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\nSporting goods giant Adidas is asking a federal court to toss a lawsuit filed by former University of Louisville men’s basketball coach Rick Pitino.<\/p>\n
\nSporting goods giant Adidas is asking a federal court to toss a lawsuit filed by former University of Louisville men’s basketball coach Rick Pitino.<\/p>\n
The claim states that Pitino was “aware and supported” the pay-for-play scheme that cost him and athletic director, Tom Jurich, their jobs. Adidas asks a judge to dismiss the lawsuit, or move it to another jurisdiction. Pitino filed suit claiming Adidas made it look like he participated in the funneling of money to the family of a recruit, saying he was harmed publicly.<\/p>\n
While no UofL coaches were named in the documents released on September 25 by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, it is alleged “that at least one UofL coach (identified as “Coach-1″) was aware and supported the scheme of direct payments to the families of basketball recruits.”<\/p>\n
In the federal documents, UofL “Coach-1” is caught on tape telling “Coach-2” that they must be extra careful in funneling the Adidas money to the prized recruit because the basketball program already was under such close scrutiny because of the stripper sex scandal.<\/p>\n
The recruit in question, Brian Bowen, was told last week that he will not play for the Cards and will be allowed to contact other schools.<\/p>\n
Adidas terminated its contract with Pitino when he was fired.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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