Kansas In Trouble

[DukeDTD]

What did ESPN spend the most time covering? A player tripping another player or someone brandishing a chair as a weapon?

Solid point

[CamrnCrz1974]

Responding to a few posts in this thread...
Before ESPN jumps all over Kansas, I believe that the network will tread EXTREMELY carefully, given what happened with ESPN and Arizona. A brief timeline/review of events.

• In September 2017, former Arizona assistant Emanuel "Book" Richardson was one of 10 people arrested as a result of a federal investigation and the NCAA college basketball corruption trial. He pleaded guilty to charges that he accepted $20,000 in bribes to influence certain Arizona players to hire agent Christian Dawkins and was later sentenced (June 2019) to three months in prison.
• In February 2018, in the wake of an ESPN report that an FBI wiretap recorded Arizona head coach Sean Miller discussing a $100,000 payment to bring top recruit Deandre Ayton to the Wildcats, an ESPN announcer incorrectly declared that Sean Miller had been “relieved of his duties.”
• The announcer had to retract his statement (Miller voluntarily sat out one game, right after ESPN’s report was released), ESPN issued an apology and explained in a statement that the report had not been “properly vetted.”
• ESPN later made corrections to its report regarding Sean Miller. The first was changing the date of the alleged wiretapped phone call from “spring of 2017” to “spring of 2016.” The second was changing it to just “2016.”
• But 247Sports reported at the time (February 2018) that ESPN’s timeline did not add up. A source told 247Sports that Miller’s calls with Christian Dawkins were intercepted between June 19, 2017 and September 25, 2017. 247Sports also reported that sources said the U.S. Attorney's office notified multiple parties who had conversations with Dawkins that their phone calls had been recorded specifically during June 19, 2017 and September 25, 2017.
• Ayton, who was a top-five recruit, signed with Arizona on November 10, 2016 and arrived on campus on June 10, 2017. But an ESPN spokesperson reaffirmed that the network stood by its 2016 timeline.
• In May 2019, federal prosecutors played a recording of a June 20, 2017 phone call in court as part of the ongoing NCAA college basketball corruption trial. In the call, Dawkins and Richardson allegedly discussed recruiting Ayton to Dawkins's management company. Richardson reportedly told Dawkins that Sean Miller was paying Ayton.
• Further complicating matters, ESPN’s Darren Rovell reported on February 24, 2018 that Miller would actually receive more money from UA ($10.3 million) if fired with cause than if he were fired without cause ($5.1 million). Citing Rovell, Forbes published an editorial regarding UofA’s drafting error, including discussions of “poor drafting” and that Arizona’s actions made “no sense whatsoever.”
• But this was also not accurate, as contract details were clarified by Anne Ryman, senior reporter at The Arizona Republic and azcentral.

As it turns out, ESPN was not just incorrect in its report pertaining to the timeline and Miller's contract (not to mention an on-air announcer making an error about Miller's job status), the network was also incorrect when it reported the wiretap concerned Sean Miller's phone calls with Dawkins. The recording is from June 2017 (not 2016) and was between Dawkins and Richardson, not Miller. While Dawkins references payments being made from Miller's program to Ayton, there was no direct evidence in the form of Miller's own statements, which ESPN had initially reported.

Sean Miller is still the head coach at Arizona. To date -- over two years after ESPN's initial reporting -- Arizona has not received any Notice of Allegations from the NCAA.

Given what transpired with Arizona, it is possible ESPN is being more careful with its reporting regarding the allegations levied against Kansas.

[jv001]

Responding to a few posts in this thread...
Before ESPN jumps all over Kansas, I believe that the network will tread EXTREMELY carefully, given what happened with ESPN and Arizona. A brief timeline/review of events.

• In September 2017, former Arizona assistant Emanuel "Book" Richardson was one of 10 people arrested as a result of a federal investigation and the NCAA college basketball corruption trial. He pleaded guilty to charges that he accepted $20,000 in bribes to influence certain Arizona players to hire agent Christian Dawkins and was later sentenced (June 2019) to three months in prison.
• In February 2018, in the wake of an ESPN report that an FBI wiretap recorded Arizona head coach Sean Miller discussing a $100,000 payment to bring top recruit Deandre Ayton to the Wildcats, an ESPN announcer incorrectly declared that Sean Miller had been “relieved of his duties.”
• The announcer had to retract his statement (Miller voluntarily sat out one game, right after ESPN’s report was released), ESPN issued an apology and explained in a statement that the report had not been “properly vetted.”
• ESPN later made corrections to its report regarding Sean Miller. The first was changing the date of the alleged wiretapped phone call from “spring of 2017” to “spring of 2016.” The second was changing it to just “2016.”
• But 247Sports reported at the time (February 2018) that ESPN’s timeline did not add up. A source told 247Sports that Miller’s calls with Christian Dawkins were intercepted between June 19, 2017 and September 25, 2017. 247Sports also reported that sources said the U.S. Attorney's office notified multiple parties who had conversations with Dawkins that their phone calls had been recorded specifically during June 19, 2017 and September 25, 2017.
• Ayton, who was a top-five recruit, signed with Arizona on November 10, 2016 and arrived on campus on June 10, 2017. But an ESPN spokesperson reaffirmed that the network stood by its 2016 timeline.
• In May 2019, federal prosecutors played a recording of a June 20, 2017 phone call in court as part of the ongoing NCAA college basketball corruption trial. In the call, Dawkins and Richardson allegedly discussed recruiting Ayton to Dawkins's management company. Richardson reportedly told Dawkins that Sean Miller was paying Ayton.
• Further complicating matters, ESPN’s Darren Rovell reported on February 24, 2018 that Miller would actually receive more money from UA ($10.3 million) if fired with cause than if he were fired without cause ($5.1 million). Citing Rovell, Forbes published an editorial regarding UofA’s drafting error, including discussions of “poor drafting” and that Arizona’s actions made “no sense whatsoever.”
• But this was also not accurate, as contract details were clarified by Anne Ryman, senior reporter at The Arizona Republic and azcentral.

