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[WILD]

Mark Schlabach comes out of hiding to write an article about the FBI trials and repeats a lot of the BS story he put out back in February. Of course he uses a picture of Miller in his story. This guy needs to be fired already!  Also, notice how Schlabach won't tweet out his own story and has another reporter do it for him. Pathetic!

https://twitter.com/ESPNRittenberg/status/1046741140794494977

[WILD]

This his how a real news network release their FBI trial story. Notice there's no Pic of Miller and it's just straight facts.

https://twitter.com/PeteThamel/status/1046725846927659009

[ichi]

From the Mark SlobHack ESPN article Monday 10/1

ESPN reported in February that defendant Christian Dawkins and Arizona coach Sean Miller had discussions about a $100,000 payment to ensure that star center DeAndre Ayton, the No. 1 pick in June's NBA draft, signed with the Wildcats. Arizona's outside counsel, Paul Kelly of Boston, said Ayton denied receiving money to influence his decision in multiple interviews with the FBI and NCAA.

At the time, Miller denied the allegations -- and adamantly insisted he had never willfully broken NCAA rules. Arizona officials have denied multiple open-records requests from ESPN for any subpoenas the university received from the federal government for information and grand jury testimony related to the investigation. They repeatedly cited "the balancing test established by the Arizona courts to protect the best interests of the state."


Notice the not-so-subtle attempts at being disingenuous - "ESPN reported", not "I used anonymous sources that still have not been verified"

"At the time, Miller denied" not "Miller has consistently and vehemently denied"

Then he implies that the UofA is hiding something because they won't release all of the subpoenas

he's clever, probably has ESPN lawyers reviewing his stuff, great job attempting character assassination using simple tricks

a decent man would have written that since his accusations, no corroborated the story, that he had made several factual errors in his report, and that most real sports journalists had distanced themselves from his bullshit

[Tucsandman]

Even if these 'discussions' did happen, he still hasn't come right out and said Miller was attempting to arrange the transaction. For all we know, he was declining to get involved or trying to prevent it from happening. On the other hand, ESPN sure is trying hard to make it look like Miller was involved in attempting to make the payment happen rather than any other perspective on it.

[DefinitelyNotWiid]

I'm sorry, but appearance is everything in a case like this. I'm sure Arizona has a bevy of attorney's working around the clock on this, and doing a ton behind the scenes, but they need to be 100% in front of the scenes in this particular instance. This is completely slanderous and is directly affecting recruiting and public perception regardless of presence of truth or lack thereof. It shows complete weakness and lack of control over the situation. Flippin' protect the damn University and do your damn jobs.

[WILD]

Adam Zagoria is a special guest written for the daily star and wrote the story below. In Monday's trial it was said that Arizona offered 150k for Little. They'll be talking more about this this week. Nothing really new here. It'll be interesting to see what proof they have if any. Read the story below.

https://twitter.com/AdamZagoria/status/1046849024710647810

[AZCatMom]

Bowen's father cut a deal:

https://twitter.com/GoodmanHoops/status/1047172676475863041

[AZCatMom]

Adam Zagoria is a special guest written for the daily star and wrote the story below. In Monday's trial it was said that Arizona offered 150k for Little. They'll be talking more about this this week. Nothing really new here. It'll be interesting to see what proof they have if any. Read the story below.

https://twitter.com/AdamZagoria/status/1046849024710647810

Interesting, wonder if the Star feels their reporters/columnists should back off due to earlier issues?

[GoCatZ]

Oregon is now being accused by adidas agents of offering 100k for Bowen. Why was this not put out there by the agents even if it's untrue??  It's like they purposely left Oregon out & the ducks didn't have to suffer being named in the FBI scandal this whole time.   

https://sports.yahoo.com/opening-statements-college-hoops-corruption-trial-drag-oregon-fray-reveal-strategies-174516177.html

Another story on Oregon being the 1st team mentioned
https://247sports.com/Article/Attorney-Oregon-offered-astronomical-money-to-college-basketball-recruit-Brian-Bowen-122807787/

[WILD]

Here's another article on the latest FBI trial news involving Oregon

Gatto's legal team brought a new school into scope and did so with a bombshell accusation. Oregon has now been roped into this story in a significant way.

During opening statement this morning, Jim Gattto's atty promised evidence would show Oregon offered "an atronomical amount of money" to recruit Brian Bowen to play for the Ducks. The $100,000 deal to attend Louisville was to "level the playing field."

Read the full CBS article below
https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/college-basketball-corruption-trials-get-underway-with-bombshell-opening-statement-from-defense-team/