In later meetings between Sood, undercover agents and the confidential witness, Sood explains the plan for their business “that would include paying coaches in order to obtain athlete clients,” saying that the “best way” to recruit new clients “is to get the coaches,” after which he referenced Richardson, according to the complaint.
Dawkins tells the group, “I can go to (UA’s basketball) practices like I’m on the team. … The coaches, that’s easy, that’s the easiest thing because they all, I know them all anyway. We’re friends,” according to the complaint.
In a May conversation, it was revealed that Oklahoma State assistant coach Lamont Evans, who also was named in the complaint, was being paid $4,000 a month to refer players to Dawkins and Sood’s businesses, but Dawkins noted that while Evans was good, he’s not one of the “elite dudes” like Richardson, the complaint says.
“Dawkins said that ‘if you’re gonna fund those kinds of guys, man, I mean like we’d be running college basketball,’” according to the complaint.
The confidential witness said that he was OK with giving Richardson money to both recruit players and spend on himself, to which Dawkins replied that Richardson should receive $4,000 a month.