As it turns out, ESPN was not just incorrect in its report pertaining to the timeline and Miller's contract (not to mention an on-air announcer making an error about Miller's job status), the network was also incorrect when it reported the wiretap concerned Sean Miller's phone calls with Dawkins. The recording is from June 2017 (not 2016) and was between Dawkins and Richardson, not Miller. While Dawkins references payments being made from Miller's program to Ayton, there was no direct evidence in the form of Miller's own statements, which ESPN had initially reported.

Sean Miller is still the head coach at Arizona. To date -- over two years after ESPN's initial reporting -- Arizona has not received any Notice of Allegations from the NCAA.

Given what transpired with Arizona, it is possible ESPN is being more careful with its reporting regarding the allegations levied against Kansas.

ESPN had no problem making false statements against Arizona but they sure kept quiet about the Uncheats academic fraud. There were very few statements made by their announcers during the so called investigation by the corrupt NCAA. I guess Cleveland State will be penalized for Kansas wrong doings.

GoDuke!

[wsb3]

ESPN had no problem making false statements against Arizona but they sure kept quiet about the Uncheats academic fraud. There were very few statements made by their announcers during the so called investigation by the corrupt NCAA. I guess Cleveland State will be penalized for Kansas wrong doings.

GoDuke!

Nonsense. A former ACC player, long time ESPN analyst, conducted a hard hitting investigative story with Ole Roy & former players who said their experience was not like McCants described at all, as they all sat around the camp fire and drank baby blue drinks.

Afterward, McCants said something to the effect of, Well then, show your transcripts. I showed mine.

I am still waiting for their response or for the question to have been asked in the first place. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...

[HereBeforeCoachK]

What did ESPN spend the most time covering? A player tripping another player or someone brandishing a chair as a weapon?

ZACKLY

(wait, what, someone brandished a chair?)

[DukieInKansas]

ZACKLY

(wait, what, someone brandished a chair?)

NoOthing to see here - it was only a stool.

[HereBeforeCoachK]

NoOthing to see here - it was only a stool.

Sergeant Schultz is on the case

[DUKIE V(A)]

Sergeant Schultz is on the case

Well in that case, we can all rest easy — or at least the likes of Carolina and Kansas can.


https://youtu.be/34ag4nkSh7Q

[Tappan Zee Devil]

according to NY Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/17/s...n-dawkins.html

[duke79]

according to NY Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/17/s...n-dawkins.html

I'm afraid this may be like watching a documentary on how sausages are made.

[flyingdutchdevil]

I'm afraid this may be like watching a documentary on how sausages are made.

Less guts. More money. Same amount of viewer vomiting.

[mattyoung18]

Ku is in as much trouble as the cheats.Until college has a leader all these cheaters will skate.That Emeret guy is a complete clown.

[UrinalCake]

I wonder if the NCAA is secretly happy that the same team that basically gave them a giant middle finger - having strippers at midnight madness, their head coach wearing a giant ADIDAS t-shirt, defiantly denying any wrongdoing - is not going into the tournament as the overall #1 seed and overwhelming favorite to win it all. I can only imagine the look on Mark Emmert's face if three weeks from now he was having to hand over the championship trophy to Bill Self. Heck, Self would probably wear that Adidas t-shirt on the podium just to rub it in even further.

[devildeac]

I wonder if the NCAA is secretly happy that the same team that basically gave them a giant middle finger - having strippers at midnight madness, their head coach wearing a giant ADIDAS t-shirt, defiantly denying any wrongdoing - is not going into the tournament as the overall #1 seed and overwhelming favorite to win it all. I can only imagine the look on Mark Emmert's face if three weeks from now he was having to hand over the championship trophy to Bill Self. Heck, Self would probably wear that Adidas t-shirt on the podium just to rub it in even further.

Emmert's well trained in handing over trophies to liars and cheaters.

[Dr. Rosenrosen]

This can’t be good for KU or Self. “Egregious” and “severe” are not words you want the idiots from Indy including in their NOA response to you. Then again, we all thought the same thing about the cheats.

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...regious-severe

[OldPhiKap]

This can’t be good for KU or Self. “Egregious” and “severe” are not words you want the idiots from Indy including in their NOA response to you. Then again, we all thought the same thing about the cheats.

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...regious-severe

Manalishi says they're going down.

[burnspbesq]

Lawyers gonna make $MONEY$!

We ALWAYS get ours.

[devildeac]

This can’t be good for KU or Self. “Egregious” and “severe” are not words you want the idiots from Indy including in their NOA response to you. Then again, we all thought the same thing about the cheats.

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...regious-severe

Waiting for bilas to speak out and condemn the ncaa and praise the integrity/reputation of self and the wonderful jayhawks...

[Pghdukie]

And dont forget that all-righteous Pitino and the squeaky clean Louisville program.

[mattyoung18]

A few level ones and a couple twos.No biggie whistle and looking at the sky