Sports & Politics Intersect: Arizona stands by their man over alleged FBI wiretap
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«I have never knowingly violated NCAA rules while serving as head coach of this great program.» -Sean Miller, University of Arizona basketball head coachAnother week in collegiate sports, another scandal. ESPN broke a story early on Feb. 25 thatSports & Politics Intersect: Arizona stands by their man over alleged FBI wiretap
«I have never knowingly violated NCAA rules while serving as head coach of this great program.» -Sean Miller, University of Arizona basketball head coachAnother week in collegiate sports, another scandal. ESPN broke a story early on Feb. 25 that claims an FBI wiretap has Arizona head coach Sean Miller on the phone with Christian Dawkins about a $100,000 payment to ensure preps prospect Deandre Ayton became a Wildcat. While these charges would be incredibly damaging for both Arizona and the NCAA at large, there have been questions about the timeline in the ESPN report on when these alleged phone calls actually took place. ESPN made multiple corrections about when the conversations between Miller and Dawkins happened, which has many wondering if the calls even took place to begin with. Miller has gone on record to say that the reports are false and, at the moment, still has support from the university.Regardless if anything comes from ESPN’s report, the larger story at hand is that the C in NCAA could as easily Read more