Friday, April 27, 2018

HOW NIKE, UNDER ARMOUR & ADIDAS CONSPIRED AGAINST THEIR AAU ORGANIZATIONS- ALL-MET ELITE

HOW NIKE, ADIDAS & UNDER ARMOUR
CONSPIRED AGAINST
THEIR AAU ORGANIZATIONS 
WHAT THEY DON'T WANT YOU TO KNOW
ALL-MET ELITE
 
IMPORTANT DATES TO KNOW:
The Commission on College Basketball met for the first time Friday, October 20th 2017.
 
The Commission on College Basketball met November 16, 2017 NBA Commissioner Adam Silver,  Executive Director of the  National Basketball Players Association Michele Roberts and members of the NCAA were in attendance.
 
The Commission on College Basketball met December 12, 2017 in attendance were the executive director and two Division I head basketball coaches who are board members of the National  Association of Basketball Coaches.
 
The Commission on College Basketball met January 11, 2018 leadership representatives from Nike and Under Armour were among those who appeared separately before the Commission.
 
The Commission on College Basketball met February 26, 2018 representatives from USA Basketball, Adidas, several conferences, a sports agency and high school basketball were among those who appeared separately before the Commission.
 
 The independent Commission on College Basketball led by Dr. Condoleezza Rice presented its recommendations to address the issues facing men’s collegiate basketball April 25th, 2018.
 
One of the biggest public misconceptions about the Commission's report is that is was completed without the awareness or input of the sneaker apparel companies Nike, Adidas & Under Armour- which is completely incorrect as shown in the confirmed meetings & dates shown above.
 
The sneaker apparel companies & the NCAA cleverly used the NCAA Commission on College Basketball to rid themselves of the supposed "negative" influence of the many "ungoverned"AAU "badguy" organizations/ coaches creating the perfect escape route.
 
'The Commission recommends that the NCAA promptly adopt and enforce rigorous criteria for certifying the non-scholastic basketball events that its coaches attend"
 
This statement is to establish the clear understanding that the NCAA ultimately controls the criteria for certifying AAU events, controls the NCAA coaches & also when & where their coaches may attend these events.
 
In order for the NCAA to certify a non-scholastic
basketball event, the owners, event operators, sponsors, and coaches for the event
must agree to financial transparency about all events they run, including those that
are not certified by the NCAA.
 
Lets take a closer look at the "rigorous criteria" necessary for NCAA certification of AAU events going forward.
1. Event owners
2. Event operators
3. Sponsors
4. Coaches for the event
5. Any other entity associated with that league, team or event all must agree to be
 
A. Subject to audit and to provide all required IRS and other tax filings upon request.
B. Disclose all sources of financing and other payments and the recipients of all funds provided for or collected in relation to the event
C.  Disclose any financial relationship between the event sponsors and coaches with any administrator, coach or booster at any NCAA school.
 
Declining to fully cooperate as an event owner, event operator, sponsor, coach, poor financial record keeping, not being honest in regards to payments or recipients, dishonesty of financial relationships or simply the unwillingness to be audited upon the request of the NCAA will automatically disqualify your event for NCAA certification. Therefore "the Commission’s guiding principle in this area is that the NCAA should not certify, and NCAA coaches should not participate in, non-scholastic basketball events
involving coaches, leagues or sponsors who are not fully transparent about the sources and amounts of their financial support."
 
Multi-billion dollar global sneaker companies such as Nike, Adidas & Under Armour are not required to fulfill the strict criteria to meet the NCAA's financial transparency requirements for event certification & contrary to popular belief this does not & will not impact the sneaker business done in conjunction with the NCAA in regards to supplying sneakers to universities, college basketball coaches & teams. 
 
So lets say hypothetically Nike decides to cooperate, the event owners, event operators, sponsors & coaches all pass the NCAA financial transparency criteria if possible, this is where it gets really, really tricky but you can obviously see the sneaker apparel input to the Commission take effect behind the scenes to rid themselves of AAU influence.
 
The 2018 NIKE EYBL has four sessions
Session 1 - April 20-22: Dallas, TX - Live Period
Session 2 - April 27-29: Indianapolis, IN - Live Period
Session 3 - May 11-13: Atlanta, GA
Session 4 - May 26-28: Hampton, VA
Peach Jam - July 11-15: North Augusta, SC - Live Period
 
Session 1 & 2 are NCAA live recruiting periods as is the week of Peach Jam however why would Nike follow thru with sessions 1& 2 when Nike was fully aware that the Commission would
recommend creating NCAA administered regional camps each summer during July, which NCAA
coaches would exclusively attend during that time, and that current NCAA directed recruiting windows be adjusted to account for these events?

 
So hypothetically Nike would essentially complete session 1& 2 but not be able to have the ESPNU televised Peach Jam & Championship nor the8 tournament which normally also falls within a later live period of July 25-29th. Nike has two options they can choose not to comply with the Commission's financial transparency criteria & have their AAU events become non-certified or they can comply and pass the financial transparency criteria but have their largest events completely ignored in July by the NCAA & its coaches which undermines the purpose of their events - to provide high school players exposure to recruiting college coaches. Ask yourself why would Nike knowingly agree to such a strict financial transparency criteria & also potentially disrupt their own events without any pushback? Its pretty simple, because they along with the other sneaker apparel companies Adidas & Under Armour have collectively conspired with the NCAA Commission on College Basketball, the NBA, USA basketball & other basketball related entities to remove AAU influence "badguys" & seize complete control of youth basketball in the United States.

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