Back to the Kentucky Wildcats Newsfeed

Strippers! Louisville’s claim of NCAA victim status rings hollow

Strippers!

There were strippers and sex acts and teenagers in a college dormitory supplied with the help of a staff member to basketball recruits over multiple years in which somehow the head coach had no idea what was going on inside his own program.

Given such undisputed evidence, you might think a totally embarrassed University of Louisville would throw itself on the mercy of the NCAA court and gladly accept whatever punishment it received.

You’d be wrong, of course.

Thursday morning, the NCAA officially announced its penalties, including a four-year probation, a five-game ACC suspension for Coach Rick Pitino, the loss of four scholarships over a four-year period, additional recruiting restrictions and — last, but certainly not least — the distinct possibility the school will have to vacate its 2013 national championship.