Report: Fultz Received Illegal Payments At UW

SEATTLE, WA - An investigation published by Yahoo Sports found that Markelle Fultz received $10,000 during his one-year stay with the University of Washington Huskies basketball team. Fultz allegedly received the payment from an agent during the 2016-17 season. He left UW after one season to become the NBA's top draft pick and now plays for the Philadelphia 76ers.

The report cites violations by numerous Division 1 NCAA programs, including Duke, North Carolina, Kentucky, and many others. The "impermissible benefits" came from loans provided by ASM Sports, an agency that worked with NBA players and is now the subject of a federal investigation.

NCAA President Mark Emmert released a statement in response: "These allegations, if true, point to systematic failures that must be fixed and fixed now if we want college sports in America. Simply put, people who engage in this kind of behavior have no place in college sports. They are an affront to all those who play by the rules."

The statement goes on to pledge that "transformational changes" are needed to fix the problem.

Programs that violated NCAA rules could face sanctions in the future. (For more local news, click here to sign up for real-time news alerts and newsletters from Seattle Patch, click here to find your local Washington Patch. Also, follow us on Facebook, and if you have an iPhone, click here to get the free Patch iPhone app.)

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