Several NCAA asst basketball coaches arrested

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Looks like trouble has managed to find Bruce Pearl again. One of his assistants is among those charged.
 
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The FBI claims Jim Gatto -- the Director of Global Marketing for Adidas Basketball -- paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to funnel top prospects to Adidas sponsored colleges ... including Louisville.

The FBI says 4 NCAA coaches were hit with charges as part of the investigation -- including Auburn coach Chuck Person. Oklahoma State coach Lamont Evans was also charged.

USC assistant coach Tony Bland and Book Richardson from the University of Arizona have also been charged in the case.
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As for the case against Chuck Person, the FBI says he collected about $91,500 in bribes in exchange for funneling Auburn players to a particular financial advisor and a high-end suit maker, Rashan Michel.

The FBI says Person would use a portion of the bribes to pay off the families of high-priority recruits.

In one part of the documents, the FBI says Chuck met with a player and counseled him about how players secretly get away with NCAA violations.

He allegedly told one player, "The most important part is that you ... don't say nothing to anybody ... don't share with your sisters, don't share with any of the teammates, that's very important 'cause this is a violation .... of rules. But this is how the NBA players get it done."

"They get early relationships, and they form partnerships, they form trust, you get to know [financial advisor], you get to know Rashan a lot and like Rashan can get you suits and stuff ... you'll start looking like an NBA ball player, that's what you are."
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http://www.tmz.com/2017/09/26/adidas-louisville-fbi-bribery-ncaa-arrests/
 
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Louisville is such a cesspool of a program. They need to be shut down and Pitino banned from the game
 
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SDV said:
Person will roll on him for leniency
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It also may give Auburn an out to fire him. I'm sure given his past he had some rather strong language in his contract about staying out of trouble. Given he hasn't exactly been the basketball messiah they thought he was going to be and they are paying him a lot, they might pull the trigger.

I'm sure Pearl has already lawyered up.
 
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Bruce Pearl getting asked questions about this to the FBI...

[youtube]http://youtu.be/No513Hn0xtA[/youtube]
 
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Google Rashan Michel... all kinds of trouble. Financial advisor, fashion weirdo, former NBA referee who assaulted Dominique Wilkins after a game, tried to fight Dion Glover. That's messed up.
 
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