Kansas has shown a willingness to lie to itself and its fans (and the NCAA) about the school`s culpability in case of violations, which focuses on Adidas representatives handing over mountains of money to Jayhawks players. The school clings to the ridiculous premise that Adidas representatives (including Gatto, T.J. Gassnola, and Merl Code) actually deceived the school by paying players to go to Kansas, and that the school was stunned to learn that such gadgets were taking place. That led to the dirtiest case of all: Kansas sued Gatto, a mid-level Adidas employee, for $1.1 million. He eventually agreed to pay a much smaller amount as reparations, but the school`s intention was to financially ruin a guy who was trying to help the basketball team win games. The question is whether the violations uncovered in the FBI investigation would still be illegal if they had occurred in 2022. Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that college athletes could benefit from their name, image and likeness in so-called NIL agreements. Acting sporting director Kurt Watson said: „I`ve known Bill for many years, but working closely with him over the last few weeks in my current role has shown me even more every day how much he cares about this programme.“ Watson was the interim AD because Kansas fired the last AD, Jeff Long, after Les Miles slipped out of LSU and led to his resignation in Lawrence. So the school has an interim AD, an interim football coach, a huge case of NCAA violation. But a basketball coach for life, baby. You could say Kansas should be ashamed, but that`s college basketball.
There is no doubt that Kansas is a deserving men`s national basketball champion. There`s also no doubt that North Carolina deserves nothing but praise for the way they`ve played over the past three weeks. But KU also added international powerhouse Hogan Lovells. The Jayhawk case is being conducted from her Philadelphia office and since she joined the company in August 2020, KU has paid the company $862,256 through February, according to legal bills. Public opinion on NCAA cases has weakened considerably recently. Under current name, image, and similarity rules, many of KU`s alleged transgressions could be legal. But there are still faltering moments when the sport tries to monitor recruitment violations, and because of the icy slowness of the NCAA`s infringement process, the allegations are at the center of the game`s biggest night. The case began in September 2017 when the FBI arrested 10 men as part of a massive scheme to „cheat“ college tires. Overland Park-based Bond, Schoeneck & King charged KU$818,686 between May 2020 and April 2021, according to invoices. Since December 2017, KU Athletics has paid the company nearly $1.6 million for work related to alleged basketball and football violations. As spectacular as Kansas` victory was, an almost visible cloud hovered over the Superdome as confetti flew. The Jayhawks were one of the subjects of the FBI`s investigation into corruption in college basketball, which was first made public in September 2017.
The NCAA has been so slow to act on the findings of that investigation that even NCAA President Mark Emmert said last week that the trial had dragged on for too long. „For nearly 20 years, Coach Self has embodied the spirit and legacy of the University of Kansas, leading our men`s basketball program to a national championship, 15 Big 12 titles and 17 NCAA tournament appearances. We believe in Coach Self and believe in the future of our program under his leadership, and we are thrilled that he will continue to be a Jayhawk for the rest of his coaching career,“ University of Kansas Chancellor Doug Girod said in a statement at the time of contract signing. TOPEKA, Kans. (WIBW) — Many of those waiting for a report and waiting for a report detailing the investigation into alleged NCAA violations by KU`s men`s basketball program instead faced an investigative schedule. The FBI and the Southern District of New York have decided to make it a federal offense. The legal theory was that Gatto et al. Kansas somehow „cheated“ by getting the star players that Self and his staff wanted and often discussed openly with them.
With the meter still running, Kansas Athletics spent more than $3.5 million defending itself against alleged violations of NCAA rules in basketball and football. In real life, these people from KU – certainly not Self – are not so stupid. They all knew what Adidas was. Almost everyone in college basketball has done it. The trainers begged Gatto and Co. to help them, hugged them and treated them like the kingmakers they were. However, eyebrows were raised when the contract was announced the day before the Final Four and KU was still looking for an AD. The optics were obvious: KU was without AD for almost a month, but had time to sign a new contract with the basketball coach.
