Muskie
10-23-2017, 09:46 AM
Link (http://www.syracuse.com/orangebasketball/index.ssf/2017/10/syracuse_basketball_coach_jim_boeheim_on_fbi_inves tigation.html)
One of the prevailing thoughts regarding this opening salvo of the FBI’s investigation into corruption in college basketball is that while it’s currently adidas’ turn in the barrel, whatever malfeasance may be occurring is unlikely to be just isolated to that single shoe company.
When the FBI says they “have your playbook” in regards to alleged corruption, it would seem they’re indicating at a systemic issue in college basketball rather than a single apparel company like adidas, which had two executives arrested amid the probe that shaken the hoops landscape.
Jim Boeheim, though, does not share those sentiments.
“It doesn’t happen with Nike,” Boeheim said at Syracuse’s media day, according to the Syracuse Post-Standard (http://www.syracuse.com/orangebasketball/index.ssf/2017/10/syracuse_basketball_coach_jim_boeheim_on_fbi_inves tigation.html). “Nike has about 80 schools. The guys we’re recruiting, we’re recruiting against three or four Nike schools most of the time. (Nike) isn’t going to help one of those schools.”
One of the prevailing thoughts regarding this opening salvo of the FBI’s investigation into corruption in college basketball is that while it’s currently adidas’ turn in the barrel, whatever malfeasance may be occurring is unlikely to be just isolated to that single shoe company.
When the FBI says they “have your playbook” in regards to alleged corruption, it would seem they’re indicating at a systemic issue in college basketball rather than a single apparel company like adidas, which had two executives arrested amid the probe that shaken the hoops landscape.
Jim Boeheim, though, does not share those sentiments.
“It doesn’t happen with Nike,” Boeheim said at Syracuse’s media day, according to the Syracuse Post-Standard (http://www.syracuse.com/orangebasketball/index.ssf/2017/10/syracuse_basketball_coach_jim_boeheim_on_fbi_inves tigation.html). “Nike has about 80 schools. The guys we’re recruiting, we’re recruiting against three or four Nike schools most of the time. (Nike) isn’t going to help one of those schools.”