NCAA Bribery Prosecutors Win Cooperation From Team Director
- T.J. Gassnola pleaded guilty to paying off players’ families
- Documents unsealed in case appeared on public docket Friday
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The director of an amateur Massachusetts basketball team affiliated with Adidas AG agreed to plead guilty and cooperate with prosecutors investigating an NCAA bribery scandal, according to a copy of the agreement made public Friday.
Thomas "T.J." Gassnola entered the plea on March 30 to federal charges that he made payments to families of high school student-athletes in exchange for their commitment to play for certain universities, according to the filing. The plea and cooperation agreements were sealed by a judge at the request of prosecutors.