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When it comes to college athletics sports scandals, not knowing can be as damaging as a violation itself.
The latest scandal at Louisville, involving alleged prostitution in an on-campus dorm to entice basketball recruits, raises an interesting and concerning topic for coaches across the college landscape. If Hall of Fame Louisville coach Rick Pitino had no knowledge of the actions of his former graduate assistant Andre McGee, who reportedly set up paid sex for recruits, should he have known?
Under NCAA bylaws, Pitino and Louisville could be hit with the same dreaded “lack of institutional control” sanctions that were levied against Miami in 2013 for failing to monitor rogue booster and ponzi schemer Nevin Shapiro.