With Nike Now Part of FBI Probe, What Is UA Frontman Steph Curry Thinking?

Right now, the bad angel on Stephen Curry's left shoulder is whispering, "Go on! Do it! He dogged your shoe, now you can dog his! Just say it! ‘Nike and the FBI! They're comin' for you, K.D.!' It'll be funny! Trust me!"
 
And the good angel on his right shoulder is whispering, "No no no, that would be wrong and mean and it would cause more trouble than it's worth. Although, yeah, it is pretty funny."
 
Yes, as you suspected, Nike is now part of the FBI's probe into selling basketball players to colleges for future services rendered. We do not yet know how far this is going, or frankly whether it actually breaks federal law, but now Nike has been tossed into the grease fire, and there doesn't seem to be any flame-retardant foam in sight.
 
After all, when an athletic-money-dependent university like Louisville allows its INTERIM president to hammer the most popular and powerful man on campus and his chief enabler (Rick Pitino and athletic director Tom Jurich), you know some shady shade is being shaded here.
 
And college basketball being the new dictionary photo next to the word "corruption," one can only imagine where the Nike trail will lead. More schools, more assistants, more recruiting tales finally spoken aloud and Dick Vitale in paralytic shock -- that's the way to bet.
 
And there stands Curry with UnderArmour, a relative outsider in the business yet still very vulnerable to the economic pressures of running hot in such an economically depraved environment.
 
So yeah, Curry probably won't say anything, and his good angel will have triumphed. Although I'd be willing to bet the winning argument was when the good angel said, "What? You think your guys are clean? You want to bet your salary on it?"
 
And the bad angel slunk away in frustration. After all, he'd already won one this week with the Sports Illustrated cover, so there will be other fights to fight in our next episode of "Stephen Curry's Bickering Shoulders." Check your local listings for time and place.