Mark Schlabach ESPN
Court filings in a federal criminal case involving college basketball corruption link former NC State coach Mark Gottfried to being the first head coach directly connected to impermissible payments to players, sources told ESPN.
http://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...99/sources-gottfried-directly-linked-payments
"According to the disclosure, Early, who was Gottfried's top recruiter at NC State from 2011 to 2017, became aware of a request for money from Smith's family to secure his commitment to the Wolfpack.
"Early believes the number was in the ballpark of $100,000 or more," the disclosure said.
"Thereafter, on two occasions, Gottfried handed Early envelopes, which Early understood to contain cash," the disclosure continues. "Early in turn delivered the envelopes to Farmer for subsequent delivery to Dennis Smith Sr., the father of Smith Jr."
Court filings in a federal criminal case involving college basketball corruption link former NC State coach Mark Gottfried to being the first head coach directly connected to impermissible payments to players, sources told ESPN.
http://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...99/sources-gottfried-directly-linked-payments
"According to the disclosure, Early, who was Gottfried's top recruiter at NC State from 2011 to 2017, became aware of a request for money from Smith's family to secure his commitment to the Wolfpack.
"Early believes the number was in the ballpark of $100,000 or more," the disclosure said.
"Thereafter, on two occasions, Gottfried handed Early envelopes, which Early understood to contain cash," the disclosure continues. "Early in turn delivered the envelopes to Farmer for subsequent delivery to Dennis Smith Sr., the father of Smith Jr."
