The NCAA has rejected Louisville’s rebuttal in the school’s pay-for-play scandal
In a written response to Louisville’s arguments, the NCAA enforcement staff said it is “unaware of any factual information that warrants a lower penalty range for the institution.”
In other words, Louisville men’s basketball is likely close to receiving some serious penalties.
Here are more details from WDRB.com:
The response comes from NCAA enforcement staff, which acts basically as a prosecutor. The case eventually will be heard by an infractions committee, or by a committee in the NCAA’s new Independent Accountability Resolution Process.
“NCAA Constitution 6.4.2, which is mirrored in Bylaw 13.02.15, clearly states that institutions are responsible for the acts of ‘a corporate entity (e.g., apparel or equipment manufacturer)’ when ‘athletics administration or athletics department staff member has knowledge or should have knowledge’ of . . . outlined behaviors,” the NCAA response argues.
The enforcement staff also notes that Louisville’s own compliance director, John Carns, acknowledged that Adidas was a representative of the school’s athletics interests when he testified in the trial of former Adidas executive Jim Gatto.
NCAA enforcement also rejected Louisville’s arguments that then-assistant coach Jordan Fair was little more than a bystander during a meeting in which cash payments to a recruit were discussed, and it continues to assert that then-assistant Kenny Johnson made a $1,300 payment to Bowen’s family.
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