TrueBlue2003

November 3rd, 2017 at 2:13 AM ^

it's that paying players is not illegal (as long as they or their parents or whomever was the recipient declare the income). 

It makes them not amatuers, but it is not illegal, so of course the FBI doesn't care about it (again, unless there are tax evasion issues).

As to the question of amatuer status, does anyone know if the Bowen's were actually given money?  The article makes it sound like the father just asked but mo mention of receiving money.  And if he didn't get any money, and the kid didn't know, I can understand not punishing the kid with his eligibility.

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1VaBlue1

November 2nd, 2017 at 10:05 PM ^

Bullshit he didn't know about any payments!  His father sold him to Louisville, and he didn't know about it?  This defies belief, and I'll put up a dollar that UL defies belief in its internal report.  Which will be released about in about three weeks...  We'll see Bowen on the floor sometime in January.

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Longballs Dong…

November 3rd, 2017 at 11:34 AM ^

it doesn't matter if the kid knew about the money. The FBI said that but that isn't what anyone really cared about. As stated, it's not illegal to give money to people, it is illegal to evade taxes and conspire to rig markets. The FBI has concluded their investigation of this player. I don't believe anything more had been determined. now, the NCAA and Louisville will begin investigations. They might go easier on the kid if they think he didn't know but Louisville should get the exact same punishment regardless. The outage should only kick in it the NCAA doesn't hammer the shit out of UL.

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copacetic

November 2nd, 2017 at 10:46 PM ^

They don't care about whether players get paid or not, nor ncaa eligibility. 
They care about taxes and money laundering. They've got proof the dad was asking for and received money.

Of course the lawyer is gonna say his client didn't know about it. And even if it eventually gets from the parent to the kid, who do you think it'll be easier to convict? The one they have audio recordings of. 

 

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titanfan11

November 2nd, 2017 at 10:27 PM ^

some kind of precedent?  I mean, if high schoolers just go with the "Don't ask, don't tell, except do tell me where to go to school," can/will they lawyer up and say the freaking FBI already looked into this?

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The Fan in Fargo

November 3rd, 2017 at 1:13 AM ^

I don't know but if I make a couple thousand trading bitcoin I have to pay taxes on it. These players from all the pathetic colleges can get all kinds of cash and not have to pay a cent in taxes. Illegal there and also the fact that the NCAA supposidly doesn't allow it. Such a bunch of fucking losers in this country now days. Getting sick of these bastards. I'm going to move to Australia. Can watch Michigan games and hit on women in the clubs. Every game would be on like at 10:00 p.m. right? 

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vablue

November 3rd, 2017 at 5:56 AM ^

Giving players money is not illegal. They only care about tax evasion and money laundering, not NCAA rules. Paying a player has never been illegal to the feds, as long as everything is declared to the IRS. What is in this article is nothing the FBI should be remotely concerned about.

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Khaleke The Freak

November 3rd, 2017 at 9:43 AM ^

pretty high on the list of bullshit that other schools can get away with. What a crock of shit.

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