$20K purportedly was OK'd to be offered to Romeo (and $35K to Zion) while in high school.
There are no claims that the money was ever actually offered or accepted by either player.
Obviously Romeo did not sign to play college ball with a NIKE school, Zion did.
Attorneys representing lawyer Michael Avenatti filed a court motion on Wednesday that alleges that a Nike employee at least approved under-the-table payments to former Duke star Zion Williamson and ex-Indiana star Romeo Langford when they were still in high school in February 2017.
The alleged offers -- $35,000 or more for Williamson and $20,000 for Langford -- were purportedly discovered among "text messages, e-mails and other documents from 2016-17 ... proving that Nike executives had arranged for and concealed payments, often in cash, to amateur basketball players and their families and 'handlers,'" according to the motion filed in U.S. District Court in New York.
https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/27390195/avenatti-filing-nike-okd-payments-zion-more
There are no claims that the money was ever actually offered or accepted by either player.
Obviously Romeo did not sign to play college ball with a NIKE school, Zion did.
Attorneys representing lawyer Michael Avenatti filed a court motion on Wednesday that alleges that a Nike employee at least approved under-the-table payments to former Duke star Zion Williamson and ex-Indiana star Romeo Langford when they were still in high school in February 2017.
The alleged offers -- $35,000 or more for Williamson and $20,000 for Langford -- were purportedly discovered among "text messages, e-mails and other documents from 2016-17 ... proving that Nike executives had arranged for and concealed payments, often in cash, to amateur basketball players and their families and 'handlers,'" according to the motion filed in U.S. District Court in New York.
https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/27390195/avenatti-filing-nike-okd-payments-zion-more
