While Pitino has been placed on administrative leave, he is still “effectively fired”, according to his attorney Steve Pence (via the Louisville Courier-Journal).
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The federal bribery investigation into men’s college basketball appears to have cost the Hall of Fame coach his job.
Louisville may want to distance itself from the Rick Pitino coaching tree and bring in some fresh blood to clean up the program.
Moving forward, Coach Pitino’s primary concern is for the well-being of the student-athletes on the University’s basketball team, and in getting complete and accurate facts in the ongoing investigation. She also explains why Pitino has not yet been fired, but why he and others are likely on their way out.
“It is not a dismissal from a permanent position”, Postel said. “The coach did not participate, in any way, in trying to funnel money to any recruit”.
Merl Code, a former Nike employee who recently started working with Adidas, financial adviser Munish Sood, former NBA employee Rashan Michal and Adidas-affiliated grassroots basketball program director Jonathan Augustine were also arrested on Tuesday as a result of this two-year sting operation.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Louisville players want assistant David Padgett to take on the interim head coach role after the removal of Rick Pitino following a corruption scandal.
The prosecutors allegations against Louisville include payments of $100,000 from Adidas to the family of an unnamed player, identified as “Player-10”, to ensure he signed with the school. Adidas did not immediately respond to an inquiry seeking additional detail. “So I don’t know why we wouldn’t have a basketball season”. “In all aspects of our business, adidas is committed to compliance and ethical business practices”, the company said. Dawkins, in a meeting with Augustine, an undercover Federal Bureau of Investigation agent and an Federal Bureau of Investigation informant, said he needed to “get more” from Adidas to get Bowen to commit to Louisville.
“No one swings a bigger d- than [Coach-2]” at Adidas, the agent described Augustine as saying. “. If you are involved in this, call us”.
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Later in the complaint, someone with a phone number used by “Coach-2” is said to have had two conversations with Gatto “on or about May 27” and then another conversation on June 1.
