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Rideordiewildcat

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I'm not sure if someone posted this from Saturday, but it is the best breakdown I have seen of the recent BS KP text and UK smear by the usual suspects. (On Friday evening, Pat Forde, Pete Thamel, and Dan Wetzel of Yahoo! Sports released yet another bombshell report, filled with the various exhibitions submitted to federal court by controversial lawyer Michael Avenatti.)=Douchebags!

http://kentuckysportsradio.com/bask...now-about-michael-avenattis-nike-allegations/
 
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JC CATS

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metrodayze said:
Which is not a UK board. My opinions here are always civil. Even as I digest the worse remarks against the team I cheer for.
Most here want a death penalty for u of l - ok that’s fine but the team will be back. The Wiki page is quite ironic. I wasn’t looking to bash. I went googling death penalty to see what u of l may suffer.
Anyway I like it here as you all are like hound dogs getting the dirt before anyone.
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Glad you can post on UK board. Anyone who is a UK fan gets banned by PHCARD. She has her own rules, no UK fans allowed, damn near has killed that site
 
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JC CATS

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There is nothing incriminating in that text. The only thing you could even by any stretch go with is failure to report. Is that a violation? Report what, rumors? hearsay? The dude didn't even say names he said coaches. The rival fans trying to make something of this are going to be disappointed, Looking at you UL, IU. Nothing to see here, move along
 
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I had two friends, that aren’t Kentucky fans and do not live hear, read the article to get their opinions (Note: one is a Washington fan, the other is a Ohio State)

Both said it sounds like Payne knew guys that were paying guys, but told them “it’s your *** if you get caught”. Said nothing there said it was kentucky players getting anything.
 
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What I can't understand is why people aren't looking at the timeline. Nike decides back in 2015 (I believe) to start paying players (because Adidas already was). At that exact moment, Duke, which had always recruited well, suddenly gets everyone they want, even players in the top 5 that play the same position. They get kids to leave high school early (Thornton). Bagley somehow completes a year worth of courses in 3 months and becomes eligible to play despite barely being eligible his junior year in high school (his family got paid by Nike as well). The top 3 players in the country, who all play the same position, sign with Duke. Meanwhile, our recruiting has fallen off some since then. Some in the media are trying to throw this scandal at us when we have clearly not been the major beneficiary.
 
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Whether or not Nike is paying players is sort of irrelevant to UK fans. It’s the obvious fact that Nike is steering players to Duke and has been since 2015. UK’s recruiting hasn’t quite been the same since then. That is an unfair advantage for Duke. UK had to redo Wildcat Lodge back in the early ‘80s because it was considered an unfair advantage. I wish Cal and UK would get a chip on their shoulders and just get back at all of them (NCAA, ESPN, Nike, Duke & UNC) by just relentlessly beating EVERYONE on the court, like Rupp did in ‘54.
 
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Nothing to see here....go back to dreaming and wishing tards. Soon it will be hammer time for U6 again!
 
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So the guy who was convicted for stealing 300,000 from a porn star who tried to extort the president of the united states with false claims is claiming a UK assistant coach said "watch your back" did something wrong? OK..here is a serious question. Why is he not in the federal pin? This clown is a liar and a thief, and should be locked up for good... the hell with what he says.
 
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Forde actually did us a solid. He got Tard fans hopes up again. A friend who is a UL fan asked me about it, and I heard it being discussed on the Jerry Eaves show. They will grasp at any straw.
 
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In case anyone missed it, there were a couple of developments in the Avenatti case over the past few days.

In particular, I found the federal government’s response to Avenatti’s motion to be interesting. I’ve long been skeptical that Avenatti had any real evidence of wrongdoing by Nike. The “evidence” he’s released thus far has been very weak and doesn’t explicitly support what Avenatti alleges it to support.

It appears the federal government shares that point of view. From the article:

In the filing, the government says of Avenatti: “It does not appear that the defendant ever possessed proof of criminality by anyone at Nike (despite his repeated public allegations); he merely came into possession of alleged facts that might be embarrassing and harmful to Nike if publicized in a particular way.”
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So basically the feds are saying Avenatti simply had a few facts that could be spun in an embarrassing fashion, but that was it. He did not have any real evidence against Nike. He simply was looking for a way to exploit this in order to address his debt of $15 million.

I don’t know how this plays out, but it seems plausible that there really isn’t anything here with Nike. The UL meltdown will be entertaining if that ends up being the case.

https://sports.yahoo.com/with-micha...ike-documents-prompt-questions-222954136.html
 
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UKnCincy said:
In case anyone missed it, there were a couple of developments in the Avenatti case over the past few days.

In particular, I found the federal government’s response to Avenatti’s motion to be interesting. I’ve long been skeptical that Avenatti had any real evidence of wrongdoing by Nike. The “evidence” he’s released thus far has been very weak and doesn’t explicitly support what Avenatti alleges it to support.

It appears the federal government shares that point of view. From the article:

In the filing, the government says of Avenatti: “It does not appear that the defendant ever possessed proof of criminality by anyone at Nike (despite his repeated public allegations); he merely came into possession of alleged facts that might be embarrassing and harmful to Nike if publicized in a particular way.”
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So basically the feds are saying Avenatti simply had a few facts that could be spun in an embarrassing fashion, but that was it. He did not have any real evidence against Nike. He simply was looking for a way to exploit this in order to address his debt of $15 million.

