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Northwestern football mentioned in college basketball bribery trials

Marty Blazer, a former financial advisor who is a key witness in the ongoing college basketball bribery trials, testified Tuesday that he paid between $300 and $300,000 dollars to football players from several schools, including Northwestern.

Today from the college basketball bribery trial government witness Marty Blazer said between 2010-14 he paid from several hundred to several thousand dollars to FOOTBALL players from:

Pitt
Penn St
Michigan
Notre Dame
Northwestern
UNC
Alabama— Adam Zagoria (@AdamZagoria) April 23, 2019

Two years ago, the FBI publicly commented on an investigation into wiretaps that were collected regarding bribery in college basketball.