A specter hanging over this college basketball season is the bad publicity - and life-changing accusations - that have come from the FBI’s probe of money for influence in college basketball.
For those who missed the fireworks: in a dramatic flourish, the US Attorney’s office in the Southern District of New York connected the dots with wire taps and informants, mapping the exact amount going to certain “unnamed” players and “unnamed coaches” and “unnamed” schools from the adidas shoe company.
“Unnamed” is in quote because, given the descriptions of the people and institutions involved are easy to unmask.