There is an article on Yahoo by Dan Wetzel with some valid points.
Michael Avenatti’s arrest doesn’t erase the fact he may have dirt on college basketball
The circle of sleaze here is dense, but that’s the world college basketball has created for itself. The NCAA tournament is supposed-to-be this purified bit of Americana, but the underbelly is far too robust due to amateurism rules that create a black market for people to exploit and then allegedly others to exploit by blackmailing the initial exploiters.
“A suit and tie doesn’t mask the fact that at its core this was an old-fashioned shake down,” U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman said Monday.
He was speaking about Avenatti. He could have been speaking about a lot of well-dressed college administrators and basketball coaches, as well.
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/michael...224255687.html
Q "Why do you like Duke, you didn't even go there." A "Because my art school didn't have a basketball team."