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[QUOTE="ClamOtto, post: 3360030, member: 368"]
Just watched it too. Lots of stuff that's kind of old news for people who are paying attention, but I didn't know a lot of the details of the botched FBI investigation, like the missing funds and the enormous amount spent to - ultimately - nail one low level guy who may have been entrapped.  Some of my takeaways (again, not all new):

1) Every high level recruit is getting "improper benefits" from some combination of AAU coaches, sneaker companies, boosters, agents/runners and universities;
2) Everyone involved knows exactly what's going on (yet no one ever goes public, which is kind of amazing);
3) The NCAA willfully turns a blind eye because if they really start pulling that string, the whole multi-billion dollar enterprise might unravel;
4) The feds really wanted Pitino - though it's never explained why him, in particular;
5) Will Wade has some big ones - so big that even Sean Miller has to admire his brazenness.

Seems even more odd after watching this that the NCAA would choose to come down so hard on Syracuse.  Cuse isn't Duke or UNC, but it's still a name-brand college program with a famous and well-respected coach.  Probably part of the Bernie Fine fallout.  Notable that none of the infractions involved recruiting, which could be because there's nothing there, or because the NCAA really doesn't want to go there.
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