Yesterdays revelation of NCAA investigations at the University of Florida for former player Maurkice Pounceys alleged receipt of $100,000 from an agent, as well as possible investigations for agent-related issues at North Carolina and South Carolina, once again raises the question: how can the agent-student athlete scandal be eliminated from college sports? more…
As you may recall, Marist University brought a lawsuit against its former mens basketball head coach, Matt Brady, and James Madison University (JMU). The suit centered on an interesting provision in Bradys contract with Marist. According to the contract, Brady was required to cease all contact with players being recruited by Marist if Brady were to leave during the terms of his contract. Brady, in the first year of a newly renegotiated 4-year deal, left to coach JMU. Interestingly, despite a provision precluding Brady from even discussing a job with another program during the term of his contract, Marist allowed Brady to leave for JMU, but Marist insisted that JMU and Brady honor the no-contact-with-recruits portion of the contract. In fact, Marists Athletic Director wrote a letter to JMU identifying 19 basketball players who had been recruited by Brady while at Marist (The List), and were thus off limits to Brady and JMU.
