re: Pat Forde uses Hurricane dig in attack against Will Wade and LSU...

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When the wiretap’s contents were only part of the Yahoo Sports story, it wasn’t tangible enough to produce an NCAA allegation. But once the tape was aired by HBO it became more useful for NCAA Enforcement.

“I think they have a much stronger claim to be able to make that case,” Brown said. “Now that we have Will Wade’s actual voice, and the person he’s talking to is saying that’s what was said.”

Said former Colonial Athletic Association commissioner Tom Yeager, who was a longtime member of the NCAA Committee on Infractions: “If I was sitting on the committee, I’d consider it evidence. And I think a lot of the people I worked with would also.”

Added Nebraska law professor Jo Potuto, another former head of the COI: “If I were the Enforcement staff I would do [build an allegation around the audio]. It’s ridiculous to have that information out there where everyone in the free world knows about it, and not use it. Then let the coach make whatever argument he wants to about it.”

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