- ABC News
- August 2, 2018
Former Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino intentionally failed to notify university officials that a former agent and Adidas executive were involved in the Cardinals' problematic recruitment of Brian Bowen, according to court records filed by the university athletic association's attorneys on Wednesday. Bowen's family allegedly received $100,000 from Adidas for him to sign with the Cardinals in June 2017. The school said Pitino also ignored red flags after hearing allegations that DePaul had offered Bowen $200,000 to play basketball there. In the university's response to Pitino's July 11 motion for partial summary judgment in his lawsuit against the school, its attorneys argued that Pitino "engaged in misconduct when he intentionally ignored 'red flags' relating to Bowen's recruitment" and "intentionally hid information" about Adidas executive James Gatto and former agent Christian Dawkins' roles in his recruitment. Gatto, Dawkins and Adidas executive Merl Code were among 10...