This year the 2017-2018 season has been a great, but intense year for the University of Arizona’s men’s basketball team. At the beginning of the year, one of the assistant coaches was found guilty for taking bribes from a recruit, so that the recruit could play at the University of Arizona’s basketball team. Later on towards the end of the season, the team was suspected bribing a five star recruit to play for the team. The five star recruit was the seven foot one center from Hillcrest Prep Academy in Phoenix, Arizona Deandre Ayton. The FBI was suspecting the head coach of the University, Sean Miller was behind all of this. Many of the fans of the Arizona basketball team was really shocked and concerned about the future of the team. Even though
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According to the azdesertswarm website, the writer of the article, Ryan Kelapire, claims that Sean Miller and Christian Dawkins wiretap did not add up. “The first was changing the date of the alleged wiretapped phone call from “spring of 2017” to “spring of 2016.” The second was changing it to just “2016.” (Kelapire, azdesertswarm.com). That seemed to make more sense because Ayton committed to Arizona in September 2016, but, according to 247Sports, that timeline doesn’t actually make much sense at all. The quote above explains that the wiretap of the phone call’s year was changed to make it seem like the bribery did happen. Usually evidence that is altered means that the evidence is no longer valid or credible since the legitimacy of the evidence is no longer good. This means that the basketball team might not be in trouble since the evidence presented to accuse the head coach has been tapered, so the Arizona basketball team might not be in trouble, but will still be investigated. In the same article, a report was brought up that Dawkins was never involved with the five star recruit Deandre Ayton. The article states, “A source told 247Sports that Dawkins (who had his phone tapped by the FBI) and Miller had calls intercepted between the timeframe of June 19 of 2017, through Sept. 25. Sources say that the U.S. Attorney’s office notified multiple parties who had conversations with Dawkins that their phone calls had been recorded specifically during the dates of June 19, 2017 and Sept. 25, 2017. The 247Sports report also says Dawkins has never been a handler/mentor for Ayton. So, connecting the dots, it wouldn’t make sense why Miller and Dawkins were discussing a payment for the Bahamian big man.”(Kelapire, azdesertswarm.com). The source above has specific dates that the FBI wiretap and it proves the other example
According to the azdesertswarm website, the writer of the article, Ryan Kelapire, claims that Sean Miller and Christian Dawkins wiretap did not add up. “The first was changing the date of the alleged wiretapped phone call from “spring of 2017” to “spring of 2016.” The second was changing it to just “2016.” (Kelapire, azdesertswarm.com). That seemed to make more sense because Ayton committed to Arizona in September 2016, but, according to 247Sports, that timeline doesn’t actually make much sense at all. The quote above explains that the wiretap of the phone call’s year was changed to make it seem like the bribery did happen. Usually evidence that is altered means that the evidence is no longer valid or credible since the legitimacy of the evidence is no longer good. This means that the basketball team might not be in trouble since the evidence presented to accuse the head coach has been tapered, so the Arizona basketball team might not be in trouble, but will still be investigated. In the same article, a report was brought up that Dawkins was never involved with the five star recruit Deandre Ayton. The article states, “A source told 247Sports that Dawkins (who had his phone tapped by the FBI) and Miller had calls intercepted between the timeframe of June 19 of 2017, through Sept. 25. Sources say that the U.S. Attorney’s office notified multiple parties who had conversations with Dawkins that their phone calls had been recorded specifically during the dates of June 19, 2017 and Sept. 25, 2017. The 247Sports report also says Dawkins has never been a handler/mentor for Ayton. So, connecting the dots, it wouldn’t make sense why Miller and Dawkins were discussing a payment for the Bahamian big man.”(Kelapire, azdesertswarm.com). The source above has specific dates that the FBI wiretap and it proves the other example