What we know about Arizona and the FBI’s college basketball investigation, as Sean Miller sits out

I'm surprised that there hasn't been a thread started on this on yet.

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Arizona head basketball coach Sean Miller didn’t coach the Wildcats in their loss at Oregon on Saturday night.

On Friday, ESPN reported that an FBI wiretap revealed a conversation between Miller and Christian Dawkins, a central figure in the FBI’s probe of corruption in college basketball. In the call, Miller and Dawkins reportedly “discussed” a $100,000 payment to freshman center Deandre Ayton when he was a recruit in the class of 2017.

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From a legal standpoint, I don't see this as any different to what the Patriots got bust for doing, violations of the company rules. So why is the FBI investigating this?

It's a non-starter for me. Who cares? The NCAA is basically organized exploitation. The Feds investigating this is a waste of resources.

The Feds are investigating this in the sense that this is fraud, crossing state lines.

The Feds are probably investigating because a high ranking congressman who is alumni from a rival school told them to investigate

Get the money, baby.