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The Economics of Assistant Coaches’ Bribery

Posted by M. C. on September 28, 2017

A dog torturer is welcomed with open arms in the pros. What is a little college sports bribery? I don’t think sports sheeple will care -“If it helps my team win…”

https://www.garynorth.com/public/17188.cfm

It is one of the biggest stories in the media today: four assistant basketball coaches have been accused of taking bribes. Here is a summary from CBS News:

“The picture of college basketball painted by the charges is not a pretty one,” Joon H. Kim, the acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, said at a Tuesday afternoon press conference. “Coaches at some of the nation’s top programs taking cash bribes, managers and advisers circling blue-chip prospects like coyotes, and employees of a global sportswear company funneling cash to families of high school recruits. … For the 10 charged men, the madness of college basketball went well beyond the Big Dance in March. Month after month, the defendants exploited the hoop dreams of student-athletes around the country, allegedly treating them as little more than opportunities to enrich themselves through bribery and fraud schemes.”Each arrested coach is facing up to 80 years in prison.

Obviously, this is exceedingly serious business. I want to stress the word “business.”

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