In a recent interview, Dick Vitale gave his thoughts on the FBI investigation into corruption in college basketball.
“I don’t like what’s out there,” Vitale said. “I don’t like the sleaziness, the corruption. I don’t like the fraud that college basketball has become.”
Here’s an excerpt of Vitale’s comments:
“I don’t like what’s out there,” Vitale said. “I don’t like the sleaziness, the corruption. I don’t like the fraud that college basketball has become.”
Most days the ESPN analyst, who is in his 39th year of calling games, goes to breakfast near his home in Lakewood Ranch in Florida.
“It used to be that fans would come up and say, ‘Dickie V, who’s going to make the Final Four? Who’s going to win it all?’” Vitale said. “Now? They come up and say, ‘Hey, Dickie V, what’s wrong with your sport? Everybody’s cheating.’
“Bottom line: college basketball is broken.”
