RI’s Murphy Listed Among Over 50 Players Named in FBI’s College Basketball Probe
Saturday, February 24, 2018
South Kingstown’s Erik Murphy is one of more than 50 current and former college basketball players named as part of an FBI probe into the corruption in college basketball.
The FBI documents obtained by Yahoo Sports lists players from more than 20 Division I basketball programs who have been identified as potentially breaking NCAA rules by receiving benefits.
See the List of Players in the Slideshow Below
According to the documents, Murphy accepted a $260 loan from ASM Sports while playing at the University of Florida.
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In a tweet, Murphy said he accepted the money “from my agent during pre-draft workouts post graduation from UF”
He currently plays overseas in Finland.
Local schools such as Providence, University of Rhode Island, Bryant and Brown are not listed in the report.
The Report
In the FBI’s report, at least six players are identified as receiving payments of more than $10,000.
Notable players on that list include the NBA’s #1 overall draft pick Markelle Fultz, who received $10,000, while former NC State star Dennis Smith Jr. received $117,000 in loans.
Schools listed as having players who possibly violated NCAA rules include Duke, North Carolina, Texas, Kentucky, Louisville and Kansas among others.
"These allegations, if true, point to systematic failures that must be fixed and fixed now if we want college sports in America. Simply put, people who engage in this kind of behavior have no place in college sports. They are an affront to all those who play by the rules,” said NCAA president Mark Emmert said in a statement released on Friday.
The FBI has been working on this investigation over the last two years.
See the List of Players in the Slideshow Below
Related Slideshow: The 51 Current & Former College Basketball Players Named in FBI Probe
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