At a scheduled media session Friday in advance of Saturday’s game against LSU, Georgia basketball coach Mark Fox also answered questions about information released earlier in the day where more details about the FBI’s corruption probe into college basketball were released, revealing as many as 20 schools (and some two dozen players) that possibly broke NCAA recruiting rules.
“My reaction is that it’s probably just the tip of the iceberg,” he said. “If people really wanted to be honest about it, I’m not surprised, sadly. Really, I’m not. I have no idea what impact it will have on our game. I wish I could say it would have a significant impact on our game. I do not have great confidence that will happen, but we’ll see where it goes.”
When asked how the situation can be fixed, Fox said, “There has to be consequences. First of all, we have to have institutional accountability in intercollegiate athletics. The NCAA in this situation will probably have more information because of the FBI subpoena power that the NCAA doesn’t have. That’s one of the things, I think, that handcuffs the NCAA most times is they can’t get information.
“This time will they really get it? I don’t know how the reporters got it – you guys probably know better than I do. And how much is out there? I don’t know. I haven’t spent much time thinking about it. But obviously the only way to curtail the behavior is to have some consequences.”
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