re: How can anyone defend the conversations from the tapes?

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Will didn't come to the meeting because his lawyer know the administration has heard the tape and he basically had no excuse to give them period...

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Dude you aren’t very good at thi are you? If the truth was out there why would Wade say wait until the rest of the story is out and why would the AD and president need WW to come have a talk? Also if there was more to it which left no doubt he’s guilty why wouldn’t that have leaked by now since there is so much support for the man? Why wouldn’t they just squash that in its tracks? Probably because they have nothing else.

The timing of all this is what really makes me skeptical AF and it should anyone with half a brain. This was planned long ago and I hope the investigation goes deep enough to find out who planned it and that is released to the public as well. Wouldn’t that be a hammer to the dirty media and schools out there. Also the way the national media jumped all over this is a little disturbing to me especially DV. Makes me think that he knows something we don’t. Either he heard everything and knows he’s guilty OR he knows that there is no more info that will come of this so it was a free shot at a school he doesn’t have real interest in. Either way if LSU is the least implicated school which I believe or if there nothing more on WW or if the whole thing comes out and we find out there was an agenda to hurt LSU, that guy has ruined his reputation by dragging this program through the mud over and over basically showing a clear bias to the SEC programs and LSU in particular. He’s thrown his hand out there so he better have more than we do.

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If this is the case, then they are completely inept for still having Wade on the payroll, no?

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That is one possibility. The other may be the tapes without explanation from WW appear really bad, but there could be an explanation from WW that diminishes the impact or clarifies the concerns.

And for the record, I think the matter was handled poorly by admin, WW and all involved.

Your conclusion is not surprising in today's "Headline" conviction system [Notice I didn't say Judicial System]

People today are too stupid, or too lazy to gather facts and information. They want to charge, prosecute, and convict off of headlines, and accusations, and unvaried information.

I blame the instant information era we are currently bogged down in. Everyone rushes to conclusion, even the media (which it is may suspicion that they created all of this) all in an effort to "Get it out first" instead of "Get it out right"

Now it has infected everyday people who have really nothing to gain by being first to have an opinion and throw everything away by not gathering facts and vetting information prior to judgement.

The OP's statement is ignorant in the light of the lack on proven information we have on this situation, but the OP is not totally to blame. They are a product of the dumbing down of America and for the most part the whole world.

You replied to my post first acting like a prick so stop crying about my hypothetical comment about your wife you friggin pansy.

You are still deflecting the ban bet

you think there is nothing to see here...I say otherwise

See the difference there is in all of those cases, the accused defended themselves and said it did not happen. What has WW done? No one has heard from the man. He looked like a scared little boy in his interview after the story broke. If he at least came out and said what happened was false then I'd back him. He has done NOTHING to show he is the least bit innocent.

But anyway...keep deflecting you friggin tool

Will Wade has made multiple statements.

Why can he not outright say the claims aren't true? I don't know about you but if I was the head basketball coach of a team in the sweet 16 and some BS claims were made against me that kept me from coaching that team...you better believe I would be fighting my arse off to get back on the court. No way in hell I'd sit back until "the facts came out" if I was truly innocent.

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Why can he not outright say the claims aren't true?

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Dawkins is being prosecuted by the Southern District of New York Attorney General's office for federal crimes of bribery and others.

The "tape" in question was not allowed in the case as evidence by the judge.

In the defense's point of view (that is Dawkins) that tape (amongsts other tapes not admitted) is viewed as exculpatory to the federal government's bribery charge. In other words it's a piece of the puzzle for the defense team to poke holes in the prosecutor's case to inject reasonable doubt (the standard for guilt or not guilty).

If WW talks and just the act of talking about the matter becomes public then the chance of WW being subpoenaed increases. The defense then will have an interest in deposing WW and then the "tape" potentially becomes relevant and the judge then allows the "tape" into evidence.

The defense's strategy is to throw EVERYTHING at the wall that could be exculpatory for Dawkins. EVERYTHING the judge will allow.

WW by keeping his mouth shut, or at least making non-public comments or making it not publicly known that he made comments to the admin keeps the salutation at a status quo and prevents the Dawkins defense team from including WW as part of their exculpatory evidence.

Now if WW does become part of the Dawkins exculpatory evidence (which is a very small risk at this point, but a risk nonetheless) then the federal prosecutors will have a duty discredit WW to patch the holes in their case.

How do federal prosecutors discredit defense witnesses? They set perjury traps. They do it all the time. (See the Mueller case that has been hogging the news headlines for the past 2 years for several examples.)

Now do you see the danger of WW talking or making it known publicly that he has talked?

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See the difference there is in all of those cases

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Certainly.
None were complicated by the potential for legal entrapment that Wade's is.

Do you see the similarities?

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BTW, I do find lack of denial in Wade's only public statement worrisome. Wade simply said media reports "do not begin to tell the full story." Hardily a vigorous proclamation of total innocence.

However, his statement is not dissimilar to UNC's pronouncements as "Paper Class" allegations surfaced. The "Paper Class" situation was one in which UNC, as with the Wade-Dawkins transcripts, seemed to be caught dead-to-rights, guilty, and cause for harsh NCAA sanctions targeting the school. In the end, that was not the case at all.

The good news is the Smart family subsequently underwent a rather lengthy interrogation by LSU and NCAA officials. We don't know exactly was was said there, other than they told more of "the full story" Wade had alluded to. Of course we also know, following the discussion, Smart was reinstated. In fact, LSU sounds to have gone out of its way to quickly reinstate him.

If the Wade situation was cut-and-dry, JavonteSmart would be off the team. The NCAA assent to Javonte's reinstatement would seem extraordinarily unlikely without a thorough and believable explanation as to what the "Smart Package" was. Based on that, and the fact we will get WillWade's version of "the full story" under oath shortly, I am willing to give Wade the benefit of doubt, until he testifies.