Former ALL-USA players can be influenced by college basketball scandal

At least one former ALL-USA boys basketball player, Brian Bowen, perhaps be connected to the current college basketball scandal & other players on final season's ALL-USA teams probably also be influenced because their chosen schools are attached to the FBI's criminal complaint. Louisville, Southern Cal, Arizona, Alabama, Miami & Oklahoma State weren't named directly in the complaint, but the report provided sufficient details to identify the schools. That will lead to questions, fairly or unfairly, for former ALL-USA players who committed to those schools. Among those recruiting Sexton to Alabama was basketball administrator Kobie Baker, who resigned on Wednesday after being identified in the FBI's criminal complaint. At the minimum, various of the schools are facing NCAA sanctions & that can lead to transfers by players, including the ALL-USA players.

The basketball world is convinced that the bribery scandal engulfing college basketball comes down to paying players

To many, the root of this issue is the NCAA's amateurism laws that state college athletes cannot be paid. ESPN's Jay Bilas, a noted advocate for paying college athletes, argued:"When have you ever heard of a coach being steered to an agent? That pesky free market works incredibly well & efficiently for everyone else; it is foolish to assert that it would not work just as well for college athletes." New York Knicks forward Michael Beasley also argued that college athletes ought be paid. Opponents of paying college athletes believe that athletes receiving scholarships, free education, nutritional care, & sometimes stipends, is compensation enough.

Corruption scandal threatens eligibility for college basketball players

according to RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The federal fraud & bribery scandal that has shaken college basketball has left a key lingering question of what will happen to recruits who received money related to attending certain schools. It can mean the permanent loss of college eligibility for some players, for assaulting a core NCAA rule prohibiting improper benefits. But some players can go through the reinstatement process & eventually play after sitting out some games on a case-by-case basis. He tells athletes involved will "have that stigma" attached to the scandal. Federal claimants reported Tuesday that ten men — including four helper coaches — have been charged by using hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to influence star athletes' choice of schools, shoe sponsors & agents.

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