Louisville freshman Brian Bowen, who was suspended following the FBI’s bombshell report last week, has hired an attorney to seek reinstatement to play for the Cardinals this season.
The FBI alleged last week that representatives of Adidas agreed to send $100,000 to the family of a top recruit (Bowen) to steer him to Louisville.
Here’s an excerpt from the Courier-Journal:
Brian Bowen, the five-star recruit who has been suspended indefinitely after the FBI revealed evidence of an improper payment scheme to bring him to Louisville, has retained Miami attorney Jason Setchen in an effort to gain reinstatement.
Bowen remains on campus but was not permitted to practice with the team when formal preseason workouts started on Sunday.
Setchen, who specializes in NCAA eligibility cases, succeeded in gaining reinstatement for University of Miami basketball player DeQuan Jones in the 2011 case involving infamous Hurricanes booster Nevin Shapiro.
