“Coaches at some of the nation’s top programs soliciting and accepting cash bribes. Among those charged:• Chuck Person, an assistant coach at Auburn, who faces charges including bribery conspiracy and solicitation of bribes. Person is accused of accepting $91,500 from a financial adviser who was cooperating as an informant with the FBI. This player agreed to attend the school, the complaint alleged, only after Gatto promised to pay the player’s family $100,000. Assistant coaches were safer bets for bribes, according to the agent Dawkins, because head coaches “ain’t willing to [take bribes], cause they’re making too much money.
Source: Washington Post September 26, 2017 14:32 UTC