Was thinking about this last night while watching the new NCIS and got stuck on a few facts
- Pitino’s prior escape at an Italian Restaurant
- Coach Petrino’s prior indiscretions around women at Arkansas
- Former Assistant AD Hermann’s refusal to take action regarding harassment complaints surrounding Louisville’s women’s lax team, which the university lost in court
- Adult entertainment provided to basketball recruits and players at Louisville’s basketball dorm by university official
These events have two common threads.
- First, all three coaches and the Assistant AD were hired by AD Jurich
- Second, all revolved in one way or another inappropriate (and sometimes illegal) treatment of women
Wasn’t UConn and several other universities sued over its handling of sexual assault and harassment claims under Title IX a few years back? I would think the events outlined above can be easily construed as creating an environment of fear/abuse for women at the University of Louisville and in particular within its Athletic department. If I can make that connection, a lawyer will be easily be able to do so. That would be a Federal level lawsuit that could really embarrass the University by dragging out more dirt and could impact the University’s access to Federal funds. Any such lawsuit, even if the University avoided going to court to settle such, will likely cost Jurich’s his job, too, as the school would be forced to clean house or face a never-ending string of lawsuits.