{"id":428493,"date":"2018-02-26T11:55:44","date_gmt":"2018-02-26T17:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/?p=428493"},"modified":"2018-02-26T11:57:36","modified_gmt":"2018-02-26T17:57:36","slug":"lets-wait-before-assuming-guilt-in-college-basketball-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/lets-wait-before-assuming-guilt-in-college-basketball-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s wait before assuming guilt in college basketball investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/tightenup-2-26.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-428495\" src=\"http:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/tightenup-2-26-1024x384.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"384\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There is absolutely no doubt there is widespread corruption in college athletics in general and college basketball specifically.<\/p>\n<p>So it was no great shock when the bombshell announcement was made Friday that most of the blue blood programs of college basketball and other wanna-be blue bloods were caught up in this FBI investigation involving illegal benefits for top high school prospects.<\/p>\n<p>But the machine-gun style reporting on the story needs to Tighten Up.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not fair to lump together a player who had a meal paid for with a person who was paid $100,000 to attend a certain school. It\u2019s wrong, it\u2019s careless and it\u2019s sloppy.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and there\u2019s no real evidence that Arizona\u2019s Sean Miller ever paid for the services of superstar recruit DeAndre Ayton or even offered to pay for Ayton\u2019s services.<br \/>\nAyton was cleared to play against Oregon Saturday then was forced to endure chants of \u201cFBI\u201d and \u201cWhere\u2019s the money\u201d by Duck fans.<\/p>\n<p>Ayton\u2019s family is now demanding that the FBI and NCAA clear his name immediately. It won\u2019t happen, of course. Even if it did, he would still be forever linked to this negative story.<\/p>\n<p>If Ayton\u2019s guilty, fine. But we should at least hear the wiretaps or have a reporter hear the wiretaps before we brand him as guilty.<\/p>\n<p>Who do you think needs to Tighten Up? Call in and the best and most entertaining suggestion will win a $25 gift card from Wintzell\u2019s Oyster House.<\/p>\n<p>For Threaded Fasteners, I\u2019m Randy Kennedy with Tighten Up.<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-428493-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/TightenUp022618.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/TightenUp022618.mp3\">http:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/TightenUp022618.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>There is absolutely no doubt there is widespread corruption in college athletics in general and college basketball specifically. 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