I'm really interested in the corruption charge since these aren't public officials

Like I said above I'm interested in the corruption charges. I admit not being completely up on the Federal criminal code so I'm interested in their theory of the case

ETA. Read the article. Tulane Law has a renowned Sports Law program so the professor probably knows what he's talking about. The article probably crystallized what's been going through my mind about questioning the charges. Interesting if anyone takes a plea.

Would they be considered public officials if they are working at a state school?

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That's the question. I think it may be the case since you can FOIA coaches emails. The USC guy I'd have a hard time classifying as a government employee via bootstrapping federal loans.

Down goes Nike.

Division I college basketball and college football -- aka "the college sports that support the rest of the Division I athletic teams" -- are cesspits of corruption. They ought to just pay those athletes a salary and other perks and just drop the charade, because that's what it is: an act.

One of my colleagues (he's our safety manager) played college ball as a linebacker for Auburn. He's pretty upfront about who on the team was getting paid, how all the athletes were being 'serviced' by more than willing coeds who pretty much volunteered for the honor, how boosters arranged for sham summer jobs, how many academic departments willingly helped with grades, and so forth.

Those two athletic programs are multimillion dollar entities at the big Division I schools -- including holier-than-thou Notre Dame and the "public Ivy League" schools like Michigan and Stanford and such. What a shock that the fish always rots from the head, right? ;-)

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