David Glenn on Wendell Carter, Duke and ASM: "The amount of money involved is very, very important"

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by Brian Geisinger Friday February 23, 2018

David Glenn on Wendell Carter, Duke and ASM: “The amount of money involved is very, very important”

Marquette players are blurred by a slow shutter speed as they run the ball up the court during practice Thursday, March 24, 2011, in Newark, N.J., for an East regional semifinal game in the NCAA college basketball tournament. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

In the Yahoo Sports report on the federal investigation into corruption in college basketball, Wendell Carter — Duke’s star freshman — is named.

According to the report, Carter is one of several players to have a meal with Chris Dawkins — an ASM sports agent, and one of the people arrested last September as part of the FBI’s investigation. The report states that it was Carter’s mother who had a meal with Dawkins.

As David Glenn explains, though, this situation with Wendell Carter and Duke differs from what UNC is dealing with Brice Johnson and Tony Bradley — or Dennis Smith Jr.

“There might be no violation at all. It is not illegal for a mom or a dad — or even a player — to have a meal with somebody.” The important details, according to Glenn, are: who paid for the meal, and what was the dollar amount. That stuff is criticial.