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[Dav]

Wow, thank god Kansas is the new face of the FBI scandal. It would be soooo hilarious if they declared De Souza ineligible after he played for them all last year. ALL EYES ON THE JAYHAWKS!

https://twitter.com/jeffborzello/status/1055105179056513025

Some more:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ncaabk/kansas-to-hold-de-sousa-out-pending-investigation/ar-BBOPSPq?OCID=ansmsnnews11

[WILD]

Wow, Guilty on all counts. Sounds like it's good for UofA and all other schools involved, but may be bad news for Book in his future trial.

https://twitter.com/AdamZagoria/status/1055172109343883264

[Tucsandman]

We'll find out more pertaining to Arizona specifically in Book's case, but I just hope it was nothing that was actually within our program and was simply money changing hands to influence who these kids were going to do business with after they left college.

[Little George]

Is Quinerly"s eligibility in question? If he is ineligible because of payment from book then it will be hard on Book. If he is cleared to play then there is no proof that Book paid him. Because if he were paid he would have had to have paid it back like the Duke player, or he would be out as a college athlete. Cannot have it both ways. Did Book pay Quinerly the 5K? If not then he took money from an agent. He then is not proven to have paid any player. No payment to a player, no fraud!

Correct me if I am off on this.

[Dav]

By SB Nation
7 Losers and 5 Winners

Oregon, Miller and Nike: Winners

https://www.sbnation.com/college-basketball/2018/10/24/18009130/college-basketball-trial-winners-and-losers-arizona-louisville-duke-lsu

[Little George]

By SB Nation
7 Losers and 5 Winners

Oregon, Miller and Nike: Winners

https://www.sbnation.com/college-basketball/2018/10/24/18009130/college-basketball-trial-winners-and-losers-arizona-louisville-duke-lsu

Yep
Like I said, a Book plea deal may do him more damage.

[PBCatfan]

Depens what Book pleads to... If he just gets something for taking the money that is one thing, if he is found to have defrauded UofA then it could create a bigger issue.

[Little George]

The only way he defrauds Arizona is if paid an Arizona player. He took money yes, but what did he do with it?

[OGWildcatMike]

So Book took the money, what did he do with it? Does it matter, serious question? He took the money for the sole purpose of paying a player, so theres the conspiring charge, and defrauding the university. Does it matter if he paid the player or not? DO they even care about that, or are they trying to prove he defrauded UofA?

[Jav]

So Book took the money, what did he do with it? Does it matter, serious question? He took the money for the sole purpose of paying a player, so theres the conspiring charge, and defrauding the university. Does it matter if he paid the player or not? DO they even care about that, or are they trying to prove he defrauded UofA?

I don't know myself, but consider this snippet from the FBI winners and losers article linked in this thread earlier:

Referred to as "Player-12" in the FBI's original indictment, Little was at the center of the issues surrounding "University-7," which was Miami. The indictment alleged that Gatto, Code, Dawkins and Brad Augustine (Little's former AAU coach) conspired to funnel $150,000 to Little's family to get him to sign with Miami and then, ultimately, with Adidas after leaving college.

Text messages between Augustine and Dawkins, however, reveal that the Little family wasn't interested in receiving any money, and that the pair were actually worried about the family discovering that there was any discussion of payments at all. Charges against Augustine were dropped in February after it was revealed that instead of funneling money to the families of players, he had kept the money given to him by the Adidas employees for himself.