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Making Sense of Today’s NCAA Basketball Scandal

It is in no way possible to cover this entire story in just one article. The situation is far too complex, while its depth hits on a multitude of issues that have been threatening the NCAA for years.

Let me start by saying this. I love college basketball. I will never stop watching college basketball. But the NCAA and I have never seen eye to eye.

Well today the NCAA took a huge hit. The FBI blew up college basketball’s worst-kept secret and indicted ten men, including four active coaches and an Adidas executive. Coaches, agents, financial advisers, and sneaker execs were using large payments to steer top recruits to NCAA programs, and then brands and representation once they turn pro.