FBI has subpoenaed Nike's EYBL grassroots division
For those who don't follow college hoops, EYBL is the premiere AAU circuit and it's sponsored by Nike. The biggest of the big dogs (Kentucky, Duke, etc) get their players from this circuit.
This could bring down some really big coaching names if the payoffs weren't don't discreetly.
September 27th, 2017 at 2:02 PM ^
Why couldn't this happen in the offseason when it wouldn't distract me from football? Though I wouldn't be surprised if this goes through next offseason, maybe even longer.
September 27th, 2017 at 3:25 PM ^
September 27th, 2017 at 8:21 PM ^
Because any Michigan grad knows you only schedule weddings - and FBI investigations - on bye weekends.
September 27th, 2017 at 9:43 PM ^
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September 27th, 2017 at 7:01 PM ^
I'm sure it was timed for now so that it would hit the headlines with the start of the basketball season. The prosecutor wants to make a name for himself, just like Preet Bharara, who had the job right before this guy.
September 27th, 2017 at 2:02 PM ^
When I saw "EYB" I almost had a heart attack.
September 27th, 2017 at 2:34 PM ^
Thought I might be in trouble
September 27th, 2017 at 2:45 PM ^
call me when you get arrested. i'll get mrs. brutus to throw bail and you'll be out in no time!
September 27th, 2017 at 2:49 PM ^
Good rule. Never talk to the cops. If one ask you for a good place to eat tell them you were in Philly at the time, if you feel you must say something.
September 27th, 2017 at 3:48 PM ^
Some might call you a narcissist. Not me but Some.
September 27th, 2017 at 6:41 PM ^
September 27th, 2017 at 2:04 PM ^
It's not nice to take great joy in the misery of others...
Oh, who am I kidding? This is AWESOME! I hope this takes down literally every cheating coach in the country, even if that means 95% of them are shamed and fired and run out of town and their wives leave them for the pool boy, Raul*.
*Raul is from Argentina, but considers himself a real American now, having moved here at 15 to live with his cousin after the tragic and untimely death of his father, Jorge.
September 27th, 2017 at 2:05 PM ^
What?
September 27th, 2017 at 2:07 PM ^
Dude's been posting some weird shit lately.
September 27th, 2017 at 2:09 PM ^
Only "lately"????
September 28th, 2017 at 6:22 AM ^
kickbacks from Brian.
September 28th, 2017 at 7:37 AM ^
Oh yeah, I am angling for some of that big "free college football blog" money. CHA CHING!!!
September 27th, 2017 at 2:07 PM ^
Your imagination is entirely too detailed...
September 27th, 2017 at 2:10 PM ^
I felt Raul deserved a backstory for once. I mean, how often do you get a backstory on the Hispanic pool boy the wealthy wife hooks up with? Never. Always so one-dimensional.
September 27th, 2017 at 2:13 PM ^
It's often the details that make a story worthwhile. And Raul is not merely a supporting actor in someone else's story. He has his own agency and his own thoughts on having an affair with a married woman.
September 27th, 2017 at 2:29 PM ^
then it becomes Raul's story and you get one of those new trendy multiple narrator deals. I want to know about Raul and his perceived beliefs and intentions but I don't think I need to hear from him in the first person.
September 27th, 2017 at 2:34 PM ^
September 27th, 2017 at 2:43 PM ^
we can do that. I think I would like maybe a "day in the life" cameo where you get a glimpse into Raul's life aside from just his feelings and interaction in the primary narrative. Is he caring for his sick sister? Is he actually cheating also? I don't just want his take on events we have already seen though somebody else's perspective.
September 27th, 2017 at 2:47 PM ^
but they are pretty casual so not really cheating. He does care for his siblings back in Argentina but they are not sick, just having a hard time paying the bills as the economy isn't great in Argentina.
September 27th, 2017 at 2:47 PM ^
Yes! A Raul bottle episode.
/ Sorkin'd
September 27th, 2017 at 3:31 PM ^
Isn't a bottle episode where they are in one location the whole episode to save costs on shooting?
I think we would want more from Raul then him in one location the whole episode.
September 27th, 2017 at 2:37 PM ^
If you maintain the prime story arc, you're in good shape. Raul could become a secondary or parralel arc. I also like the idea of an unreliable narrator (eg, Raul's interpretation of events).
September 27th, 2017 at 2:44 PM ^
September 27th, 2017 at 2:47 PM ^
there possibly be sub-titles for an internal monologue? I honestly can't say that I have ever seen that before, but it could be quite spectacular.
September 27th, 2017 at 2:55 PM ^
CALLATE, GRINGOS! Raul tiene Ingles perfectoooooooo. Pocito accento...
September 27th, 2017 at 2:33 PM ^
EXACTLY, thanks for understanding. For instance, Raul grew up wanting to be a banker. But now he knows...he will never BE a banker, just a piece of man meat with great abs...
September 27th, 2017 at 2:54 PM ^
OUR pool boy's name is Raul.
WTF is going on here?
September 27th, 2017 at 3:10 PM ^
It sometimes happens with in-shape moms.
September 27th, 2017 at 3:17 PM ^
MGrowOld's new avatar isn't really his old high school picture. It's a picture of
...
Raul!
September 27th, 2017 at 3:20 PM ^
Awesome!
September 27th, 2017 at 2:42 PM ^
I really was curious on the impending struggle for his immigration status and whether she only hooked up with the pool boy or made him an honest man and married him down the line.
September 27th, 2017 at 2:50 PM ^
Raul was at a rally in Berkeley, CA three months ago to protest the Trump travel ban, and got punched in the face by a confused ANTIFA activist, breaking the orbital bone around his left eye. Raul is very fair skinned for a Latino, FYI, as his mother was the daughter of a German-Nazi WWII veteran hiding in Argentina after the war...
September 27th, 2017 at 2:56 PM ^
Given his struggles, seems like we ought to have a Raul appreciation thread.
Maybe some WWRD t-shirts?
September 27th, 2017 at 3:07 PM ^
September 27th, 2017 at 3:15 PM ^
Yes, but being a folk hero would advance his ability to make a difference through his political activism. Are you telling me Raul puts his own wants and dreams in front of the cause? I don't think so.
September 27th, 2017 at 3:20 PM ^
If the "Cause" is causing the banker's wife to experience sensations she never dreamed she'd have, but only dreamed of, then yes.
Raul is fully committed to the Cause.
September 27th, 2017 at 3:26 PM ^
September 27th, 2017 at 3:18 PM ^
Jane = Stacy's mom
September 27th, 2017 at 3:02 PM ^
father-in-law's secret past?