I don’t know how this plays out, but it seems plausible that there really isn’t anything here with Nike. The UL meltdown will be entertaining if that ends up being the case.

https://sports.yahoo.com/with-micha...ike-documents-prompt-questions-222954136.html
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It’s shocking that Avenatti would utter an untruth. Thanks for the update.
 
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It’s profitable and advantageous to mention Duke. I don’t blame Netti he’s using the most powerful program and coach to bring attention to his scam
 
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Anytime the “source” is going to be prosecuted it is easy to make the evidence disappear. As sad as this is, it is the same thing with the disgusting Jeffrey Epestien guy.
 
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JC CATS

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Is this old stuff about Kenny Payne? That was straightened out Payne just texted dude and told him to be careful
 
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trueblujr

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Dncmaxwell said:
Avanetti has been right and proven some pretty powerful folks to be liars.

However, I have no doubt our coaches knew about the show companies tactics. I actually think we stopped recruiting players who were too wrapped up in it (cough cough DeAndre Ayton).

I also say that we ALL knew the shoe companies and the handlers were doing this crap. Just no one had proof until the FBI investigated

If we were involved (I highly highly highly doubt we were) it will be interesting to see what they do since they’ve ignored LSU, Duke, Arizona, Kansas, etc
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Too bad Avenetti blew pretty much all his credibility with all the other crap he’s been involved in.
 
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UKnCincy said:
In case anyone missed it, there were a couple of developments in the Avenatti case over the past few days.

In particular, I found the federal government’s response to Avenatti’s motion to be interesting. I’ve long been skeptical that Avenatti had any real evidence of wrongdoing by Nike. The “evidence” he’s released thus far has been very weak and doesn’t explicitly support what Avenatti alleges it to support.

It appears the federal government shares that point of view. From the article:

In the filing, the government says of Avenatti: “It does not appear that the defendant ever possessed proof of criminality by anyone at Nike (despite his repeated public allegations); he merely came into possession of alleged facts that might be embarrassing and harmful to Nike if publicized in a particular way.”
​
So basically the feds are saying Avenatti simply had a few facts that could be spun in an embarrassing fashion, but that was it. He did not have any real evidence against Nike. He simply was looking for a way to exploit this in order to address his debt of $15 million.

I don’t know how this plays out, but it seems plausible that there really isn’t anything here with Nike. The UL meltdown will be entertaining if that ends up being the case.

https://sports.yahoo.com/with-micha...ike-documents-prompt-questions-222954136.html
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Big, if true
 
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trueblujr2 said:
Too bad Avenetti blew pretty much all his credibility with all the other crap he’s been involved in.
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Not a good person...but his facts are dead on. If you doubt his words, he will provide tapes and documents....

not necessarily a fan, but guys facts are better than most. I’d be careful when lying around him.
 
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CoachCalCares said:
What I can't understand is why people aren't looking at the timeline. Nike decides back in 2015 (I believe) to start paying players (because Adidas already was). At that exact moment, Duke, which had always recruited well, suddenly gets everyone they want, even players in the top 5 that play the same position. They get kids to leave high school early (Thornton). Bagley somehow completes a year worth of courses in 3 months and becomes eligible to play despite barely being eligible his junior year in high school (his family got paid by Nike as well). The top 3 players in the country, who all play the same position, sign with Duke. Meanwhile, our recruiting has fallen off some since then. Some in the media are trying to throw this scandal at us when we have clearly not been the major beneficiary.
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I think starting with the Tatum class Duke started getting whatever Nike player they wanted. I think it's pretty clear they were steering kids towards Duke, not really sure why Duke got the preference. I do think World Wide Wes is not mentioned with Cal nearly as much as he used to be at Memphis and in Cal's early years at UK.
 
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Big Blue in 502 said:
https://sports.yahoo.com/new-avenat...zion-williamson-romeo-langford-012143278.html
Thoughts? Not sure why they felt the need to drop an alleged conversation with a UK assistant in there. What am I missing as a reason in doing so? Here's the exact quote from the story regarding UK being mentioned.

DeBose, according to the motion, also “acknowledged in an exchange of text messages with an assistant coach at the University of Kentucky that Nike was funneling payments to high school players through at least ten different EYBL coaches
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This is old news. The Assistant was Kenny Payne. Nothing to see here. No connection to UK.
 
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Big Blue in 502 said:
I was wondering why the hell somebody bumped this thread back up from so long ago. Was hoping somebody added some breaking news to the thread.
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I bumped it yesterday because of some developments the past few days (e.g., judge denied Avenatti’s motion to dismiss some of the charges).

The primary new piece was that prosecutors filed a response to another Avenatti request in which the prosecutors came out and said that despite what Avenatti has told the public, he has no evidence of Nike paying athletes.

That’s been my suspicion based on what’s Avenatti’s said and the documents he’s released thus far, but now prosecutors have also essentially said he’s full of it.
 
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The AAU guy is in California and it’s illegal there to record conversations without consent from both parties so It shouldn’t be allowed as evidence unless the AAU guy wants to face charges himself
 
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