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Adidas Scandal Update: AAU Figure Pleads Guilty

Most of you probably understand the concept of prosecutors flipping people but if you don’t, the idea is that you get one person who is involved in a crime or a criminal conspiracy who can in turn implicate others and you offer them a deal for their testimony.

It usually works and most people take the deal which either keeps them out of prison entirely or cuts their sentence enough to make it worthwhile.

That’s likely to be the case with former AAU coach Thomas ‘T.J.’ Gassnola.

Gassnola was the head of the New England Playaz AAU basketball team which is affiliated with Adidas.