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U of L responds to magazine’s criticism

By Sam Draut–

After Sports Illustrated released an article on Friday criticizing the University of Louisville’s athletic department for creating and instilling a dangerous culture for women, Louisville Sports Information Department put together a strong rebuttal.

SI’s Michael Rosenberg outlined the extra-marital affairs of Head Coaches Bobby Petrino and Rick Pitino while including a testimony from Kathy Redmond Brown, a founder of the National Coalition against Violent Athletes, on her experience at the University of Louisville.

Redmond Brown said the University of Louisville had created a demeaning culture of disrespect around women.

As readers viewed Rosenberg’s claims that the University merely uses women as an object, U of L sent out a press release saying“the conjecture could not be further from the truth.