Moral Responsibility, Commercial Fraud, & College Basketball: Bowens II v. Adidas, et al

By Tyler S. Woods, J.D. Candidate, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law.   December 16, 2018.   Context   On October 24, 2018, Adidas’s director of global sports marketing, an Adidas consultant, and a NCAA basketball recruiter were found guilty by a federal jury on felony charges of wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. The lawsuit arose from accusations that Adidas solicited families of top high school basketball prospects to induce their sons to play for Adidas spon