It’s been 303 days since Joon Kim, then the acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William Sweeney Jr., assistant director-in-charge of the New York office of the FBI, announced 10 high-profile arrests of college basketball coaches, sneaker executives and other prominent figures. Adidas executive Jim Gatto, former Auburn associate head coach Chuck Person and eight other men with deep ties to college hoops were charged with wire fraud, money laundering and other felonies in connection with an alleged conspiracy to “bribe” (less pejoratively, “persuade”) elite college basketball recruits. Players were paid tens of thousands of dollars to matriculate to certain universities sponsored by Adidas and, once those players turned pro, sign endorsement deals with Adidas.
Subpoenas Received by Kansas Underscore Level of Scrutiny on Adidas in Probe
