OT 2018 NCAA Basketball FBI Investigation

[Magoo]

Glad you enjoyed

Im pursuing a business degree right now. I just do this as a hobby!

Awesome, you show some talent in what you put out!

I haven't taken the classes ( there's two classes ) A friend of mine in NE took a video filming class at the end of the courses you can borrow their equipment when your done. It looks like you all ready have a set up for filming.

I'm going to take the course some time this year. I'll let you know how I like it the class. My friend said the course is great for beginners to novice skill level. You look past that level lol!

My friend took it for video blogging cooking demos for his business.

 

[THE HCP]

There is a video production program at Mt. Hood Comm College...... heard it can turn your life around.

 

[BonesJones]

Awesome, you show some talent in what you put out!

I haven't taken the classes ( there's two classes ) A friend of mine in NE took a video filming class at the end of the courses you can borrow their equipment when your done. It looks like you all ready have a set up for filming.

I'm going to take the course some time this year. I'll let you know how I like it the class. My friend said the course is great for beginners to novice skill level. You look past that level lol!

My friend took it for video blogging cooking demos for his business.

I film with my galaxy S8 it does a solid job. Definitely wish I had a better mic and lighting setup though. That's the next step.

Look forward to hearing how it goes! I've done some video stuff in the past and I think I have around 70 videos on my channel, so I've just had practice. The biggest thing for me has been learning how to use voice inflection to my advantage. This video was my first narration, so I have to continue learning how to do those, compared to simply giving my opinion on basketball. Gonna do a lot more narrations this summer.

 

[Mediocre Man]

http://www.oregonlive.com/recruitin...all_corruption.html#incart_river_mobile_index

 

[trailblazer18]

Wow! I love that specific names came out. We all know this stuff goes on. I wonder what sets the market for the amount of money shelled out to a player. It is so wide spread, I wonder if the NCAA will make players sit? That would cause for an even crazier tournament.

Funny story: When I was a basketball team manager in college, one of our assistant coaches mentioned that if we see Sebastian Telfair walking around campus next season, it will cost us $25K...I thought that was relatively cheap.

 

[Mediocre Man]

More schools, more names

https://www.cbssports.com/college-b...-specific-with-players-teams-named-in-report/

 

[ripcityboy]

What kind of morons keep a paper trail and portfolio open to aid in recruiting payoffs? Talk about egomania and stupidity. The first rule of cheating is you don't leave any evidence..... What a shit show.

 

[tlongII]

What kind of a bunch of morons to keep a paper trail and portfolio open to aid in recruiting payoffs? Talk about egomania and stupidity. The first rule of cheating is you don't leave any evidence..... What a shit show.

My guess is they did that to record expenses for IRS filings. They were going to get caught one way or another.

 

[Wizard Mentor]

Players go from $15/hr working for Home Depot or whatever (about $30K/year) to $3M/year for a low 1st rounder. That's a 100x increase (not trying to be precise, just ballpark). Totally not surprising there's corruption in the middle. The incentives are completely messed up.

Just have the colleges sponsor a local Pro Team (a la Sports Clubs in Europe). These teams could create a new league, and leave the NCAA behind.

 

[3RA1N1AC]

someone start a damn league already. if they can play at 14 years old, pay them.

 

[Mediocre Man]

FBI has Miller from Arizona talking about 100k payment with Cheistian Dawkins for Deandre Ayton

 

[ripcityboy]

FBI has Miller from Arizona talking about 100k payment with Cheistian Dawkins for Deandre Ayton

He gone.

 

[Haakzilla]

...bahahaha, this guy is so full of shit!

 

[KingSpeed]

Surprised no one's made a thread about this investigation yet.

I know some like to hate or tease me for the YouTube stuff (@KingSpeed, @chzbrgr, etc.) but I think this is a solid video that some of you might find interesting.



If not, this is a thread for simply talking about this investigation and scandal.

What do you guys think needs to change because of this? Would college basketball be better or worse if it was simply a "semi-pro" organization (college athletes getting paid, whether they're students or not)? If not paid, do college athletes need to be compensated more? And how could the NCAA stop things like this from happening?

Great video, BJ!

 

[BonesJones]

Great video, BJ!

Thanks man, appreciate it!

You should come down at the end of July to watch us play in Rip City 3-on-3. I was thinking we could get some people from the forum together at a local gym the day before and run some games. Would be a fun vlog to put together for the forum.

 

[ripcityboy]

Sean Miller's favorite movie scene.

 

[andalusian]

...bahahaha, this guy is so full of shit!

The fact that the university allows him to talk in his official capacity probably means they believe him. As a public university they would have suspended or fired him immediately if they were not really certain this is bullshit. I am pretty sure I read that the timeline of the reports are completely bogus.

 

[Haakzilla]

The fact that the university allows him to talk in his official capacity probably means they believe him. As a public university they would have suspended or fired him immediately if they were not really certain this is bullshit. I am pretty sure I read that the timeline of the reports are completely bogus.

...sports world version of #fakenews?!

 

[hoopsjock]

I thought of an idea of how to pay players. Up until the last couple weeks I've been against paying them other than adding a little more money to their monthly stipends or whatever. I was thinking about the guy who went on College Gameday and held up the sign that said something along the lines of "Hey Mom, I need beer money" with his Venmo # on it. People from all over donated money to his account. So why should a guy holding a sign at a game get money when the players playing in the actual game can't?

So here is my idea: The NCAA would set up a website that would be like Paypal, Venmo, or GoFundMe. Every athlete (male and female) would get signed up for an account. Then fans and boosters or whomever could go to the website and "donate" money directly to whatever athletes they want to. This means that the fans would basically be paying the athletes and the crooked NCAA wouldn't have to worry about giving up a piece of their precious money pie. Athletes could also get money into their account for making appearances, autograph signings, and percentage of their jersey sales. It would also eliminate having to unfairly pay a star QB the same amount as a 3rd string punter or a basketball player the same amount as a tennis player or whatever. The more popular and better the athlete is the more money they would likely get.

So lets say you really like Justin Herbert and wanted to give him $20 as a thank you for winning a big game. You'd go to the website and click on University of Oregon, then Men's Football, and then his name. All donations would be public record so no shady things could occur. To avoid teams promising a booster to give them $1 million or something absurd like that you could cap it at a certain amount such as $50,000 per year. That number would probably need some tweaking depending on the results. If you get caught accepting money outside of the program then you forfeit all rights to your money and have to pay back what you have taken out. This would deter players from accepting money from agents or the schools themselves.

Now how the student-athletes get their money is still up for discussion. They could simply have a debit card that they can use to access the money however they wish or it could go into some sort of fund that they get a check from at the end of each trimester or semester as long as they remain academically eligible. There would probably have to be a system in place to pay taxes as they get their money so that they don't owe a bunch of money at the end of the year after spending it all. This would hopefully teach people to be more financially responsible as well.

What do you guys think of this? What are the flaws in my idea? Would it work?