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- A $25,000 deal between Dawkins and Bowen Sr. for Bowen II to play a spring and summer of AAU ball with the Adidas-sponsored Michigan Mustangs.
- An offer of $100,000 plus a “lucrative” job from a Creighton assistant coach.
- Notice from Dawkins that Arizona was willing to pay $50,000 for Bowen II’s basketball services.
- Notice from Dawkins that Oklahoma State was willing to pay Bowen Sr. $150,000, plus $8,000 for a car and “an undisclosed amount to buy a house” if Bowen II would commit to play for the Cowboys
What’s next in the corruption case?
Two weeks after the Final Four concludes in Minneapolis, trial No. 2 will begin in New York. Code and Dawkins, both already facing six months in prison, are the defendants. Wade and Miller will presumably be summoned to the witness stand. Other coaches could be as well. "As many as I can get in the courtroom,”
Dawkins’ attorney said in February. "We are going to pull back the curtains [on the sport].”
There are grand promises that the second trial will be even spicier than the first. Whether those promises are met, and whether new revelations actually have the power to shake up the sport, remains to be seen.
Meanwhile, the NCAA has begun investigating. The
FBI gave it the green light in November, two weeks after the first trial ended. That’s significant, because, as
Yahoo Sports’ Dan Wetzel noted in October: “While much was heard in court over the past month, there was even more – wiretaps, under-oath allegations, documents – that wasn’t included because it didn’t fit the prosecution or was denied admission by Judge Lewis A. Kaplan.”
So while a lot has happened in 18 months, a lot is likewise yet to come.
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