Marquette Sports Law Review Volume 30 Issue 1 Fall Article 4 2019 Application of the UAAA, RUAAA, and State Athlete-Agent Laws to Corruption in Men's College Basketball and Revisions Necessitated by NCAA Rule Changes Joshua Lens Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarship.law.marquette.edu/sportslaw Part of the Entertainment, Arts, and Sports Law Commons Repository Citation Joshua Lens, Application of the UAAA, RUAAA, and State Athlete-Agent Laws to Corruption in Men's College Basketball and Revisions Necessitated by NCAA Rule Changes, 30 Marq. Sports L. Rev. 47 (2019) Available at: https://scholarship.law.marquette.edu/sportslaw/vol30/iss1/4 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Journals at Marquette Law Scholarly Commons. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. LENS – ARTICLE 30.1 1/10/2020 11:59 AM APPLICATION OF THE UAAA, RUAAA, AND STATE ATHLETE-AGENT LAWS TO CORRUPTION IN MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL AND REVISIONS NECESSITATED BY NCAA RULE CHANGES JOSHUA LENS* I. INTRODUCTION Opening statements in the October 2018 federal trial regarding corruption in men’s college basketball served as a juicy appetizer for what was to come in the rest of the trial. Now former Adidas executive James Gatto, former Adidas consultant Merl Code, and aspiring agent and former runner for NBA agent Andy Miller, Christian Dawkins, faced accusations that they paid money from Adidas to prospective student-athletes and their families to ensure the prospective student-athletes signed with Adidas-sponsored schools, and then with Adidas and certain financial planners and agents once they turned professional.1 In her opening statement, Casey Donnelly, Gatto’s attorney, admitted that Gatto funneled $100,000 to the family of highly recruited prospect Brian Bowen; paid $40,000 to the family of current Dallas Maverick Dennis Smith, Jr.