From the response I’ve seen I don’t think many non-Duke fans doubt it as it is.
Zion May be forced to testify on whether he took money from Duke
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From the response I’ve seen I don’t think many non-Duke fans doubt it as it is.
This fellow who was at IMG was knee deep in the college admissions scandal. You know he helped Duval.
Riddell served as the director of college entrance exam preparation at IMG Academy in Bradenton Fla., where he has worked since 2006. He was allegedly involved with the scheme since 2011, according to court filings.
Prosecutors allege administrators allowed Riddell to take students’ exams for them, feed correct answers to students or review and correct tests after they had been completed. He was allegedly paid $10,000 per test he doctored, according to court documents.
Riddell “assists thousands of students in gaining admission to top American universities,” according to his biography on IMG Academy’s website.
At a news conference Tuesday, U.S. Atty. for Massachusetts Andrew Lelling described Riddell as “just a really smart guy,” according to ABC News.
“He didn’t have inside information about the answers, he was just smart enough to get a near perfect score on demand or to calibrate the score,” Lelling said.
A few years ago, some random dude on the internet made up a rumor about UK paying Anthony Davis $200k to come play at UK. It's never gone away. The accusations about Myron Piggie, Lance Thomas, Zion, Maggette etc… had some real meat to them, but once this Williamson thing goes away… and it will, K will be in the clear again. He's untouchable and the NCAA doesn’t have the sack to change that.
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No one talks about the Anthony Davis thing anymore. People still talk about Maggette and Lance Thomas. If you hear people talking about Davis you most likely only notice because you’re a UK fan. Probably the same reason I still hear people talk about Maggette and LT.
So sad that Dook has bought all these players and not even made a FF LMFAO. I mean they had 3 of the top 5 guys and Jones and couldn't make the FF and really should have gone out early had UCF not got screwed. The old rat is getting shaker and shaker. It won't be too long before he does his last swan dive faint. I would be surprised if Splinter makes it past 2022.
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I read the article. Now it doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that they were getting some "benefits". A combined income of $44,000 and living in a $750,000 - $1million house that rents for between $2500 to $7500 a month? Oh please...I'm gonna puke. And that's just ONE example.
What are you all going to do call the Clintons ?
Agreed. Thomas had over $30,000 in cash and got a $70,000 loan to get jewelry while at Duke. If that blatant middle finger to the NCAA doesn’t warrant action, nothing ever will. Coach K can do anything he wants.
All those NCAAT games played in North Carolina should help you get over that.
Yes it is my belief that any team that the NCAA awards a 2 or 3 seed to, if awarded fairly and not over seeded, should have the potential to go on a run and win it all. Does it mean they will? Obviously not but other than 1 seeds guess which seeds have won the most tournaments in the 64 team tournament? In case you aren't certain I will tell you...2 and 3 seeds. Oh and they are also the most likely to make a final four and also championship game.
All of that can obviously can be thrown out of the window when you have a team like the 18 UNC team that had 10 losses but the NCAA committee gifted them a 2 seed and they went on to lose in the round of 32. They were not deserving of a 2 seed.
Just having fun with you.
But come on, you can't tell me that you don't see the advantages Duke has over everyone else, including UK and UNC.
Has coach K ever been ejected or even T'd up? I mean come on, K berates officials during every game, but I've never seen him get a T.
Has Dicky V ever commontated a game and NOT brought up duke?
I've seen duke lose games and actually move UP in the rankings, never seen that with anyone else.
Duke is getting more help from Nike than anyone else.
The NCAA selection committee always gives duke the benefit of the doubt.
ESPN hypes duke up more than any other program.
And if you think the NCAA hasn't looked the other way on the many cases listed throughout this thread, you're nuts. If Maggette, Thomas, Myron or Zion played for Cal when they got caught with their hands in the cookie jar, what do you think would have happened?
OK Kansas staff caught on tape saying they had to pay Wiliamson to get him. NOW his fricken agent said he/ his family got shoe money to play for Duke. Situation just like they fired Pitino for. This sounds like there's some fire to that smoke. Burn baby burn.
What if I told you it was just over a year ago that UK lost and moved up in the rankings? The fact is teams lose and move up due to circumstances more often than you think, you just only notice when it’s Duke.
Take your argument to Sports illustrated. I didn't write the article. You are the one asserting "facts" that are not in the article. Regardless, what is clear is you have NO argument in response to the overall point----NO PERSON---absent Duval----ever gained immediate NCAA eligibility attending API. No one. He was miraculously eligible at DUKE. Thanks to the poster above, we now know Duval almost certainly got improper benefits while at IMG. So, Duval either was the most unfortunate sole in the world of academia and was denied a legitimate education----at EVERY "school" he ever attended, or the kid was looking for a "pass", and he found/received it at DUKE.
Everybody knows his family got paid by Nike, even the Duke fans know it deep down, the real question will anybody ever admit to it or can it be proven somehow.
What are you even talking about? I never argued against the article. In fact your article confirms one of my statements about when Duval transferred. I argued against the “facts” you made up initially to support your argument even though they were completely false.
Nysier Brooks graduated from API the year Duval was a junior there. He played the next season at Cincinnati. Again you have incorrect info.
@BlueBlood66 has already said in this thread he hoped Zion did get paid and he also hopes that no proof ever comes out. Like UNC they have went from this holier than thou attitude of "we do it the right way" to "yeah we did it but you can't prove it".
OK. Show me proof---a video or picture---of Duval sitting in a classroom in 1 of his 8 high schools, taking a high school test, his high school report card, his high school transcript, or his ACT/SAT. Prove it. I'll play contrarian just like you.
Every NCAA institution in America knew the kid had major academic issues. I don't give a sh*t that Duke admitted the kid. That really only re-enforces my point. ONLY Duke could get the kid, and no one really questioned the matter bc it was Duke. BTW, it appears your boy Brooks attended a prep school before his stint at API. Presumably, he acquired enough credits in his extra year of high school to be eligible, but don't let that "fact" get in your way of being a contrarian. Your school cheats, and has been getting away with it for years. I'm not surprised you see nothing wrong with any of it.
You started this by making up a bunch of info about Duval. Every one that can actually be checked I disproved.
You said he attended API for two years. I proved that wrong.
You said he went to 8 schools in 3 years. I proved that wrong.
You said he was the only player to go to API to be deemed immediately eligible by the NCAA. I proved that wrong.
Can I ask you to answer seriously, did you make all that up just to try and prove a point? Did you think that info wouldn’t be able to be fact checked and you could get away with lying about it?
This would be news to me. I don’t recall UK moving up after a loss and if they did, it would be in some poll that didn't matter and it would be a true road loss on a buzzer beater to a ranked team that UK followed up with a big win.
Duke moved up after losing at unranked Syracuse. What a joke.
Close, it was a home loss to LSU. It was the AP poll, which is what I assume you are referring to with Duke. It was actually very similar to Duke in that they followed it up with a big win later in the week.
ETA: Wait, what year did Duke lose to unranked Syracuse and move up?
I am almost positive it was the one at the end of the 2017 season.
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