NCAA files request for information on corruption case

INDIANAPOLIS – In an effort to facilitate its investigation into college basketball corruption, the NCAA filed a motion for intervention on Wednesday in the Southern District Court of New York, formally seeking additional information on the first of three federal trials. in question.

The 19-page motion submitted to Judge Lewis A. Kaplan seeks "copies of the exhibits referenced in open court during the trial, as well as an unwritten copy of the sentencing memorandum and exhibits." associated sealed conviction filed by the accused James Gatto ".

Gatto, a former leader of Adidas, was one of three accused convicted last fall. The other defendants were a former Adidas consultant and Nike executive, Merl Code Jr., and an aspiring agent, Christian Dawkins. The three should be sentenced next week.

"Although not a party to the case, the NCAA has a keen interest in the proceedings given the role its rules played in the trial and its responsibility to enforce these rules," he said. the NCAA's request. "The requested documents will allow the NCAA to investigate potential violations of the rules, take enforcement action if necessary, and consider reforms to prevent future violations."

In an interview with Yahoo Sports on Tuesday, NCAA Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer Donald Remy said the association was "aggressively" seeking information to prosecute violators. rules. This deposit is part of this lawsuit.

"This is related to the NCAA's new application process regarding the possibility of importing information from other proceedings," said Atlanta-based attorney Stu Brown. who is a veteran of business in the NCAA. "It's the NCAA's legitimate effort, under these new regulations, to get what they've identified and seen as essential and essential."

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The NCAA motion states that the association's request is limited in scope and is not intended to provide access to all material acquired by the government to support its case. Specifically, the NCAA requests "access to twenty-four eligibility-disputed material used to refresh the memories of witnesses or otherwise discussed by the parties to the record during the trial, in addition to (Gatto) unredacted sentencing memorandum …

The NCAA motion notes that defense counsel at the trial did not object to the association obtaining these documents. Attorney Edward Diskant did not register any opinion, says the NCAA, but postponed the notice after seeing the filing.

Wanted parts are only identified by part numbers and transcription quotes in the query, but are likely to include the following:

* A wiretap transcript read in court by one of Gatto's lawyers in which LSU coach Will Wade and Dawkins communicated about methods for recruiting a recruit by giving the player what he needs – "money means," said lawyer Casey Donnelly – in order to play LSU.

Donnelly read the conversation this way:

<p class = "canvas-atom canvas-text Mb (1.0em) Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm" type = "text" content = ""Do you want balsa?" Dawkins asked. "data-reactid =" 38 ">"Do you want balsa?" Dawkins asked.

<p class = "canvas-atom canvas-text Mb (1.0em) Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm" type = "text" content = ""Oh, the big child?" Replied Wade. "data-reactid =" 39 ">"Oh, the big child?" Replied Wade.

<p class = "canvas-atom canvas-text Mb (1.0em) Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm" type = "text" content = "Dawkins confirmed. "data-reactid =" 40 ">Dawkins confirmed.

<p class = "canvas-atom canvas-text Mb (1.0em) Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm" type = "text" content = ""OK, but there are others [expletive] involved in that, "said Wade." Wait, I have to close the door … I can get you what you need, but it must work. ""data-reactid =" 41 ">"OK, but there are others [expletive] involved in that, "said Wade." Wait, I have to close the door … I can get you what you need, but it must work. "

* An audio transcript of a conversation between the Assistant Code Coach and Kurtis Townsend, about what it would take Kansas to engage high school star Zion Williamson.

According to this transcript, Townsend stated:

<p class = "canvas-atom canvas-text Mb (1.0em) Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm" type = "text" content = ""Hey, but between you and me, you know, he asked questions. You know? And I said, "Well, we'll talk about it, you decide.""data-reactid =" 44 ">"Hey, but between you and me, you know, he asked questions. You know? And I said, "Well, we'll talk about it, you decide."

<p class = "canvas-atom canvas-text Mb (1.0em) Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm" type = "text" content = "Code: "I know what he's asking for. He asks for opportunities from a professional point of view, he asks for money in his pocket and he asks for housing for him and his family. ""data-reactid =" 45 ">Code: "I know what he's asking for. He asks for opportunities from a professional point of view, he asks for money in his pocket and he asks for housing for him and his family. "

<p class = "canvas-atom canvas-text Mb (1.0em) Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm" type = "text" content = "Townsend: "I just have to try to work and find a way, because if that's what it takes to keep him here for 10 months, we'll have to do it somehow.""data-reactid =" 46 ">Townsend: "I just have to try to work and find a way, because if that's what it takes to keep him here for 10 months, we'll have to do it somehow."

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