This is a must read. Holy crap.
Some excerpts:
In July, Christian Dawkins, a professional sports agent, said in a phone call to one of the undercover FBI agents (who was posing as a financial backer) that he wanted an additional $15,000 for Arizona Asst Coach Richardson to give to “Player-5” in order to influence him to Arizona. Dawkins told the agent that Richardson had a “top point guard in the country” and he was ready to commit to Arizona.
Dawkins called Richardson two days later and said the undercover agent — posing as the financial backer — was willing to provide the extra $15,000 if Richardson would treat it as a payment for the following three months. Richardson agreed, according to the documents.
Dawkins spoke to the undercover agent that same day and said that, “(The head coach at Arizona) is talking out of his mouth, he wants (Player-5) bad as (expletive). So, I mean, the leverage I have with that program would be ridiculous at that point.”
The head men’s basketball coach at Arizona is Sean Miller.
Dawkins told the undercover agent that Richardson would give the money to “somebody involved with the kid” and later said the most effective step in many recruitments is to meet “the handler, the guy who’s … making the decision,” according to the federal documents.
On or about July 20, according to the documents, Richardson met with Munish Sood (a financial adviser hoping to gain pro basketball players as clients) and the undercover agent posing as the financial backer at Sood’s office in New Jersey to pick up the $15,000. The meeting was recorded on audio and video, and Richardson provided his contacts with updates on “a number of players he was recruiting,” including “Player-5.” Richardson described “Player-5” as having “committed to us,” but explained that the player’s mother had asked for money because “she didn’t know what I was already doing for her son.” Richardson then reiterated his intent to steer players to Dawkins’ management group, according to the documents.
The documents also say that, “on or about August 9, 2017, Player-5 verbally committed to attending (Arizona).”
Jahvon Quinerly committed to Arizona on Aug. 8.
Arizona released the following statement Tuesday:
“We were made aware of the Department of Justice’s investigation this morning and we are cooperating fully with the FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s office. Assistant coach Emanuel Richardson was immediately suspended and relieved of all duties.
“We were appalled to learn of the allegations as they do not reflect the standards we hold ourselves to and require from our colleagues. The University of Arizona has a strong culture of compliance and the expectation is we follow the rules.”
Link to full story: http://www.kentucky.com/sports/coll...rticle175583296.html#storylink=related_inline
Some excerpts:
In July, Christian Dawkins, a professional sports agent, said in a phone call to one of the undercover FBI agents (who was posing as a financial backer) that he wanted an additional $15,000 for Arizona Asst Coach Richardson to give to “Player-5” in order to influence him to Arizona. Dawkins told the agent that Richardson had a “top point guard in the country” and he was ready to commit to Arizona.
Dawkins called Richardson two days later and said the undercover agent — posing as the financial backer — was willing to provide the extra $15,000 if Richardson would treat it as a payment for the following three months. Richardson agreed, according to the documents.
Dawkins spoke to the undercover agent that same day and said that, “(The head coach at Arizona) is talking out of his mouth, he wants (Player-5) bad as (expletive). So, I mean, the leverage I have with that program would be ridiculous at that point.”
The head men’s basketball coach at Arizona is Sean Miller.
Dawkins told the undercover agent that Richardson would give the money to “somebody involved with the kid” and later said the most effective step in many recruitments is to meet “the handler, the guy who’s … making the decision,” according to the federal documents.
On or about July 20, according to the documents, Richardson met with Munish Sood (a financial adviser hoping to gain pro basketball players as clients) and the undercover agent posing as the financial backer at Sood’s office in New Jersey to pick up the $15,000. The meeting was recorded on audio and video, and Richardson provided his contacts with updates on “a number of players he was recruiting,” including “Player-5.” Richardson described “Player-5” as having “committed to us,” but explained that the player’s mother had asked for money because “she didn’t know what I was already doing for her son.” Richardson then reiterated his intent to steer players to Dawkins’ management group, according to the documents.
The documents also say that, “on or about August 9, 2017, Player-5 verbally committed to attending (Arizona).”
Jahvon Quinerly committed to Arizona on Aug. 8.
Arizona released the following statement Tuesday:
“We were made aware of the Department of Justice’s investigation this morning and we are cooperating fully with the FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s office. Assistant coach Emanuel Richardson was immediately suspended and relieved of all duties.
“We were appalled to learn of the allegations as they do not reflect the standards we hold ourselves to and require from our colleagues. The University of Arizona has a strong culture of compliance and the expectation is we follow the rules.”
Link to full story: http://www.kentucky.com/sports/coll...rticle175583296.html#storylink=related_inline
