There have been hundreds of articles already on the FBI probe into possible (and probable) bribing of high school athletes by several schools in conjunction with the shoe company Adidas.
Many sportswriters have called it a very bad day for college athletics and the NCAA, but as somebody who loves college sports, particularly basketball and football, I think yesterday was a great day, especially for the future of the sports.
Let’s first take a look at what went down yesterday and then I will tell you why this is a great thing for college sports.
Following a three-year long probe/sting by the FBI looking into the possible exchange of money between coaches/Adidas/high school athletes and their family members, it has effectively been confirmed what most of us already know—-there is rampant cheating that goes on at the highest levels of college athletics and the NCAA.