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USA SDNY Investigating College Basketball Corruption
1st Blow was in August 2017 - The first blow to college basketball came in August, when a federal investigation revealed hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes and kickbacks being funneled to influence recruits.
2nd Blow could be any day….
The documents, obtained in discovery phase of the investigation, also link current players including Michigan State's Miles Bridges, Duke's Wendell Carter and Alabama's Collin Sexton to potential benefits that would be violations of NCAA rules.
The NCAA was obviously outraged, but is in a difficult spot. The documents have not been made public and the organization can't exactly take action against schools or student-athletes based upon a report by a news agency.
Should the information be made public before or during the NCAA Tournament, the NCAA would be faced with potentially having to declare some of the nation's top players ineligible and impose sanctions on many of the game's most recognizable programs. The NCAA Tournament has generated $19.6 billion in TV money over the past 22 years and a tarnished product could hurt the bottom line.
sauce:
http:// www.businessinsider.com/ap-college-basketball-takes-second-big-hit-with-new-allegations-2018-2