Report: Mark Gottfried Directly Connected to Paying Player

Current Cal State Northridge head basketball coach and former NC State head man Mark Gottfried is reportedly directly linked with playing a player.

Here is the report from ESPN.com:

Court filings in a federal criminal case involving college basketball corruption link former NC State coach Mark Gottfried to being the first head coach directly connected to impermissible payments to players, sources told ESPN.

According to a disclosure from federal prosecutors, former NC State assistant Orlando Early’s attorney said his client disclosed that Gottfried on two occasions gave him envelopes — containing what Early believed was cash — to deliver to star guard Dennis Smith Jr.’s trainer to ensure he…