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NCAA President Says Sanctions in College Basketball Corruption Scandal Will Take Time

NCAA president Mark Emmert said Wednesday that investigations are underway based on information gathered by federal authorities in the college basketball corruption scandal. He added that those investigations are not likely to be resolved during the 2018–19 season as the trials will still be ongoing.

“This whole incident has cast a very bad light on college basketball and we need to deal with it as effectively as we can,” Emmert told reporters after speaking at the Learfield Sports Business Journal Intercollegiate Athletics Forum, per Yahoo Sports. “We’re not going to have everything wrapped by the Final Four because these trials are still going to be going on.