Yesterday, in a well-publicized trial, aspiring now-former sports agent Christian Dawkins and former Adidas executive Merl Code were convicted of bribery for their part in a massive pay-for-play scheme to send top basketball prospects to specific schools (schools that, by the way, were not Vanderbilt.) That came on the heels of convictions of a handful of assistant coaches for, among other things, taking bribes to steer players to “financial advisors” (really incompetent hacks at best and Bernie Madoff wannabes at worst; if you’ve ever wondered why so many professional athletes go broke, well, this is part of it.
We now know just how corrupt college basketball is. Stop defending the corruption.
