Sport and Education

Adidas, the company that was charged with
bribing players and coaches

On September 28th and October 3rd of 2017, we discussed sport and education, specifically in high school and college. This article relates to class because it is a clear example of illegal recruiting, and in class we learned that it is one of the many abuses in intercollegiate sports. The article mentions how an Adidas executive worked with a sport agent and a financial advisor to funnel thousands of dollars to the families of high school recruits. This would persuade them to sign with the college programs that are partnered with Adidas. Adidas's intention of giving athletes money to sign with Adidas college sport programs was so that when the athletes went pro, they would sign with Adidas. The reason athletes would be easily persuaded is because as a division 1 college student athlete, you work so much and  with hardly any time to study on academics, which will result in the program altering grades and transcripts. Plus the program exploits the athletes. Both abuses in intercollegiate sports are why players would accept large amounts of money to join certain programs. This Adidas scandal has caused four assistant coaches to be arrested and charged who are from big-time college basketball programs. The article perfectly displays an abuse in intercollegiate sports which we talked about in class.

Head coach of Louisville Men's Basketball team, Rick Pitino,
was fired because assistant coaches and players received money
from Adidas, despite having no knowledge of this.

Read the full article here: http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Daily/Issues/2017/09/27/Colleges/NCAA-FBI-Details.aspx?hl=adidas%20recruiting%20scandal&sc=0