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[eggdog]

If Miller was caught on tape talking about paying players he would be defrauding the state and would be arrested along with Book. It was the FBI recording the conversations so why wouldn't they charge him if they had something and not go after some assistant coaches? And who knows what Book planned to do with the money. My guess is he took advantage of the situation and accepted the money knowing he wouldn't have to get any players to sign with Dawkins agency and would be able to keep the money either way.

The weirdest thing is why did the FBI get involved in the first place? They set Dawkins up and provided him with the money and instructions to bribe college coaches in the first place. Seems like a huge waste of time and money.

Interesting SI article on how the FBI took advantage of Dawkins - https://www.si.com/college-basketball/2018/05/23/fbi-investigation-ncaa-christian-dawkins-college-basketball-sting-operation

[MDcAtZ]

If Miller was caught on tape talking about paying players he would be defrauding the state and would be arrested along with Book. It was the FBI recording the conversations so why wouldn't they charge him if they had something and not go after some assistant coaches? And who knows what Book planned to do with the money. My guess is he took advantage of the situation and accepted the money knowing he wouldn't have to get any players to sign with Dawkins agency and would be able to keep the money either way.

The weirdest thing is why did the FBI get involved in the first place? They set Dawkins up and provided him with the money and instructions to bribe college coaches in the first place. Seems like a huge waste of time and money.

Interesting SI article on how the FBI took advantage of Dawkins - https://www.si.com/college-basketball/2018/05/23/fbi-investigation-ncaa-christian-dawkins-college-basketball-sting-operation

If Dawkins lawyer was any good... and I mean "public defender" level competent, he would've argued entrapment. His client wouldn't have committed the crimes if the undercover agent hadn't facilitated the activities. But no, Haney pursued a doomed strategy of, "we didn't bribe coach A, so clearly we're not guilty of bribing coach B... who we bribed."

The complaint makes it pretty clear that Book was going to get paid (a salary) $5000 per month to direct players to Dawkins. Dawkins even told Book he didn't give a **** what Book did with the money, and SUGGESTED paying recruits. That's where the lazy media made it appear like Book was taking bribes to pay recruits.

[Little George]

The FBI lies all the time, undercover and otherwise, but if whisper something wrong to them They  twist it any way they want it.
Our government is corrupt.

[WILD]

Duke is finally brought up in actual wire taps. Clemson assistant coach talked about whoever gets Bagley and Zion's are gonna have to pay. Where do they end up? The media won't dare make this a big deal.

https://twitter.com/Aaron_Torres/status/1121465413345267714

[WILD]

Lol, Adam immediately says there's now proof Zion was paid. Here's our response

https://twitter.com/playersprogramu/status/1121495566234505216

[Little George]

Dawkins said on tape that he communicated with both Miller and Richardson because the two didn't get along.
"Him and Sean hate each other," Dawkins said. "It's weird. It's like a bad marriage."

Is this really what the guy said?

[Little George]

The yacht meeting was scheduled so the men could discuss broadening their network. Richardson, Miller's longest-serving assistant, appeared to be a prime target. The men discussed on the video how much to pay Richardson, noting he was worth top dollar. Blazer said on tape that Richardson was worthy of $4,000 a month, and Dawkins agreed.
"Like Book, OK, that makes sense to give him four grand a month because he's got the No. 1 pick — every year, they got a top-10 pick," Dawkins said on tape.
Dawkins said on tape that he communicated with both Miller and Richardson because the two didn't get along.
"Him and Sean hate each other," Dawkins said. "It's weird. It's like a bad marriage."



That was a bigger section of it.

[Jav]

That's certainly shady, and depending on what is communicated to the athletes it could be unethical.  But taking money from an agent to steer athletes to that agent after graduation doesn't seem to be a NCAA rules violation.  It's not really clear to me in what way its illegal either, but point and yell wire fraud I guess.

[Liquidated]

The complaint makes it pretty clear that Book was going to get paid (a salary) $5000 per month to direct players to Dawkins. Dawkins even told Book he didn't give a **** what Book did with the money, and SUGGESTED paying recruits. That's where the lazy media made it appear like Book was taking bribes to pay recruits.

Yea...good thing Book is so ethical - we really dodged a bullet there!

Sorry, could not refuse. 

[Liquidated]

2 points for a little balance here.

1. As downright pissed off as I am about the state of the program - I have never thought the Schlabach story was legit and have said so often. And I think finally those who have wanted to defend Miller have rational and logical defense for Miller as this trial(s) and a few facts have unfolded so they are not just blindly supporting a coach who, frankly, they had no idea whether he was guilty or innocent and probably still really don't know to a full extent. Rush to judgment in either direction is always bad. Ultimately, the lack of any evidence whatsoever is good for Miller, but as you probably guess, IMO, it is bad for the AZ BB program in the long term. After all the B.S. of the past few years that happened all under his watch, I just can't see how anyone can support him. That is my opinion.

2. THERE IS STILL SOMETHING MISSING. The accusations for all of AZ BB's shenanigans over the past few years are of a nature that, IMO, should be answered and addressed. A simple - "we've cleaned up our act and fired those responsible" statement from Heeke would be good first step. Part of the continuing media stirrings is the way in which Miller/Arizona handled (or rather, didn't handle) things. No sworn testimony, no depositions, no statements, no comments...just a midnight flight home from Oregon, denial with no details and deafening silence. It is time for Miller (and the University) to choose a path and A. Punch Back, B. Punch Back hard, or C. Go full Trump on their asses. No classless comments about 'go back to Phoenix' - answer the damn question. So Miller is innocent? Fine - Don't say so in the form of a hollow denial. Say so with a lawsuit for slander or libel...have the University sue ESPN for lost revenue due to lost recruits. It likely goes absolutely no where, but it would send cruise missile across their bow and make guys like Schlabach piss themselves - or present actual, factual, hard evidence for the court of public opinion.   

If it all ends with something as mundane as "Miller doesn't have to testify" - no one will ever know the truth, good, bad or indifferent.

We have a reputation to repair that may not ever recover and the sooner the powers that be get started on doing so the better, IMO.