Pat Forde on Kansas' hoops recruiting (FBI-related)
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So what you're saying is that to get to the top of the shoe world, you have to cheat? ...just like college basketball?
I never said anything about them being "clean" or "not clean". They are both the benefactors and the victims of a dirty system. For every 10 kids like Tarczewski & Ayton whom they spend years recruiting only to lose to Arizona or some other Nike school thanks to Nike money, they get one thanks in part to Adidas money.
Any of the top tier schools that get themselves caught getting involved in the process are simply stupid. There is no need for that any more; the dirty shoe money system is a polluted river that flows whether you stand in it pointing towards your shore or not. Maybe KU would lose a few less kids to Nike schools Arizona, Duke or Kentucky if they were more active participants in the muck but they appear not to be.
No, that's not what I am saying at all. To "get" to the top of the shoe world, you have to be one of the best programs in the nation, as Kansas has been for generations. Trust me, if Iowa State was making a Final Four every 5 years and one the top of the sport for more than a decade, they'd see more guys like Wiggington and THT magically flow to them.
Nah, he's just choosing his words wrong. KU didn't do anything wrong and KU is benefitting from it.
This actually made me laugh out loud. Well done
This makes things interesting. What a turn of events!
What exactly was Self thanking Gatto for? What did Self think Gassnola was doing to deliver De Sousa to KU?
Self is far too savvy to talk payments even though he knew damn well why those youngsters were headed to Lawrence. Bill is coy not dumb.
I love how the very next article is Coach K saying college basketball is "actually pretty clean".
I love how the very next article is Coach K saying college basketball is "actually pretty clean".
I laughed when I saw that. The guys on One Shining Podcast are going to have a field day.
http://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...-knew-adidas-role-silvio-de-sousa-recruitment
Big news.
On Sept. 19, 2017, three days before Kansas announced that it had agreed to a 12-year, $191 million contract extension with Adidas, Gassnola texted Self and thanked him for helping the sponsorship deal get done.
Self responded: "I'm happy with Adidas. Just got to get a couple real guys."
Gassnola replied: "In my mind, it's KU, bill self. Everyone else fall into line. Too [expletive] bad. That's what's right for Adidas basketball. And I know I am RIGHT. The more you win, have lottery pics [sic] and you happy. That's how it should work in my mind."
Self responded: "That's how ur works. At UNC and Duke." Gassnola replied at Kentucky as well.
"I promise you I got this," Gassnola wrote. "I have never let you down. Except Dyondre lol. We will get it right."
Big news.
On Sept. 19, 2017, three days before Kansas announced that it had agreed to a 12-year, $191 million contract extension with Adidas, Gassnola texted Self and thanked him for helping the sponsorship deal get done.
Self responded: "I'm happy with Adidas. Just got to get a couple real guys."
Gassnola replied: "In my mind, it's KU, bill self. Everyone else fall into line. Too [expletive] bad. That's what's right for Adidas basketball. And I know I am RIGHT. The more you win, have lottery pics [sic] and you happy. That's how it should work in my mind."
Self responded: "That's how ur works. At UNC and Duke." Gassnola replied at Kentucky as well.
"I promise you I got this," Gassnola wrote. "I have never let you down. Except Dyondre lol. We will get it right."
The texts between Preston and his mom about the car are also gold. Should dig up some old Self quotes about how that was just a minor question about the registration.
You'd almost have to think the NCAA will want KU to forfeit every game De Sousa played in with this news. Would that mean Tech won the Big 12 last year?
