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Shit just got real - FBI raiding college campuses arresting multiple coaches
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hoo boy
Actually figured it'd be about something business-related. Can't have players getting rewarded for the millions they bring in, after all.
Nah.
This might be really bad.
https://twitter.com/darrenrovell/status/912677151685726208
Feds: adidas head of sports marketing Jim Gatto, with others, paid high school players to go to adidas schools, then sign with adidas later.
Lazy vs Crazy
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Shoe company paying coaches and by extension maybe players to wear and thus advertise their products.
Guessing it means they worked out deals with players to sign stuff for apparel/memorabilia dealers to sell or something.
edit: and by the time I respond others have given the reasoning.
So, based off that tweet, will we be seeing arrests of someone from adidas/nike/etc?
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Think we'll all know more at Noon if that press conference goes on as planned.
The FBI is a large enough organization that they can focus on multiple things at once ya know
Ayup, the proxy war between Adidas and Nike. Looks like Adidas got caught.
Yeah, this is really bad.
FFS. Who cares. Throw them a fine and move on
Holy shit.
cartographer
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Oklahoma State fan here. There's been rumblings about Lamont Evans since he was hired, so him being involved isn't too surprising.
The apparel stuff is just part of it, but the apparel business is a big deal in college ball and AAU. There's lots of stuff in there: steering players to specific financial advisors, lots of money changing hands, fraud etc.
The apparel stuff is just part of it, but the apparel business is a big deal in college ball and AAU. There's lots of stuff in there: steering players to specific financial advisors, lots of money changing hands, fraud etc.
Bagman working for/with Adidas sponsored collegiate program pays player(usually funneled from Adidas sponsored AAU programs) to deliver said player to the program. Once player exits program they're already set up with an agent and a deal with Adidas.
This certainly isn't anything new. Interested to see how far this goes, I imagine it won't touch anyone that matters in the coaching arena.
Hahaha fucking knew it.
highrider
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Well yeah but apparel contracts?
If they did that, they would probably rival the NFL.
"Don't you dare mess with my ability to watch college basketball!!!"
Basically,
College football is dirty. College basketball is really really really really dirty and its because their is absolutely zero oversight over the AAU programs.
This is college basketball though?
College football is dirty. College basketball is really really really really dirty and its because their is absolutely zero oversight over the AAU programs.
This is college basketball though?
Oh shit. Guess we now know how Adidas passed Jordan.
cartographer
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This is basketball. It's far shadier.
What about College Golf?
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Per NBC
legacyzero
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CLOTHES?
I... did not see that coming
I... did not see that coming
I clearly dont follow this stuff but Im curious: What is an Adidas school?
I think I need help understanding why this is a problem. What part(s) of this is/are illegal?
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Squirrel Killer
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Wouldn't be too surprising, but...
Aren't Auburn and South Carolina Under Armour teams and Okie St Nike?
A school that uses Adidas to supply their sports team's uniforms. Big schools will have companies pay them to wear their brand.
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There is a division of the FBI to investigate this and other corruption. They are doing their job. If they aren't working on this, they wouldn't get shifted to something else, they would get fired. Like a cop who rights parking tickets everyday isn't going to be out solving cold cases instead.
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holy shit
FiveSix4Three
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Schools with Adidas apparel contracts I would assume.
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You sign a licensing deal with a major corporation to handle all of your apparel across all of your sports.
So if you sign with Nike you're a Nike School. If you sign it Adidas your an Adidas school. Under Armor ditto
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Wow this should be fascinating! Luckily for me all of my college teams that I follow (4) suck in both bball and football, so if they get implicated it can be a cheap housecleaning via morality clauses without destroying good products.
always crazy bacon
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Well, that was unexpected.
edit - nevermind, someone answered
Universities sign apparel deals with apparel companies for a lot of cash, for example Oregon is famous for being Nike U and having all the special Nike Uniforms, while other universities sign with their competitors like Under Armor or Adidas.
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I think some of the coaches implemented worked at different schools during the investigation. So other schools might be in trouble for past wrong doings of a coach that is at a different school now.
highrider
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😂😂😂
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