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Message: [QUOTE="jgeorge322, post: 2744834, member: 761"] If the fact that the coaches knew was dispositive then an employee who embezzles money from an employer is not guilty of fraud if his manager was aware of the scheme. The harm to the schools is not the academics, its because it caused the schools to play ineligible players which exposes them to NCAA sanctions and subsequent financial harm. The defense attorneys were really implicitly asking for a jury nullification. I still dont get the intent to defraud element though. The defendants essentially bribed the players. That certainly was done intentionally. But was the purpose to defraud the schools? [/QUOTE]