Book Richardson, director of the New York Gauchos boy's basketball program, runs a practice session at the Gaucho Gym, Monday, March 11, 2024, in the Bronx borough of New York. Book Richardson doesn’t sleep much past 5:30 a.m. anymore. That was around the time seven years ago that FBI agents pounded on his door, barged in, handcuffed him and dragged him away while his 16-year-old son, E.J., looked on helplessly.(AP Photo/Peter K. Afriyie)
Book Richardson, director of the New York Gauchos boy's basketball program, speaks with his players in the locker room at the Gaucho Gym, Monday, March 11, 2024, in the Bronx borough of New York. (AP Photo/Peter K. Afriyie)
Book Richardson, director of the New York Gauchos boy's basketball program, poses for a portrait at the Gaucho Gym, Monday, March 11, 2024, in the Bronx borough of New York. (AP Photo/Peter K. Afriyie)
Players on the New York Gauchos boy's basketball team warm up before practice at the Gaucho Gym, Monday, March 11, 2024, in the Bronx borough of New York. Book Richardson doesn’t sleep much past 5:30 a.m. anymore. That was around the time seven years ago that FBI agents pounded on his door, barged in, handcuffed him and dragged him away while his 16-year-old son, E.J., looked on helplessly. These days, Richardson runs the boys’ basketball program for the New York Gauchos, a venerated hoops proving ground based in a gym near the 149th St-Grand Concourse subway stop in the Bronx. (AP Photo/Peter K. Afriyie)
Book Richardson, director of the New York Gauchos boy's basketball program, poses for a portrait at the Gaucho Gym, Monday, March 11, 2024, in the Bronx borough of New York. Four assistant coaches arrested in a 2017 FBI probe designed to clean up college basketball are Black. All are out of the sport, banned by the NCAA. One coach, Book Richardson, tells The Associated Press he knows why: Because Black assistants were the low-hanging fruit — the ones on the front lines making connections with athletes who go on to play in college.(AP Photo/Peter K. Afriyie)
Book Richardson, director of the New York Gauchos boy's basketball program, speaks with his players in the locker room at the Gaucho Gym, Monday, March 11, 2024, in the Bronx borough of New York. (AP Photo/Peter K. Afriyie)
FILE - Former amateur basketball league director Merl Code, leaves federal court in New York, Oct. 4, 2019, after sentencing for his role in a college basketball bribery scheme that focused on NBA-bound athletes. These days, Richardson runs the boys’ basketball program for the New York Gauchos, a venerated hoops proving ground in the Bronx. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
Book Richardson, director of the New York Gauchos boy's basketball program, speaks with a player during a practice session at the Gaucho Gym, Monday, March 11, 2024, in the Bronx borough of New York. Richardson is one of four assistant coaches — along with a group of six agents, their financial backers and shoe company representatives — who were arrested in the 2017 federal probe aimed at rooting out an entrenched system of off-the-books payments to players and their families that, at the time, was against NCAA rules. (AP Photo/Peter K. Afriyie)
Book Richardson, director of the New York Gauchos boy's basketball program, poses for a portrait at the Gaucho Gym, Monday, March 11, 2024, in the Bronx borough of New York. Four assistant coaches arrested in a 2017 FBI probe designed to clean up college basketball are Black. All are out of the sport, banned by the NCAA. One coach, Book Richardson, tells The Associated Press he knows why: Because Black assistants were the low-hanging fruit — the ones on the front lines making connections with athletes who go on to play in college.(AP Photo/Peter K. Afriyie)
Book Richardson, director of the New York Gauchos boy's basketball program, speaks with his players in the locker room at the Gaucho Gym, Monday, March 11, 2024, in the Bronx borough of New York. Four assistant coaches arrested in a 2017 FBI probe designed to clean up college basketball are Black. All are out of the sport, banned by the NCAA. One coach, Book Richardson, tells The Associated Press he knows why: Because Black assistants were the low-hanging fruit — the ones on the front lines making connections with athletes who go on to play in college.(AP Photo/Peter K. Afriyie)