According to Tim Sullivan of the Courier Journal, Louisville has officially responded to the NCAA Notice of Allegations it received back in May that included one Level I violation and three Level II violations.
The Level I violation was due to an “improper recruiting offer” and “subsequent extra benefits,” while the Level II violations were due to impermissible transportation and contact by staff members, failure to monitor, and failure of compliance by Rick Pitino.
Here was the official release from the University of Louisville:
- A Level I allegation that an improper recruiting offer, and subsequent extra benefits to the family of an enrolled student athlete; and a recruiting inducement to a prospective student-athlete’s non-scholastic coach/trainer, were provided by certain individuals, purportedly identified and defined by the NCAA as “representatives of the university’s athletics interests,” none of whom had traditional connections to the University beyond their affiliation with Adidas or professional athlete management entities, as well as by a former assistant coach and a former associate head coach;
- A Level II allegation of recruiting violations by the same two former men’s basketball coaching staff members in providing impermissible transportation and having impermissible contact in the context of recruitment-related activities;
- A Level II allegation that the institution failed to adequately monitor the recruitment of an incoming, high-profile student-athlete;
- A Level II allegation that the former head men’s basketball coach did not satisfy his head coach responsibility when he failed to promote an atmosphere of compliance;
Pitino and former Louisville AD Tom Jurich were fired back in September of 2017.