Not even an hour after the NCAA announced its decision, Louisville revealed that it will appeal the sanctions. In a subsequent news conference, Pitino told reporters in Louisville that the Cardinals’ punishment is “unjust, unfair, over-the-top severe” and that he has “lost a lot of faith in the NCAA with what they just did.”
The major disagreement between Louisville and the NCAA is over what should matter more: the lurid nature of the impermissible benefits provided to recruits or the monetary value. Louisville contended that the sanctions should not be that harsh since McGee spent only $5,400 on strippers and escorts over a four-year period, but the NCAA appears to have taken the shock value of the allegations into consideration.
Is there shock value in cheating that goes back to Dean Smith?
Ah the "we barely paid for these hos" defense.
I predict the headline in the Lexington paper will be "U of L Stripped"
Ah the "we barely paid for these hos" defense.
Didn't they take away USC's natty in football?
that would be a precedent for basketball