often violate the trust of young people and exert pressure where it shouldn't be allowed. I wouldn't be surprised to see some RICO charges (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) filed at some point down the line. There's a lot of people --a whole network of people-- involved in this, across many state lines. This is just one reason why the FBI is involved, and not the NCAA.