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A former Adidas consultant was sentenced to three months behind bars Friday for his role in the NCAA bribery scandal — after his lawyer railed that the government’s protracted investigation into corruption in college basketball failed to ensnare any bigwigs.

“There’s been no prosecution of a head coach with a seven-figure salary, there’s been no prosecution of a shoe company,” Merl Code’s defense attorney Mark Moore groused to Manhattan federal Judge Edward Ramos during the sentencing hearing.

Moore added that if prosecutors really wanted to deter corruption, they’d be focusing on “higher-level people.”

Code, who will remain out on bail pending appeal, was convicted of bribery conspiracy earlier this year alongside aspiring sports business manager Christian Dawkins. Jurors found the two guilty of bribing college basketball assistant coaches to steer promising hoopsters to Dawkins’ company.

Prosecutor Eli Mark told Ramos on Friday that Code was recruited into the scheme specifically because of his links to Adidas and Nike.

“He worked with Nike, he worked with Adidas, he was someone who could open doors,” said Mark. “He was their consigliere.”

Code declined to address the judge, with his attorney saying that “this was very difficult for him.”

Ramos sentenced the father of two to three months, to be served after he finishes a six-month sentence for a related NCAA scandal.

“This kind of conduct is prevalent in college basketball, and in other sports,” Ramos said after handing down the sentence. “The money, it’s just there, and there’s a lot of it, and it’s just easy to take. It doesn’t make it right, but it explains why an individual like Mr. Code ends up in this room today.”

Code declined to comment as he left court.

Dawkins was sentenced to a year and a day behind bars Thursday.