Lawmakers request briefing from NCAA amid basketball bribery scandal

Published September 28, 2017 9:37pm ET



House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden, R-Ore., and ranking member Frank Pallone Jr., D-N.J., have requested to be briefed by the National Collegiate Athletic Association and sports companies connected to a college basketball bribery scandal, following the arrest of 10 people in college basketball on Tuesday.

“The federal government’s investigation into sports companies and basketball coaches at numerous colleges across the nation is extremely troubling and puts into serious question the NCAA’s ability to oversee its own institutions,” the lawmakers wrote in a statement on Thursday. “In addition to any criminal activities, these allegations raise concerns about the effects of these predatory schemes on youth athletes and how hidden financial connections between advertisers and endorsers influence young consumers.”

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