Call it college basketball's worst nightmare coming to life. Better yet, label it as the day several NCAA programs were publicly hit with something many already assumed. The details of a corruption scheme announced Tuesday by the FBI is massive and will leave an undeniable stain on the game for the foreseeable future.
According to court documents and multiple reports, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York has indicted 10 men, including four current Division I men's assistant coaches, on charges of fraud and corruption. Managers, financial advisers, and representatives from Adidas, including Jim Gatto, the company's director of global sports marketing, were also reportedly involved.
The coaches arrested were Arizona's Emanuel "Book" Richardson, Auburn's Chuck Person, Oklahoma State's Lamont Evans, and USC's Tony Bland.
Other people named in the documents and reports include Merl Code, who recently left Nike for Adidas; former NBA agent Christian Dawkins; Jonathan Brad Augustine, the president of the League Initiative Program and director of 1 Family AAU program; financial adviser Munish Sood; and former NBA official Rashan Michel, who founded a custom clothier for athletes.
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According to court documents and multiple reports, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York has indicted 10 men, including four current Division I men's assistant coaches, on charges of fraud and corruption. Managers, financial advisers, and representatives from Adidas, including Jim Gatto, the company's director of global sports marketing, were also reportedly involved.
The coaches arrested were Arizona's Emanuel "Book" Richardson, Auburn's Chuck Person, Oklahoma State's Lamont Evans, and USC's Tony Bland.
Other people named in the documents and reports include Merl Code, who recently left Nike for Adidas; former NBA agent Christian Dawkins; Jonathan Brad Augustine, the president of the League Initiative Program and director of 1 Family AAU program; financial adviser Munish Sood; and former NBA official Rashan Michel, who founded a custom clothier for athletes.
Watch the U.S. Attorney Press Conference: