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AZ hasn't been mentioned much because they are a Nike school, not an Adidas school. L'ville and Kansas have been most mentioned in this trial because the defendants are Adidas related.
If Nike guys were on trial then you would get alot more on Nike schools.
The Adidas guys made clear they felt they were competing with Nike and Adidas folks who were also spending alot of money, but they are not on trial.
It is also important to remember the trial is not about whether any of the defendants or who they interacted with broke NCAA rules. The trial is about whether these defendants broke any federal laws.
The reason you have not heard much is because the judge has kept the trial very focused on the charges against the defendants, not whether activities broke NCAA regulations. To his credit, that is what he is supposed to do as a judge.
My bet is that the feds have alot of evidence of NCAA wrongdoing, whether the NCAA ever sees it and gets to do anything with it is another matter. The Feds still have 2 more trials scheduled after this one - one in the winter and one next spring - there is no way they will share any evidence with the NCAA before those 2 trials are complete. and assuming they do share the information with the NCAA there is no guarantee the public will ever hear any of it. That would be up to the NCAA at that point. The NCAA can use now any evidence that was presented during the trial, so there are a couple of schools - notably Kansas and L'ville and possibly MD that they could likely go after now if they really wanted to.
If Nike guys were on trial then you would get alot more on Nike schools.
The Adidas guys made clear they felt they were competing with Nike and Adidas folks who were also spending alot of money, but they are not on trial.
It is also important to remember the trial is not about whether any of the defendants or who they interacted with broke NCAA rules. The trial is about whether these defendants broke any federal laws.
The reason you have not heard much is because the judge has kept the trial very focused on the charges against the defendants, not whether activities broke NCAA regulations. To his credit, that is what he is supposed to do as a judge.
My bet is that the feds have alot of evidence of NCAA wrongdoing, whether the NCAA ever sees it and gets to do anything with it is another matter. The Feds still have 2 more trials scheduled after this one - one in the winter and one next spring - there is no way they will share any evidence with the NCAA before those 2 trials are complete. and assuming they do share the information with the NCAA there is no guarantee the public will ever hear any of it. That would be up to the NCAA at that point. The NCAA can use now any evidence that was presented during the trial, so there are a couple of schools - notably Kansas and L'ville and possibly MD that they could likely go after now if they really wanted to.
