By mid-morning, college basketball’s fans and writers were eyes-wide-open, mouths agape that the US Government, the Department of Justice, arrested and charged four well-known college basketball assistant coaches, the Director of Sports Marketing of major shoe company adidas, two high school/ AAU level figures and others for federal bribery, wire fraud and other charges.
No players or families have been charged by the US Department of Justice (US DOJ), though a number of players are implicated - because their acceptance of money isn’t actually a crime, it’s an NCAA violation designed to meet college basketball’s rules on amateurism.