Gary Parrish of CBS Sports published the above story about Ron Bell, the man who says he provided the impermissible benefits for which Josh Okogie and Tadric Jackson have been suspended to begin the basketball season.
Bell and Pastner met during Pastner’s time at the University of Arizona and they remained friends as Pastner moved on to Memphis and Georgia Tech.
The violations stem from Bell giving Okogie and Jackson shoes and clothes in addition to a trip to his home in Arizona last summer.
The article also mentions Bell’s past as a drug addict and his four-year stint in prison as the result of a parole violation.