Buried in paragraph 25 in the federal indictments for more than a dozen college basketball players for fixing games is really the crux of it.
“The fixers targeted for their scheme NCAA basketball players for whom the bribe payments would meaningfully supplement or exceed legitimate NIL opportunities,” it reads.
Money is flowing like never before in college sports. Quarterbacks are fielding million-dollar offers to eschew the NFL for another run at college. Private equity is noodling its way into athletic department finances, and celebrity boosters are writing an entirely new verse of “Be True to Your School,” with huge pledges of fiscal allegiance.
But it has not – and will…