Purely hypothetical scenario about college football

[PirateDawg]

What if a coach set up a network of "donors" and provided them with enough information so they could bet on games and use the winnings to "invest" in his program. The coach uses code words to tip off the donors on which way to bet. In the high stakes environment that they compete in would this be plausible?

 

[Hot Rock]

No code words needed these days. That may have been needed to build GA to have those 15 draft picks this year but today, all you need is donors.

Coaches can absolutely tell them which ones to pay and legally. Their are national websites and local message boards dedicated to recruiting that name recruiting targets, offers, what type of offer etc.. You won't get public coaching comments about recruits but the information is out there.

 

[aTotal360]

Here's a code that I learned years ago. "MSU is favored"...bet against us.

 

[Maroon Eagle]

I fixed your post.

Here's a code that I learned years ago. "MSU is favored"...bet against us.

 

[stateu1]

What if a coach set up a network of "donors" and provided them with enough information so they could bet on games and use the winnings to "invest" in his program. The coach uses code words to tip off the donors on which way to bet. In the high stakes environment that they compete in would this be plausible?

Not plausible at all. Do not 17 with Vegas. That would be a great way for a coach to lose his multi million dollar pay immediately.

 

[HRMSU]

What if a coach set up a network of "donors" and provided them with enough information so they could bet on games and use the winnings to "invest" in his program. The coach uses code words to tip off the donors on which way to bet. In the high stakes environment that they compete in would this be plausible?

Three may keep a secret if two of them are dead

 

[mstateglfr]

No code words needed these days. That may have been needed to build GA to have those 15 draft picks this year but today, all you need is donors.

Coaches can absolutely tell them which ones to pay and legally. Their are national websites and local message boards dedicated to recruiting that name recruiting targets, offers, what type of offer etc.. You won't get public coaching comments about recruits but the information is out there.

I dont think you read the OP's post correctly.

 

[PooPopsBaldHead]

This has already happened. I present to you Dennis Franchione and the no good, lying, cheating, boot licking Texas Aggies. You know the clowns that stole their motto about not lying, cheating, or stealing from West Point...

https://www.oklahoman.com/story/sports/college/cowboys/2007/10/03/aggies-coach-fran-says-he-wont-resignbrspan-classhl2franchiones-newsletter-creates-controversyspan/61702449007/

 

[dorndawg]

I'm no legal scholar but the list of possible federal charges would include wire fraud, racketeering, money laundering, and would possibly even arise to some RICO action.

 

[PirateDawg]

That's what the Alabama guy got in trouble for paying the coach of Means. It didn't stop it from happening.

 

[CookieMonster.sixpack]

I don’t see any smart coach trusting any booster or group of boosters enough to put his fate in their hands. If one of them got hung up with a charge they’d roll on the coach to lighten their sentence in seconds.

 

[onewoof]

That's what the Alabama guy got in trouble for paying the coach of Means. It didn't stop it from happening.

Yep - the price for a 5 star in 2001 was $200K. Twenty years later guess what the price is now.