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Message: [QUOTE="Hoo's That, post: 3105367, member: 3609"] Paying athletes is against the NCAA's rules not Federal law. I'm not 100% sure how they got to "defrauding an institution getting Federal funds" in the Adidas case. The big thing is that the fraud, etc., has to cross a state line to be something the FBI would handle. If someone in Texas gives a bag of cash to a football player from Texas to go to a Texas school, the FBI can't get involved because no state line was crossed, or a phone wasn't used for more than just "meet me under the bleachers at your HS at 9 PM." IRT interviews, what would be the legal basis for calling in the VLF, Calipari, a cheating football coach, etc., for an interview? Plus, as seen on TV, once they say the magic word "lawyer", the interview is over. [/QUOTE]