Did you also have a mafia guy like Sam Gilbert paying the players?

@@michaelwainscott2633 I think you have your story confused with USC (University of Spoiled Children) As Jerry Tarkanian, basketball coach at Long Beach State University, pointed out to the NCAA, he got his players from the same Neighborhood USC players came from. His players came to school on bicycles or public buses. But USC‘s players were coming to school in BMWs and Porsches, how could that be??? And that’s not mentioning how well off the football players were either.

It’s sad you skewed the facts and tell lies. Knight said he liked John a lot as a man and that he was a great cosch, but that UCLA’s shady recruiting was a huge problem that is not respectable. And wooden knew about it. You can quite literally KZfaq joe buck bobby knight and listen for yourself. Stop slandering.

I remember seeing him there too.

The NCAA turned a blind eye while Sam Gilbert paid the players. Disgraceful and forever stained the UCLA dynasty.

@@michaelwainscott2633 I think you have your story confused with USC (University of Spoiled Children) As Jerry Tarkanian, basketball coach at Long Beach State University, pointed out to the NCAA, he got his players from the same Neighborhood USC players came from. His players came to school on bicycles or public buses. But USC‘s players were coming to school in BMWs and Porsches, how could that be??? And that’s not mentioning how well off the football players were either.

@@michaelwainscott2633 a "blind eye" like they have to North Carolina and Kansas who both just played in the national championship game? Haven't heard or read a single word about a tarnish on either of those two teams so I think UCLA's legacy is just fine.

He ran a crooked program. Disgraceful that the NCAA turned a blind eye. The LA Time quoted Brent Clark, an NCAA field investigator who said that, in 1977, he was told to drop his case in Westwood. “If I had spent a month in Los Angeles, I could have put them on indefinite suspension,” he said of UCLA. An NCAA spokesman disputed this claim, saying that Clark was living a “fantasy world.” The Times established that Gilbert, during Wooden’s heyday, helped players get cars, clothes, airline tickets and scalpers’ prices for UCLA season tickets. Gilbert allegedly even arranged abortions for players’ girlfriends. One former UCLA All-American told The Times: “What do you want me to say? That’s my school. I don’t want to see them take away all those championships.” Gilbert considered many NCAA rules arcane and silly. Larry Farmer, who played for Wooden and later became head coach, remarked of Gilbert: “I saw him move mountains.” The Times’ investigation concluded Gilbert probably committed several NCAA violations in his dealings with UCLA players. Wooden, in 1981, told The Times: “There’s as much crookedness as you want to find. There was something Abraham Lincoln said - he’d rather trust and be disappointed than distrust and be miserable all the time. Maybe I trusted too much.” Times reporters Mike Littwin and Alan Greenberg opined: " . . . Wooden knew about Gilbert. He knew the players were close to Gilbert. He knew they looked to Gilbert for advice. Maybe he knew more. He should have known much more. If he didn’t, it was only because he apparently chose not to look.” Gilbert died, at age 74, in 1987, four days before federal prosecutors, unaware of his passing, indicted him for racketeering and money laundering. “I tried my best,” Wooden told the Basketball Times in 2005, ". . . My conscience is clear.”

@@michaelwainscott2633 Once again, I think you have your story confused with USC (University of Spoiled Children) As Jerry Tarkanian, basketball coach at Long Beach State University, pointed out to the NCAA, he got his players from the same Neighborhood USC players came from. His players came to school on bicycles or public buses. But USC‘s players were coming to school in BMWs and Porsches, how could that be??? And that’s not mentioning how well off the football players were either.

@michael wainscott Everything you've described is now perfectly legal under NCAA rules! And far more is allowed. That hypocrisy is over. Wooden still had to coach those players, and he was damn good at it. Better than Bobby Knight even. That's what chapped Bobby. Knoght would mentally abuse his players, and even put his hands on those young men. Kindly defend that...Larry Bird left after a month at IU. Need I say more. Wooden was a master of his craft. Both Kareem and Walton loved him. Two quite different types of young men. Both Hall of Famers. Sam Gilbert didn't coach. Just found and supported talent. Those kids made millions for those schools. They didn't get enough of the loot. Now they do. Like Don Barzini said in the Godfather: "After all, we are not communists".

Difficult balance bc u primarily wanna hear a play by play analysis - Who got that foul? How many fouls does he have? etc vs listening to the wealth of knowledge he has on every player to ever play etc

@@richardthelionheart5594 Not really. I feel the fewer words the better. I am watching the game, I don't need a play-by-play. I also don't need an announcer who spends time talking about things not even remotely connected to the game and self-promoting.

You weren’t the only one, I remember one co announcer always talking down to him. I Iiked Bill well enough.

But all those "stupid little things" can add up to big things down the line. If you were ever a coach you would know that.

What loser planet do you live on? Watch the interview with Kareem

@@rayfalkoff1274 Sam Gilbert paid the players. That's not in doubt. UCLA under Wooden was crooked. The LA Times quoted Brent Clark, an NCAA field investigator who said that, in 1977, he was told to drop his case in Westwood. “If I had spent a month in Los Angeles, I could have put them on indefinite suspension,” he said of UCLA. An NCAA spokesman disputed this claim, saying that Clark was living a “fantasy world.” The Times established that Gilbert, during Wooden’s heyday, helped players get cars, clothes, airline tickets and scalpers’ prices for UCLA season tickets. Gilbert allegedly even arranged abortions for players’ girlfriends. One former UCLA All-American told The Times: “What do you want me to say? That’s my school. I don’t want to see them take away all those championships.” Gilbert considered many NCAA rules arcane and silly. Larry Farmer, who played for Wooden and later became head coach, remarked of Gilbert: “I saw him move mountains.” The Times’ investigation concluded Gilbert probably committed several NCAA violations in his dealings with UCLA players. Wooden, in 1981, told The Times: “There’s as much crookedness as you want to find. There was something Abraham Lincoln said - he’d rather trust and be disappointed than distrust and be miserable all the time. Maybe I trusted too much.” Times reporters Mike Littwin and Alan Greenberg opined: " . . . Wooden knew about Gilbert. He knew the players were close to Gilbert. He knew they looked to Gilbert for advice. Maybe he knew more. He should have known much more. If he didn’t, it was only because he apparently chose not to look.” Gilbert died, at age 74, in 1987, four days before federal prosecutors, unaware of his passing, indicted him for racketeering and money laundering. “I tried my best,” Wooden told the Basketball Times in 2005, ". . . My conscience is clear.”

@@michaelwainscott2633 Again and again, I think you have your story confused with USC (University of Spoiled Children) As Jerry Tarkanian, basketball coach at Long Beach State University, pointed out to the NCAA, he got his players from the same Neighborhood USC players came from. His players came to school on bicycles or public buses. But USC‘s players were coming to school in BMWs and Porsches, how could that be??? And that’s not mentioning how well off the football players were either.

And here we are now giving players paycheck. 2024