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[QUOTE="Sherman20, post: 2569255, member: 6357"]
This isn’t about specific colleges bidding for players. Remember, the money isn’t coming from the schools. This is about a shoe company(Adidas) steering high school kids to certain schools that it already sponsors and secretly paying the families. They want the best kids to go to their “flagship brands” like Louisville and Kansas, etc in order to secure the athletes’ loyalty after they turn pro. But until investigators prove that specific head coaches knew what was going down or got in the middle and helped facilitate the transaction, I don’t think it’s fair to assume guilt. Adidas wants to steer the best players to their top schools. They don’t really need to involve the head coaches. In the case of Dennis Smith, it’s alleged that an NC State assistant passed him money. Did Gottfried know the situation? I don’t know but it’s not fair to assume yes until there’s sworn testimony or proof that shows it. It’s been implied that Pitino and Miller knew about and signed off on payments to Bowen and Ayton.  It wouldn’t surprise me, but I’ll wait for the evidence to come up in court when these cases get tried (if they ever do).
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