![]() ![]() Code ends up in this courtroom today.”Īfter he appeared in Ramos’s courtroom but before he went to prison, Code spoke to InsideHook about his case, his book and what he wants he thinks the world should know about the problematic system fueling college hoops. It doesn’t make it right, but it explains how an individual like Mr. There’s a lot of it and it’s so easy to take it. “It appears that all this type of conduct is prevalent in college basketball and other college sports,” Manhattan federal Judge Edgardo Ramos said at the 48-year-old’s sentencing. Actions like those eventually landed him in prison, the same place eight other men charged in the scandal (seven of whom are Black) ended up. ![]() Code worked as a consultant for Adidas, which he says led to him being asked by his bosses to violate NCAA rules on a regular basis, including once making a six-figure payment to five-star Louisville recruit Brian Bowen II after former Cardinals coach Pitino signed off on it. While it’s been an open secret for decades that college basketball’s recruiting underbelly operates like a series of warring crime syndicates, Code’s book reveals how the seedy system is set up to aid and protect white millionaires like Pitino and Self while putting the less powerful people - many of whom are Black - tasked with helping them secure the nation’s top players (many of whom are Black) into compromising positions. ![]() ![]() Better pictures of the flowcharts presented by the US Attorney's Office Southern District of NY /HAqC62WvT3 - Jonathan Givony September 26, 2017 ![]()
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