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Corey Maggette
Posted on: October 17, 2018 at 10:52:15 CT
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Five years after the Clippers' Corey Maggette played for Duke in the NCAA championship game and later was found to be ineligible for accepting improper payments in high school, the NCAA announced that Duke would not be penalized for his participation.
Maggette was involved in the case surrounding Kansas City summer league coach Myron Piggie, who in 2001 was sentenced to more than three years in prison for conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud and failure to file a federal income tax return.
Piggie also made improper payments to former UCLA player JaRon Rush, who served a lengthy suspension during the 1999-2000 season but played in a NCAA tournament loss to Detroit Mercy, resulting in UCLA's forfeiting $45,321, a portion of its tournament revenue.
Duke has dodged any such penalty.
The NCAA, which informed Duke of its decision a number of months ago but made no public announcement, said the distinction was that Duke was not aware of Maggette's eligibility issue when he played in the Final Four in 1999, despite rumors of improprieties. (UCLA suspended Rush the next season, after he'd testified before a grand jury and FBI agents had interviewed athletic department officials.)
Edited by FIJItiger at 10:52:28 on 10/17/18
Five years after the Clippers' Corey Maggette played for Duke in the NCAA championship game and later was found to be ineligible for accepting improper payments in high school, the NCAA announced that Duke would not be penalized for his participation.
Maggette was involved in the case surrounding Kansas City summer league coach Myron Piggie, who in 2001 was sentenced to more than three years in prison for conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud and failure to file a federal income tax return.
Piggie also made improper payments to former UCLA player JaRon Rush, who served a lengthy suspension during the 1999-2000 season but played in a NCAA tournament loss to Detroit Mercy, resulting in UCLA's forfeiting $45,321, a portion of its tournament revenue.
Duke has dodged any such penalty.
The NCAA, which informed Duke of its decision a number of months ago but made no public announcement, said the distinction was that Duke was not aware of Maggette's eligibility issue when he played in the Final Four in 1999, despite rumors of improprieties. (UCLA suspended Rush the next season, after he'd testified before a grand jury and FBI agents had interviewed athletic department officials.)
Edited by FIJItiger at 10:52:28 on 10/17/18
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