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Years of Corruption and Enablement Lead to Shameful and Deserving End For Will Wade

Suspicions of wrongdoing have followed Wade since reports surfaced in 2019 about leaked excerpts of an FBI wiretap.

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Now that one of the greasiest characters in the history of a notoriously sketchy sport has been dismissed, let’s take a moment to do two things.

First, let’s congratulate LSU men’s basketball coach Will Wade on earning a special footnote in history. Has anyone ever been fired the day before his NCAA tournament-bound team finds out its Selection Sunday seeding and opponent? That’s a special level of repudiation. Wade earned all the humiliation that comes with it.