Probably, they will cripple Louisville basketball.....
If the football side just stays out of trouble...
Probably, they will cripple Louisville basketball.....
Fire Petino now, Louisville. Past time.
NCAA....Burn down some programs....
Stop the buying of wins...
And, you know this is probably the tip of the iceberg.
The feebs will be looking to turn some of these guys looking at prison time so they can indict the bigger targets up the ladder...
There will be dealing, coaches puckering. more programs being involved....
Realistically, the next shoe to drop would be consideration of booting Louisville from the ACC but this is not a reasonable possibility if the scandal can reach other member schools besides Lville and Miami. Tough to take the moral high ground and kick one school out when the FBI might show up at the door at another member school. Anyway, is there a precedent for actually kicking a school out of a conference?
Quite a change in tune....
Realistically, the next shoe to drop would be consideration of booting Louisville from the ACC but this is not a reasonable possibility if the scandal can reach other member schools besides Lville and Miami. Tough to take the moral high ground and kick one school out when the FBI might show up at the door at another member school. Anyway, is there a precedent for actually kicking a school out of a conference?
Are you misspelling pitino or Petrino in this post?Fire Petino now, Louisville. Past time.
NCAA....Burn down some programs....
Stop the buying of wins...
And, you know this is probably the tip of the iceberg.
The feebs will be looking to turn some of these guys looking at prison time so they can indict the bigger targets up the ladder...
There will be dealing, coaches puckering. more programs being involved....
BothAre you misspelling pitino or Petrino in this post?
I see it a little differently. Louisville materially misrepresented their finances in applying to the ACC not just in the Adidas contract which was presented as $160M annuity, but also in the YUM Center deal, and in the athletic department revenues.Is Urban an employee of Nike?...is Harbaugh also an employee of an apparel company?
Both receive more coach's compensation from their apparel sponsor than did Pitino.
It seems to be the way many schools are doing business. When a coach is paid millions and the amount available from state funds is under $400,000, the money is structured to be paid to the coach in other ways.
Whether it is Saban, Urban, Harbaugh...or a new coach at Oregon...
"ESPN’s Darren Rovell reported on Saturday that Phil Knight, Nike’s founder and Oregon’s biggest booster, is willing to possibly throw $10 million/season at a new head football coach. Knight, 78, desperately wants to see his Ducks win a national championship."
If they don't throw them out (which I don't think is going to happen) I can see the ACC sending UL a nice message in the way of severe financial penalties for a few years...as in no shared tourney money, no tv money, no network money. There is also going to be a HUGE issue of what do you do with their games and the ACC network. If a match-up of U/Duke, UL/UNC, UL/Cuse can't be televised due to NCAA sanctions then there is going to be a issue with the ACC Network and content.I see it a little differently. Louisville materially misrepresented their finances in applying to the ACC not just in the Adidas contract which was presented as $160M annuity, but also in the YUM Center deal, and in the athletic department revenues.
If the ACC wants it, it has a path to shedding itself of a severely diminished Louisville in way that that won't come back to bite it in the butt regarding UNC, Syacuse, Miami and, yes, FSU.
'Cheat away boys, but by god don't lie about your finances to us! '
But why this may be different is that Louisville's assorted scandals over the last few years included one at the university president level, the university foundation level, athletics department, and now maybe financial. I would think the scandals at the university president level and the university foundation level are very big deals. How can the NCAA and the ACC ignore those high level scandals?If they don't throw them out (which I don't think is going to happen) I can see the ACC sending UL a nice message in the way of severe financial penalties for a few years...as in no shared tourney money, no tv money, no network money. There is also going to be a HUGE issue of what do you do with their games and the ACC network. If a match-up of U/Duke, UL/UNC, UL/Cuse can't be televised due to NCAA sanctions then there is going to be a issue with the ACC Network and content.
If they don't throw them out (which I don't think is going to happen) I can see the ACC sending UL a nice message in the way of severe financial penalties for a few years...as in no shared tourney money, no tv money, no network money. There is also going to be a HUGE issue of what do you do with their games and the ACC network. If a match-up of U/Duke, UL/UNC, UL/Cuse can't be televised due to NCAA sanctions then there is going to be a issue with the ACC Network and content.
B1G did from PSU, the B-12 did from Baylor...why can't the ACC not pay Louisville. It's probably much easier to tell them "you get nothing for X amount of years" than tell them "you are no longer part of the ACC".Can the ACC withhold money from FBIU?