AAU IS QUIETLY UNDER ATTACK
PT. 9
Prior to the ACC submitting their recommendations to the NCAA Commission on College Basketball to improve recruiting & youth basketball etc. - take a look at how several prominent ACC head coaches spoke last October of the sneaker companies & sneaker youth basketball circuits.
Duke Head Coach Mike Krzyzewski - “The spring and summer competitions that have been funded by these three major shoe companies give thousands of kids opportunities to be seen [by college coaches],” “I would hate that if we look at this and we just say, ‘Well, the shoe companies are bad.’ What, are the universities going to give up their school contracts that outfit the 20 to 30 sports that they have?”
Syracuse Head Coach Jim Boeheim - “We always thought … there’s some shoe company involvement with some players,” “They invest a lot of money in those programs so they want their kids to go to one of their schools probably.“It’s not as big a problem with Nike because they have … a lot more schools; they’re not going to influence a kid too much.”
North Carolina Head Coach Roy Williams - “A couple of years ago I really felt like, I said to my staff, I think the next big issue will be the involvement of shoe companies,” “It was a few years back. “But again, guys, I had to get somebody to sit down and explain to me, because I didn’t even understand completely who was paying who, for what. And they explained it to me, and I’m still not sure that I understand exactly what happened.” “We’ve chosen for many years not to get involved in certain situations, because it didn’t look like it was our kind of situation.” “And I’m not saying it was going to be crooked, or it was going to be this,”
Notre Dame Head Coach Mike Brey - "If shoe companies are still going to be heavily involved with grassroots [basketball], it’s going to be a problem,” “Are they going to back off a little bit, given they’re getting into some stuff here with the FBI? In that vacuum, would they maybe work with us with combines and clinics sponsored by the NCAA, USA Basketball and the [National Association of Basketball Coaches]?”
Duke Head Coach Mike Krzyzewski - “The spring and summer competitions that have been funded by these three major shoe companies give thousands of kids opportunities to be seen [by college coaches],” “I would hate that if we look at this and we just say, ‘Well, the shoe companies are bad.’ What, are the universities going to give up their school contracts that outfit the 20 to 30 sports that they have?”
Syracuse Head Coach Jim Boeheim - “We always thought … there’s some shoe company involvement with some players,” “They invest a lot of money in those programs so they want their kids to go to one of their schools probably.“It’s not as big a problem with Nike because they have … a lot more schools; they’re not going to influence a kid too much.”
North Carolina Head Coach Roy Williams - “A couple of years ago I really felt like, I said to my staff, I think the next big issue will be the involvement of shoe companies,” “It was a few years back. “But again, guys, I had to get somebody to sit down and explain to me, because I didn’t even understand completely who was paying who, for what. And they explained it to me, and I’m still not sure that I understand exactly what happened.” “We’ve chosen for many years not to get involved in certain situations, because it didn’t look like it was our kind of situation.” “And I’m not saying it was going to be crooked, or it was going to be this,”
Notre Dame Head Coach Mike Brey - "If shoe companies are still going to be heavily involved with grassroots [basketball], it’s going to be a problem,” “Are they going to back off a little bit, given they’re getting into some stuff here with the FBI? In that vacuum, would they maybe work with us with combines and clinics sponsored by the NCAA, USA Basketball and the [National Association of Basketball Coaches]?”
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