Take this to the bank, duke is not going to be one of those programs. ON wire tap, coach from another program discussed what it would take to get Zion yet Zion ends up at duke and committed well before the news of the FBI's involvement became public. So what ever decisions Zion or his family made were made before knowing of any FBI involvement.
Now this is a MAJOR point, not because I hate duke, you have THE major program that has dominated recruiting the last several years, they had 3 top 5 freshmen play for them last season. Between duke, Ky, Kansas, and Arizona all that has been left is their left overs. Now 2 of the 4 have been directly involved by their coaching staffs and duke has been involved because their #1 star and easy #! over all pick in the up coming NBA draft was mentioned in wire tap and the fact he made his decision to commit to duke BEFORE the news of this FBI sting was made public? And the 4th school (KY) while not mentioned so far in any of this NCAA stuff has not just a well documented history of cheating, in a conference where the motto is "if ya ain't cheatin ya ain't tryin", and a head coach that has seen 2 final 4 seasons stripped due to cheating, well how is it ALL of these programs are not under the most intense media spotlight imaginable? Oh they celebrate their amazing recruiting classes and yet now, with iron clad proof of how 2 of those 4 got those classes and 1 very strongly associated, they sit on their hands minimizing this as best they can? Any journalist even as much as drive by where Zion's parents lived since he committed to duke, any of them ask simply how they can afford to live there, a few doors down from Zion's main recruiter (Jeff capel, assistant coach for duke at the time)? Any "journalist" offer up what Zion's parents did for income, maybe snap a picture of where they lived when the kid was being recruited and set it beside where they lived after he committed to duke and ask how they affords the new diggs?
Folks, duke's head coach himself, when originally asked about the FBI investigation, his reaction, well maybe kids should be paid? Not we don't do that at duke, not our players are not paid, they are student athletes, no denial, just a bit vague some what endorsement that what the FBI was investigating should maybe kinda sorta be allowed by NCAA guidelines???
Where ya at media, where ya hiding sports "journalists", someone wake Dan Kane up, he wanted that pulitzer winning story and he has both duke and NC State in his back yard, there is your story, where is your desire to write it?
