NCAA Rules: Salinas Reportedly Offered To Steer Players To Coaches For Investment
by Glenn Logan on Jul 18, 2011 6:26 PM EDT
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PrintThe Houston Chronicle is reporting that an anonymous "former NCAA basketball coach" is alleging that David Salinas approached him with an offer to steer recruits his way in return for financial investment with him:
A former NCAA basketball coach said he was approached by local AAU coach and investment adviser David Salinas for "a significant sum of money" to invest in exchange for steering players from his AAU program.
"He hinted he could steer players my way," the coach told the Chronicle on Monday. "I never got involved with him, period."
This would apparently confirm the worst fears of NCAA officials. A number of NCAA coaches reportedly had significant investments with Salinas, who was found dead yesterday at his home, and suicide has been determined as the cause.
This news is troubling on many levels, and is sure to provoke an NCAA reaction, perhaps even legislation prohibiting financial involvement with anyone involved with the operation of an AAU or summer basketball team, even if the involvement can be said to be for legitimate reasons. At minimum, some fairly big-name coaches are likely to have to answer a few questions about their involvement with Salinas.
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Seems it would be fairly easy to track
Identify the players on Salina’s AAU teams and where they went to school. If the schools match with any coaches who invested in his fund, bingo, there’s a situation to investigate.
I don't remeber any BCG's recruits coming out of the Houston area.
But please, correct me if I’m wrong.
You are correct
UK has not had a recruit from Texas since Brassow.
Hmm...
GJ Vilarino and KC Ross-Miller were from the greater Dallas area, but I don’t think either ever played for Houston Select.
Won't impact UK
This won’t impact UK as far as any rule violations. However, it is odd that Billy G was involved with this.
http://www.everythingkentuckyonline.com/2011/07/greatest-half-of-basketball-by-college.html
Yep - likely went back to the A&M days or even UTEP?
Seems like there were a couple recruits talked about from Texas when Billy was coach, but none ever made it to UK.
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So Billy G paid Salinas for the Dakotah Euton commit?
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By the way
Ex-Texas and Houston head coach Tom Penders said this to Dan Wolken:
"He talked about all these coaches that he had investing with him," the former University of Houston coach told The Daily last night. "I told him because he was an AAU guy, I couldn’t possibly get involved in that. I said, ‘I think that’s kind of a rules violation, or could be.’ "
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But after their first meeting in which Salinas broached the investment possibility — "I believe the figure was $100,000 to be in with the big boys," Penders said — their paths did not cross much. Penders said the last time they spoke was at the 2009 Final Four at a party Salinas hosted, primarily for coaches.
"I told him, I’d like to have a good relationship and I’ll go watch your teams play,’" Penders said. "But I just thanked him and told him I don’t think I can get involved.
"I’m just glad I never invested with him. Coaches are supposed to be street smart. I just can’t believe guys wouldn’t know that was against the rules. It’s beyond me."
A hundred grand makes sense.
More than that is insane.
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