Does Corruption Exist in Women's basketball - a thoughtful thread

[stllvf]

a quote from Gino re in response to a question on whether women's basketball has the same issues as men re buying players following the investigation and transcripts in men's basketball. The Coach was responding to a reporter's question at their conference media day.

Potential Corruption In Women’s Basketball
“I mean, nobody’s going to invest hundreds of thousands of dollars in a kid coming out of school when the money they invest is more than that kid’s ever going to make. Just the finances are different. It’s all about the money, so we don’t have that issue.”

To focus on the quote don't have that $$ issue what incentive or ethical issues currently exist in 2018 in women's basketball?

thoughtful comments requested not forceful or bitter comments.

 

[gule]

Geno, what about putting somebody's mom up in a business?

 

[Volfan2012]

a quote from Gino re in response to a question on whether women's basketball has the same issues as men re buying players following the investigation and transcripts in men's basketball. The Coach was responding to a reporter's question at their conference media day.

Potential Corruption In Women’s Basketball
“I mean, nobody’s going to invest hundreds of thousands of dollars in a kid coming out of school when the money they invest is more than that kid’s ever going to make. Just the finances are different. It’s all about the money, so we don’t have that issue.”

To focus on the quote don't have that $$ issue what incentive or ethical issues currently exist in 2018 in women's basketball?

thoughtful comments requested not forceful or bitter comments.

Corruption on a lower level but definitely corruption exist.

 

[mtsuraider06]

Corruption on the women's side is far less than the men's, obviously. However, more and more companies are signing female players to pretty sizable contracts, and parents are seeing this.

If the parent of the next Parker, Stewart, Moore, Griner, Taurasi, etc wants to set their daughter on the path to get a share of that pie, that's their prerogative and I don't begrudge them at all. IMO, the most corruption on the women's side exists in the travel circuit. Handlers are a dime a dozen, and they will try and use their self-given influence to try and get their players into certain schools and blackball other schools. College coaches have to play into this and give the AAU coach a fair bit of access as well. Once that relationship is established, handlers can be the go between on asking for whatever the parents want. Doesn't hurt to ask. Some times they get it, other times, they don't.

Some coaches will play this game. It's not hard to figure out who. A lot of coaches don't. It's also not hard to figure out who.

It will, however, only get worse because female athletes are becoming a hot commodity and parents know this. Better to start out early than later.

 

[Bringback98]

Does anyone care?

 

[volfanIND]

Look what OSU did to get Kelsey Mitchell ....
It's there, just looks different.

 

[savannahfan]

a quote from Gino re in response to a question on whether women's basketball has the same issues as men re buying players following the investigation and transcripts in men's basketball. The Coach was responding to a reporter's question at their conference media day.

Potential Corruption In Women’s Basketball
“I mean, nobody’s going to invest hundreds of thousands of dollars in a kid coming out of school when the money they invest is more than that kid’s ever going to make. Just the finances are different. It’s all about the money, so we don’t have that issue.”

To focus on the quote don't have that $$ issue what incentive or ethical issues currently exist in 2018 in women's basketball?

thoughtful comments requested not forceful or bitter comments.

Seem to remember UConn "courting" a Ga. high schooler with escorts from WNBA (UConn grads) and a trip to ESPN implying a internship. I think this trip may have been to start (or the main reason) Pat stopped the series with UConn. "Buying with money or suddenly finding a job for family and/or friends is not the only way to cheat".

 

[BigOrangeMojo]

There's still money involved. The top coaches make seven figures and the average salary for Power 5 teams is over $700K annually. You don't nearly have the shoe money issues that you do in MBB but there's still enough monetary incentive to bend the rules....

 

[GlockVol]

Corruption is everywhere humans are. Sad fact.

 

[aaronvol]

There is corruption in every facet of life.

 

[volroadwarrior]

Gino has always been dirty regardless of what he says.

 

[YankeeVol]

While not as crazy or widespread as men's basketball, I have ZERO doubt there is corruption in women's basketball.

Like mentioned above, anywhere there's people involved, corruption exists.

 

[xtpsrh08123]

I know there's a bit of corruption happening down at Transfer U lol

 

[FrozenLVFan]

So much for reading comprehension.