After 14 days of trial, and 19 hours of deliberation, the three defendants in the Adidas trial — Jim Gatto, Merl Code and Christian Dawkins — were found guilty on seven counts of wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud on Wednesday.
Here’s a fluid list of all my coverage of the trial and how it related to schools like Louisville, Kansas, Arizona, N.C. State and Oregon. The stories on the verdict are at the bottom.
Here’s a story from FloHoops.com on “Ten things you need to know about the Adidas Basketball Trial”
And another on “Defense attorneys in Adidas trial say Nike, Under Armour paying players, too”
DAY 1
Arizona Daily Star: Federal prosecutors likely to mention Sean Miller, Deandre Ayton, others in fraud trial
DAY 2
Arizona Daily Star: Defense attorney: Arizona Wildcats were prepared to spend $150K to land recruit
DAY 3
Arizona Daily Star: Arizona Wildcats, Oregon offered to pay big for basketball recruits, attorneys say
Arizona Daily Star: Witness details large cash payments made to father of superprospect Brian Bowen
DAY 4
Arizona Daily Star: Father of hoops recruit Brian Bowen: Agent told me Arizona offered $50K for commitment
Arizona Daily Star: Brian Bowen’s father: Agent told me Arizona offered ’50 grand’ for commitment
The Oregonian: Brian Bowen Sr. details lucrative cash bribes from multiple college basketball programs, but ‘does not recall’ Oregon’s offer
DAY 5
News & Observer: Memo shows NC State concerned about Mark Gottfried having contact with agent runners
DAY 6
TV hit: DeAndre Ayton, 4 others paid by Adidas, former consultant says
Arizona Daily Star: Ex-shoe consultant: I paid Deandre Ayton’s family, others to choose Adidas schools
KC Star: De Sousa contract with Spain pro team, payments to families discussed at Adidas trial
Our story from @AdamZagoria in New York, which includes the detail that Silvio De Sousa, at one point, signed a contract with a Spanish pro team: https://t.co/Ch9yicIwNi
— Jesse Newell (@jessenewell) October 11, 2018
DAY 7
Arizona Daily Star: Fixer testifies that he paid Deandre Ayton’s family friend $15K as part of Adidas pitch
KC Star: Details about Billy Preston’s car, KU emerge as Adidas trial continues
DAY 8
News & Observer: Text messages shown in court appear to clear UNC’s Nassir Little in FBI case.
KC Star: Adidas trial: Text messages from KU’s Bill Self, Kurtis Townsend shown as evidence
DAY 9
Arizona Daily Star: Former UA target Nassir Little, now at UNC, the subject of recording played at federal trial
News & Observer: Phone call allegedly discussing requests from Zion Williamson’s family brought up at college basketball trial.
KC Star: KU assistant’s phone call discussing top recruit’s requests brought up at Adidas trial
DAY 10
ZAGSBLOG: LSU coach Will Wade: ‘I have never done any business of any kind with Christian Dawkins’
DAY 11
KC Star: In closing, attorney for Adidas defendant argues KU’s Bill Self knew of payments
News & Observer: Adidas college basketball trial: Were schools victims or accomplices? https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/article220180450.html …
Arizona Daily Star: Closing arguments end with contention that Nike, Under Armour schools also paying players http://tucne.ws/116s
DAY 12
News & Observer: Jury continues to deliberate in FBI college basketball trial
Day 14
Arizona Daily Star: Adidas execs, would-be sports agent guilty in college basketball fraud case
News & Observer: Guilty on all counts in FBI college basketball corruption trial
KC Star: KU chancellor, AD issue joint statement following verdict. Excerpt and link in story
The defendants were found guilty on all 7 counts of wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud
– 3 for Jim Gatto
-2 for Christian Dawkins
-2 for Merl Code— Adam Zagoria (@AdamZagoria) October 24, 2018
Photo: Mark Lennihan / AP Photo
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