FBI Witness in Hoops Scandal Says He Paid M Football Players
Only thing I could see this affecting is Michigan's stance as winningest program in college football.
Otherwise, this feels like stuff we should have already known or at least assumed.
Fortunately for us, he gave the $ to Cam Newton's dad, so no athletes will be stripped of their amateur status and no punishment for the school.
Some random guy gave money to players hoping they would choose him as their financial advisor. As the players are all gone there can be no suspensions. No indication the schools played a role. This would be a nothingburger if it happened to state.
The entire system of amateurism is a laughable joke, and one of the key things that keeps this farce going is every fanbase thinking they're the one pure school playing by the rules while everyone else cheats.
No school is following the rules, because the rules are absurd and in defiance of extremely basic market forces. That includes Michigan and every other school that plays football and basketball at a high enough level to land top talent.
I agree that there are many flaws to the system of amateurism, which create incentives for people to circumvent the system. However, I believe there is a big difference between actively paying to recruit or retain players, and not being able to stop someone from giving money to a player or relative of a player. Imagine you are Jim Harbaugh or John Beilein. I bet you lecture your players to follow the rules, but you're not with them 24/7. You don't know all of their associations.