You gotta love the hubris of major college athletic departments!! It's not that big of a deal because we didn't really spend much on the hookers
(From the SI story about the NCAA findings):
"It is also the first time in an NCAA decision that a university had the gall to argue that its penalties be downgraded because the hookers were not very expensive. Louisville contended that the alleged $5,400 McGee spent on escorts for recruits and active players between December 2010 and July 2014—money that constituted impermissible benefits, and thus made those players ineligible at Louisville—was not a significant sum. It's right there in the report, but the NCAA did not agree with this line of thinking, writing:
[Louisville] made this argument based solely upon the assigned monetary value of the striptease dances and sex acts. However, the panel considers other factors besides monetary value in determining the level of violations. In this instance, the panel need not ascertain an exact value of the activities. The nature of the violations themselves, without more, elevates them to Level I. The types of activities that occurred in this case were repugnant and threaten the integrity of the NCAA Collegiate Model, regardless of any precise dollar value assigned to them."
That is hysterical (and awfully pathetic) on any level!!!!!
Link to the whole story:
https://www.si.com/college-basketball/2 ... ampionship