a few sections from the article which is about Izzo missing out on recruits because he would not cheat:
Fraschilla made the point that cheating "is not a victimless crime" because it means "a coach that doesn't cheat gets fired."
"When
a coach gets caught cheating, they ought to throw the book at him,"
Fraschilla said. "Because there are a whole lot of other coaches out
there, and I'll give you one example: The reason Tom Izzo doesn't have a
great team right now is because he has not, quite frankly, he has lost
some guys, at times, to schools that he wasn't willing to break rules
for. And coaches who don't cheat will get fired if they don't win, and
that's part of the problem I have with the NCAA. They ought to throw the
book at all these guys that cheat."
and the very next section:
Izzo suffered several high-profile recruiting losses in the 2013 and
2014 classes, including Kansas freshman forward Cliff Alexander, who is
being held out while the NCAA reportedly investigates whether his family
received impermissible benefits from an NBA agent.
MSU reportedly
was the longtime leader for the Chicago big man, but Alexander abruptly
cut off contact in the fall of 2013 and committed to Kansas. Shortly
after that, Izzo was asked at Big Ten basketball media day in Chicago
about recruiting in that city. (He also had lost out on Chicagoans
Jabari Parker (Duke, class of 2013), Jahlil Okafor (Duke, 2014) and
Tyler Ulis (Kentucky, 2014)).
"Good players, a lot of coaches, a
lot of coaches and good players," Izzo said of recruiting Chicago, then
added: "There's a lot of middlemen."
Moments later, Izzo clarified that Parker and his family "were fair and honest with us."
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Fraschilla made the point that cheating "is not a victimless crime" because it means "a coach that doesn't cheat gets fired."
"When
a coach gets caught cheating, they ought to throw the book at him,"
Fraschilla said. "Because there are a whole lot of other coaches out
there, and I'll give you one example: The reason Tom Izzo doesn't have a
great team right now is because he has not, quite frankly, he has lost
some guys, at times, to schools that he wasn't willing to break rules
for. And coaches who don't cheat will get fired if they don't win, and
that's part of the problem I have with the NCAA. They ought to throw the
book at all these guys that cheat."
and the very next section:
Izzo suffered several high-profile recruiting losses in the 2013 and
2014 classes, including Kansas freshman forward Cliff Alexander, who is
being held out while the NCAA reportedly investigates whether his family
received impermissible benefits from an NBA agent.
MSU reportedly
was the longtime leader for the Chicago big man, but Alexander abruptly
cut off contact in the fall of 2013 and committed to Kansas. Shortly
after that, Izzo was asked at Big Ten basketball media day in Chicago
about recruiting in that city. (He also had lost out on Chicagoans
Jabari Parker (Duke, class of 2013), Jahlil Okafor (Duke, 2014) and
Tyler Ulis (Kentucky, 2014)).
"Good players, a lot of coaches, a
lot of coaches and good players," Izzo said of recruiting Chicago, then
added: "There's a lot of middlemen."
Moments later, Izzo clarified that Parker and his family "were fair and honest with us."
St. Izzo
