Jaysker12 wrote:For the lawyers of the board, how is the FBI able to exercise this jurisdiction over the NCAA? Is the NCAA a recipient of federal funding? Where does the government find its way into this investigation and turn NCAA regulations/amateurism laws into federal crimes? I'm asking only because I do not know, as I feel this is a long overdue exposure of these practices
Related, a coworker of mine and I were having a debate over the alleged bribes. Since the player was not under any contracts, could they be acting in any official capacity? Put another way, say the player got the payments; how could the company enforce the transaction? What is to stop the player, when they turn pro, to simply sign with another agency or financial advisor? And does that lack of enforcement mechanism negate any "bribery?" Or does the simple act of money exchange for a future benefit itself constitute a bribe?
I was arguing the latter, but I'm also not a lawyer.