?The Downfall of Louisville?

[Drew]

Thanks for making an entirely new thread...

how are you supposed to build up likes if your comments are buried in a mega thread?

 

[The Funster]

This could be the end of Louisville as a big time college sports entity. Hookers, recruiting inbvestigation and the state legislature had to get involved in The Yum! Center finance scandal and reorganization of the BoT. At some point the decision will be made to cut the cord and Louisville will revert back to a commuter school.

 

[huskymedic]

Follow that SUV:

Joe Sonka ‏ @joesonka 40s41 seconds ago
Postel has been in conference room for 35 minutes. Hearing Pitino is on his way.

 

[tcf15]

Jurich fired

 

[Guapo]

Does anyone think this scandal will actually "threaten the viability of college basketball" or college sports as a whole?

 

[huskymedic]

Follow that SUV:

Joe Sonka ‏ @joesonka 40s41 seconds ago
Postel has been in conference room for 35 minutes. Hearing Pitino is on his way.

 

[WrenchFan69]

Does anyone think this scandal will actually "threaten the viability of college basketball" or college sports as a whole?

No it'll be fine, but we could see alternatives to the one-and-done route becoming more popular.

 

[huskymedic]

Pat Forde‏ @YahooForde 43s43 seconds ago
Five minutes. Pitino back in SUV and out

 

[tcf15]

 

[Jerry1714]

Jody Demling‏ @jdemling 8m8 minutes ago
Can confirm Louisville AD Tom Jurich has been relieved of his duties at the school.

 

[huskymedic]

Pat Forde‏ @YahooForde 35s35 seconds ago
UL president Gregory Postel just told us that there will be a press conference at 1 ET. Said Jurich and Pitino will not attend.

 

[crazyUCfan23]

"misty eyed" this guy has no morals. If he is truly "misty eyed" its because he got caught and its finally all over for him.

 

[TopDogs]

 

[kobe]

Our God is a good God.

 

[freescooter]

No it'll be fine, but we could see alternatives to the one-and-done route becoming more popular.

I am hopeful that it is the end of the 1-done era.

 

[JimHurley]

Pitino should be gone either way. If he knew, then he is a disgusting, unethical coach who has no place in college basketball. If he didn't know, then he has no control over his program. As a head coach, if your program goes through a prostitution scandal and now a bribery scandal and you know nothing about it, you have zero control over your program and that shouldn't be tolerated.

 

[BugsyCT]

This could be the end of Louisville as a big time college sports entity. Hookers, recruiting inbvestigation and the state legislature had to get involved in The Yum! Center finance scandal and reorganization of the BoT. At some point the decision will be made to cut the cord and Louisville will revert back to a commuter school.

It does raise the question of how much the fallout of all this will affect the financial health/reputation of their football program.

 

[phillionaire]

Pat Forde‏ @YahooForde 43s43 seconds ago
Five minutes. Pitino back in SUV and out

5 minutes is a new record for Pitino

 

[Chely's Home]

It's funny how when Jurich was doing these dirty deeds it was ok, as long as youre not caught. Now he's the scapegoat. I hope the school gets in major trouble, not just individuals. I have a list of things id like to see:

Take the national title away.
Take Scholarships.
demote them back to the aac.
tournament ban the next 3 yrs minimum.
Add uconn to acc.
a written apology by the acc to uconn.
this is fair.

 

[Stinger92860]

In 2-3 years they still will be in a p5 and they will have a sneaker contract. It will have been all worth it.

 

[August_West]

Beautiful. Now on to syracuse and their 3 paid players steered to a sports agency.

 

[Kenny11]

Does anyone think this scandal will actually "threaten the viability of college basketball" or college sports as a whole?

Does anyone think this scandal will actually "threaten the viability of college basketball" or college sports as a whole?

I could see a future situation where players basically play a better funded version of the current aau system where there is a circuit for Nike, Adidas, and Under Armour. Basically a U21 AAU league with huge tv contracts. I think it would be preferable if these kids still played for their colleges but not through the NCAA...just schools affiliated with shoe brands. UConn would be part of the Nike league for example, and players would be paid.

But I think it is still at least 15 years away.

 

[tcf15]

 

[Dooch]

I know this is wishful thinking, but is there any chance (greater than zero) that the ACC actually tries to boot them??

 

[Obrero]

It's funny how when Jurich was doing these dirty deeds it was ok, as long as youre not caught. Now he's the scapegoat. I hope the school gets in major trouble, not just individuals. I have a list of things id like to see:

Take the national title away.
Take Scholarships.
demote them back to the aac.
tournament ban the next 3 yrs minimum.
Add uconn to acc.
a written apology by the acc to uconn.
this is fair.

good list, but i think you wrote it backwards...