By now you’ve definitely heard of the scandal that’s rocking the college basketball landscape. If you haven’t, or if you have and your head is spinning (can’t blame you), here’s a great explainer from SB Nation that details what has happened thus far.
Essentially, it’s been understood for years that shoe companies, marketing agencies, financial advisors, and others had been working in the shadows of college basketball recruiting, funneling players to schools where they’d have a better chance of signing said player once his NBA dreams became a reality. This took the form of payments to players from members of these agencies/companies, and in return, coaches at the schools would recommend the players sign with said agencies/companies when given the opportunity post-college.