NBC News: "The FBI Has Arrested Several NCAA Assistant Basketball Coaches"

[ShockingButTrue]

If you're just a sports fan, then being a fan of both programs is reasonable.

If your history with WSU is deeper than sports fandom, then the negative biases are founded on much more. The sports "rivalry" (if it could even be said that we have one with KU) is merely the outward symptom of a decades-long diseased relationship the schools have with one another.

I always get a kick out of the "It's good for the state when both teams are good." crowd. They change their tune quickly, and abruptly I might add, when it looks like the better team might be WSU.

[another shocker]

That almost sounds "made-up" and/or fabricated. Shishh. A lot of those statements in that article from the father seem to cry victim not necessarily for his son...but everyone else involved. The motive here is to convince the world to pay "college" athletes. Nice try NY Post.

yeah.. total bs.. bad grammar too

[Shocker1976]

http://nypost.com/2017/09/30/father-...rom-rival/amp/

OK, I read the article and found it to be unbelievable. The Post wants the reader to believe the father is struggling financially but maintains his family's integrity by refusing to accept money while knowing other financially struggling families with gifted athletes are accepting money. Now the victimhood of his son, his family and himself are being touted for any naive reader of the NY Post.

[ShockingButTrue]

OK, I read the article and found it to be unbelievable. The Post wants the reader to believe the father is struggling financially but maintains his family's integrity by refusing to accept money while knowing other financially struggling families with gifted athletes are accepting money. Now the victimhood of his son, his family and himself are being touted for any naive reader of the NY Post.

I dunno, I thought the "an adidas rep tried to push us toward a school in the Big Ten and another in the b12 that adidas had contracts with." was pretty encouraging. If my memory is correct isn't there only 1 school in the b12 with an adidas contract? Said school that has been on probation a time or two, and who lately has demonstrated a lack of institutional control?

Appears kinda' like the early stages of people covering whom are covering their asses. Just in case...

[wufan]

I dunno, I thought the "an adidas rep tried to push us toward a school in the Big Ten and another in the b12 that adidas had contracts with." was pretty encouraging. If my memory is correct isn't there only 1 school in the b12 with an adidas contract? Said school that has been on probation a time or two, and who lately has demonstrated a lack of institutional control?

Appears kinda' like the early stages of people covering whom are covering their asses. Just in case...

There are two schools in the B12 that are represented by adidas.

[wufan]

http://nypost.com/2017/09/30/father-...rom-rival/amp/

I found it to be reasonably credible. Why take $100k and risk losing millions in the draft by being ineligible and unable to showcase your talents. I find it to be a bit less likely that they were doing this with a bunch of kids.

[ShockingButTrue]

There are two schools in the B12 that are represented by adidas.

https://www.chatsports.com/kansas-ja...t-kansas-35608 This aligns with what the playe'rs Father said in the NYPost. And:

http://www2.kusports.com/weblogs/tale-tait/2017/sep/28/kus-deal-with-adidas-is-companys-second-/?source=newsletter&utm_source=second-street&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Newsletter%3a+KUSPORTS+HEADLINES

This Chicken blogger wishes there was another adidas rep in the b12. Maybe he was working off a hangover when he composed the blog. So who's the other one?

[ShockerD]

There are two schools in the B12 that are represented by adidas.

Texas Tech is UA at least in Football, what other school has adidas?

[ShockerD]

Texas Tech is UA at least in Football, what other school has adidas?

NM

[Dan]

I found it to be reasonably credible. Why take $100k and risk losing millions in the draft by being ineligible and unable to showcase your talents. I find it to be a bit less likely that they were doing this with a bunch of kids.

I kinda agree with this. It is possible for some kids to have dreams at playing at certain schools. Conner Frankamp anyone?

[ShockingButTrue]

I kinda agree with this. It is possible for some kids to have dreams at playing at certain schools. Conner Frankamp anyone?

Agreed. The Chickens probably didn't offer him any dough. He wasn't an "investment". That's why he ran the pine, and then ran outta there.

[wufan]

https://www.chatsports.com/kansas-ja...t-kansas-35608 This aligns with what the playe'rs Father said in the NYPost. And:

http://www2.kusports.com/weblogs/tale-tait/2017/sep/28/kus-deal-with-adidas-is-companys-second-/?source=newsletter&utm_source=second-street&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Newsletter%3a+KUSPORTS+HEADLINES

This Chicken blogger wishes there was another adidas rep in the b12. Maybe he was working off a hangover when he composed the blog. So who's the other one?

I'm sure Zion will be found to have participated, but KU will be al, "I didn't know"

[Aargh]

I found it to be reasonably credible. Why take $100k and risk losing millions in the draft by being ineligible and unable to showcase your talents. I find it to be a bit less likely that they were doing this with a bunch of kids.

The players getting the big bucks risk nothing if they're declared ineligible. They sit out a year and still get drafted as lottery picks. The shoe companies lose out because the star player isn't on national TV 30 times wearing their shoes.

I also suspect that the NCAA knew about this and the shoe companies knew that the NCAA knew. If that scenario is true, then everybody knew that no players were going to be declared ineligible for getting steered to the "right" schools.

[im4wsu]

Texas Tech is UA at least in Football, what other school has adidas?

The 11th & 12th teams are both Adidas

Baylor — Nike; $3.5 million annually (years of contract not available)
Iowa State — Nike; $1.47 million annually through 2024
Kansas — Adidas; $13.64 million annually through 2031
Kansas State — Nike; $1.9 million annually through 2021
Oklahoma — Nike; $3.39 million annually through 2018
Oklahoma State — Nike; $4.37 million annually through 2025
TCU — Nike; $2.9 million annually (years of contract not available)
Texas — Nike; $16.67 million annually through 2031
Texas Tech — Under Armour; $2.55 million annually through 2020
West Virginia — Nike; $4.35 million annually through 2026

[wufan]

https://www.chatsports.com/kansas-ja...t-kansas-35608 This aligns with what the playe'rs Father said in the NYPost. And:

http://www2.kusports.com/weblogs/tale-tait/2017/sep/28/kus-deal-with-adidas-is-companys-second-/?source=newsletter&utm_source=second-street&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Newsletter%3a+KUSPORTS+HEADLINES

This Chicken blogger wishes there was another adidas rep in the b12. Maybe he was working off a hangover when he composed the blog. So who's the other one?

My bad...8 teams are Nike, 1 adidas, 1 UA.