Death penalty impact?

[upstater]

The death penalty will never happen.

But if it did for some crazy reason, it could actually put the entire University out of business. With their over-leveraged stadium financial deal, their reliance on athletic revenue, and their budget situation, it could get ugly. Wasn't there political positioning last year by some Kentucky legislatures about letting Louisville go belly up as it was already? This could potentially put the entire University at risk.

Having said that, the death penalty will never happen [unless UConn ever gets caught giving an athlete a C+ grade when their numeric score was actually 76.8, a C...then you'd see the death penalty applied]

Isn't the university inured from all this because the rent is paid by the municipality? That was the whole controversy. AND, if Louisville was somehow forced to enter into a less advantageous contract with the YUM, did the lawyers idemnify the school in case of such a thing happening? In other words, Louisville was dealing from a position of strength. It did the town a favor. And given the coach, the lawyers might have been smart enough to protect the school on this.

 

[UConnJim]

The closest the NCAA has come to the death penalty in recent times was Baylor basketball. They were not allowed to play non-conference opponents for one season as well as the typical NCAA sanctions like scholarship reductions...

 

[Jaybo]

One thing at a time. The hammer has to fall on Louisville first. Rumors of Pitino and Jurich getting canned today all over Twitter. If both are fired, it is an admission of guilt. If I was the Louisville President, I might consider self-imposing the death penalty if the ACC will hold my spot in the conference.

I live here and I'm hearing it.but we've heard it before to.

 

[UConnSportsGuy]

My only disappointment in this whole case is that the FBI didn't wait to release this information until the morning of the ACC media day

 

[TopDogs]

My only disappointment in this whole case is that the FBI didn't wait to release this information until the morning of the ACC media day

That would have been a thing of beauty. Ah, missed opportunities.

 

[Guapo]

I honestly think the death penalty is on the table.

Strippers and prostitutes for under age recruits followed RIGHT AWAY by paying over 100k for players.

All caught on tape by the gosh darn FBI!!!

If they don't get the death penalty, than they will get something that sets the program back for years.

Make no mistake, the NCAA does not wax poetic about a school like Louisville.

They will be more than willing to make them a sacrificial lamb.

 

[auror]

The closest the NCAA has come to the death penalty in recent times was Baylor basketball. They were not allowed to play non-conference opponents for one season as well as the typical NCAA sanctions like scholarship reductions...

I think they'll get something like this. It won't be the true death penalty, but it will be severe and last for a few years.

 

[Kemba429]

As a UConn fan im happy, however, im probably going to attend Louisville so.... ****! But well see how everything goes.

 

[superjohn]

People thinking this will be a slap on the wrist are insane, this is the FBI. They deserve the death penalty and I think there is a decent chance they get it.

 

[UConnTrumbull]

As a UConn fan im happy, however, im probably going to attend Louisville so.... ****! But well see how everything goes.

Save your dignity and just enroll at another community college.

 

[businesslawyer]

This is so unprecedented in the modern college sports era that I don't know how anyone can confidently make any prediction. Yes, this is the FBI, but the FBI isn't going to include NCAA penalties as part of its settlement.

We're just going to have to see. But it's hard to believe this won't bite us in the rear one way or another. Everything else does.

 

[uconnbill]

Louisville is in a world of hurt for sure. While the NCAA has taken it's time with UNC I can see this being fast tracked and the hammer coming down hard. My guess is just short of the death penalty with numerous scholarship reduction and post season ban for four years at least. It will cripple them for years to come.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Save your dignity and just enroll at another community college.

MCC has a lovely campus

 

[WrenchFan69]

As a UConn fan im happy, however, im probably going to attend Louisville so.... ****! But well see how everything goes.

Why would you go to Louisville exactly? RJ Evans is at Louisville as a grad assistant currently, hoping he doesn't experience any serious negative affects from all this.

 

[superjohn]

Why would you go to Louisville exactly? RJ Evans is at Louisville as a grad assistant currently, hoping he doesn't experience any serious negative affects from all this.

The city isn't bad at all, the University and the state absolutely suck.

 

[StunningSteve]

Honestly how bad could a one year death penalty hurt a school like Louisville?

Not like they're being forced back to the American or conference USA.

We don't need cheaters in the AAC.

 

[Kemba429]

Why would you go to Louisville exactly? RJ Evans is at Louisville as a grad assistant currently, hoping he doesn't experience any serious negative affects from all this.

I dont want to get deep on this thread but its close to where I live, I can get in, and they have Sports Administration as a major.

 

[SubbaBub]

It will come down to how outside the lines UL actually was. There are at least 4 P5 programs tabbed for steering players to agents. That's bad. There are another handful that are going to go down for paying recruits. While I doubt there is an epidemic of coaches and universities in kahoots with agents and financial advisors. I am not as certain that the number of schools that pay Top 50 recruits 5+ figure sums is less than say 20.

A scandal that nabs 20+ of the top programs isn't something the NCAA wants to uncover. They will give the Syracuse treatment to any school that is dumb enough to get caught out publicly. If UL is on an island then they will be a sacrificial lamb with a chance to survive if they clean house.

 

[ivrytontusker]

SMU football was huge nationally in the 80s. Now it's an afterthought.

 

[Kemba429]

We don't need cheaters in the AAC.

Hey they could have a rivalry with SMU to see who cheats better

 

[SubbaBub]

SMU football was huge nationally in the 80s. Now it's an afterthought.

They call themselves TCU now.

 

[jibsey]

Even if Louisville gets a penalty that hammers them for 3-4 years aren't they still in the ACC? Let me ask this hypothetically. Would we at UCONN take Louisville's penalty unknown at this time for a straight conference trade with them? We become ACC and they take our place in the AAC. See? We're more screwed than them and they're getting the penalty!

 

[Jerry1714]

Even if Louisville gets a penalty that hammers them for 3-4 years aren't they still in the ACC? Let me ask this hypothetically. Would we at UCONN take Louisville's penalty unknown at this time for a straight conference trade with them? We become ACC and they take our place in the AAC. See? We're more screwed than them and they're getting the penalty!

No, and if anyone would they should be checked into an asylum.

 

[gtcam]

As a UConn fan im happy, however, im probably going to attend Louisville so.... ****! But well see how everything goes.

are your grades and test scores that low, or perhaps you haven't heard but the whores are only for the mens basketball team
just busting on you!!!!

 

[shizzle787]

Louisville deserves to get the kick into the next century. When your main recruitment technique involves two things that are jail sentences in just about every other area of society (child prostitution and bribery), you know when you get caught it is going to be bad.
P.S. I hope ESPN drums up this Louisville thing and works behind the scenes to save our bacon for once.