If the defense in the current NY federal trial succeeds in convincing the jury that the schools were willing participants in the pay-for-play scandal the feds may be forced to end their investigation with no further prosecutions. The whole federal theory that the schools were victims of a "fraud" seems weak when you have assistant coaches, who represent the schools, coordinating and facilitating the payments to recruits and their families. The government seems to be arguing that the assistant coaches weren't representing the schools best interests. That may be true but only because they got caught.
An early end to the federal investigation will put the ball in the NCAA's court. They have a lot of schools to investigate based just on the original complaint, court pleadings and testimony. I wonder which one they'll start with.
An early end to the federal investigation will put the ball in the NCAA's court. They have a lot of schools to investigate based just on the original complaint, court pleadings and testimony. I wonder which one they'll start with.
