“Recent media reports regarding Coach Will Wade are without question concerning to us all,” the school's leaders said in a statement.
LSU Coach Will Wade, center, during a March game. By Jacob Bogage Jacob Bogage National sports writer and blogger Email Bio Follow March 8 at 4:28 PM LSU suspended men’s basketball coach Will Wade indefinitely on Friday, a day after reports surfaced about FBI wiretaps in which Wade discussed an offer he made to a recruit.
“Recent media reports regarding Coach Will Wade are without question concerning to us all,” LSU President/Chancellor F. King Alexander and Athletic Director Joe Alleva said in a statement on Friday. “As such, we and university officials have taken deliberate and purposeful steps to fairly assess and adequately address the situation. As we have done since media reports first surfaced months ago, we are closely coordinating with the NCAA with every step.
“Dude, I went to [another handler] with a [expletive] strong-a-- offer about a month ago. [Expletive] strong,” Wade said on the taped conversation, Yahoo reported.
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