re: Yahoo report re: Wade wiretap discuss IN THIS THREAD

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No shite. The investigation is into Dawkins. The NCAA can now issue a punishment based on the FBIs findings. The FBI will be asking Wade to elaborate on what was mentioned in these tapes (speaking to the defendant, Dawkins), and asked very pointed questions.

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The FBI isn’t going to ask him shite, they aren’t the ones who subpoenaed him. It was Dawkins defense team who did it, they’re trying to muddy the waters of this investigation and turn it into a circus. Just look at what Haney said in the article, “We’re gonna pull back the curtain”. This is about a guy who got caught trying to pull other people down with him. More than likely Wade’s testimony will not be admitted into evidence in the first place nor will he be called to testify in open court. It has no relevance to Dawkins case. It was thrown out the first time, it’ll be thrown out again. Forde is a hack journalist who’s acting as Haney’s lap dog on this. Y’all should go back and read the article he did a month ago on this. Notice how he omitted the fact that it was the defense who subpoenaed Wade. He tried to imply it was the FBI, which would carry much more weight. He’s a piece of shite.

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Code's relaying to Townsend what the recruiting circumstances are with Williamson's father. "Hey," said Code, according to his attorney, Mark Moore. "Between me and you, you know, he asked about some stuff. You know?" Who is "he?" Zion Williamson's father, per Moore's courtroom account. "I know what he's asking for," Code continued. "He's asking for opportunities from an occupational perspective, he's asking for cash in the pocket and he's asking for housing for him and his family." If this was to follow the basics that played out over the past 2½ weeks here as the underground economy of college athletics was laid bare in a federal fraud trial, that meant a job (lucrative with little to no work), a lot of cash (six figures, minimum) and an apartment or house (rent-free, of course). If you've seen Zion play, you'd know that isn't a bad deal. Which might be why Townsend sounded unfazed. "I've got to just try to work and figure out a way because if that's what it takes to get him here for 10 months, we're going to have to do it some way," Townsend said.

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This was in a tape about Zion. There’s a big difference in wades converstions and this one. LINK
Here’s a link to read all of it.

What they have now is very vague and circumstancial but whenever the NCAA and FBI both start snooping around it likely isn't going to end well.

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The NCAA is so mad at Kentucky that they put Cleveland State on probation

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NCAA hypocrisy at it's finest.

They will never in 100 years give more than very minor infractions to their blue blood cash cows, but will impose devastating sanctions onto smaller programs in a heartbeat. The NCAA is a corrupt joke of an organization that need to end.

LSU (or its fans/reps) need to shine a light on that story or some other story like it and Get the negative attention off of LSU.

Duke/Zion would be perfect for LSU as it would completely overshadow Wade/LSU in the media if more people started talking about it and writing about it.

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Code's relaying to Townsend what the recruiting circumstances are with Williamson's father. "Hey," said Code, according to his attorney, Mark Moore. "Between me and you, you know, he asked about some stuff. You know?" Who is "he?" Zion Williamson's father, per Moore's courtroom account. "I know what he's asking for," Code continued. "He's asking for opportunities from an occupational perspective, he's asking for cash in the pocket and he's asking for housing for him and his family." If this was to follow the basics that played out over the past 2½ weeks here as the underground economy of college athletics was laid bare in a federal fraud trial, that meant a job (lucrative with little to no work), a lot of cash (six figures, minimum) and an apartment or house (rent-free, of course). If you've seen Zion play, you'd know that isn't a bad deal. Which might be why Townsend sounded unfazed. "I've got to just try to work and figure out a way because if that's what it takes to get him here for 10 months, we're going to have to do it some way," Townsend said.

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If the NCAA lets this go, they have nothing on WW.

frick it all. Still love WW. Don’t give a shite about any of this.

This seems like such an odd tape for Dawkins to use in defense of his corruption charges. A tape that makes clear that the middleman was not satisfied with Wade's "offer" and demanded a bigger piece of the pie.

I suppose Dawkins is trying to show how rampant corruption is in college basketball and that it was the coaches driving the boat, but from this phone call it seems as if it was Dawkins and his cronies setting the price and holding the players ransom.

Thank you my point! The word cash is mentioned when in wades it’s all speculative.

They better not let go of Wade. I don’t give a shite if we go on probation for a few years