On November 1,
2018, in our American Sport in the 21st Century class, we discussed deviance in
sports. One recent event that has occurred is the illegal recruiting that was
done by Kansas University’s basketball staff and Adidas. These institutions
were paying high school players and college players to attend Kansas University
(an Adidas sponsored institution). It was found that Adidas did make payments
to current players and former players as well as their guardians. An example of
one of these families would be Deandre Ayton’s, whose mother was planning on
receiving housing and a job on top of illicit payments to help persuade her son
to play at KU. Through many wired phone calls and banking records, it was found
that a former Adidas rep did make payments to players and family members in
order to get top recruits to attend KU. The corruption within college
basketball has started to unfold, revealing the evil doings of some top name
brands and coaching staffs when they are making efforts to recruit top athletes
to their school. The final verdict from the federal court is still in the process
of completion, as well as the NCAA investigation of these illegal actions.
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