Drug dealers, terrorists and investigations into political wrongdoings — those are the things that come to mind when one thinks of the FBI’s typical jurisdiction, not the NCAA.
Most any good FBI television show features a federal agent in a cheap black suit with knockoff aviators, just waiting for the right time to drop a terrible one-liner about how crime doesn’t pay. Well, apparently it does if you are a high school athlete getting recruited illicitly.
Earlier this week, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York announced federal corruption charges against four NCAA assistant basketball coaches who are responsible for instances of illegal recruiting within collegiate basketball.