Is the corruption scandal a cleanser for NCAA recruiting?

Today’s news was jarring to college basketball, for certain. A “league” of amateurs had the very real reality of how some players, coaches and AAU programs receive money to influence decisions laid out.

“We have your playbook,” the Department of Justice quipped. And they are going to come after more coaches, more players and more programs with hard evidence they have acquired.

It will be hard for coaches to know their exposure on this, especially with the now-charged college assistant coaches willing to possibly speak in exchange for a reduction in legitimate penalties, not just the “show cause” the NCAA can slap on a coach.

Note that the show cause has not hurt Pete Carroll, who jumped from…