Flagrant Foul Topic: Business ethics

“The dark underbelly of college basketball.”64 College basketball is big business for the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association). The annual tournament to crown the national champion of college basketball—the “big dance”—is the major source of income for the NCAA. However, a scandal was unfolding that would tarnish the reputation of some elite college basketball programs and would end the coaching career of one of college basketball’s most well-known coaches.

A sweeping FBI investigation alleging fraud and bribery at NCAA powerhouse basketball programs encompassed coaches, agents, financial advisors, and athletic shoe company employees. Federal ...

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