What?????--Book alleges UofL used escort services

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Blueworld_3.0

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So Powell was approached or contacted by "someone" other than Mcgee requesting white girls for the next party and that didn't sit well with her? Gotta hand it to her for standing her ground. It would have been easy to just outsource.
 

wildcatman26

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As i look over this book called.Breaking the cardinal rules:basketball and the Escort queen...On amazon i was looking over a free sample.....it started off with this...("I felt like I was part of the recruitment team. A lot of them players went to Louisville because of me.)...what i seem in the sample reading she doesnt mention no names but said something that caught my eye...(it wasnt just players and recruits that enjoy this kind of entertainment .so did some of the fathers).
she also mentions the name of the place where it happen at..(BILLY MINARDI HALL)...there alot more but nothing to mention
 

Clive Gollings

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It's the worst crisis ever says no one ever.

Lets get back to 20 years of cheating says every card fan in the last few hours
 

UKWildcatT

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As i look over this book called.Breaking the cardinal rules:basketball and the Escort queen...On amazon i was looking over a free sample.....it started off with this...("I felt like I was part of the recruitment team. A lot of them players went to Louisville because of me.)...what i seem in the sample reading she doesnt mention no names but said something that caught my eye...(it wasnt just players and recruits that enjoy this kind of entertainment .so did some of the fathers).
she also mentions the name of the place where it happen at..(BILLY MINARDI HALL)...there alot more but nothing to mention

Wow, you don't say?! I hadn't heard that at all!
 

uky8unc5

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Over Pitino's entire career, he's been the King of Liars ("this is greatest team/player/game" or "I'll never leave"...etc). Integrity has been and still is his greatest character flaw.

If a Hooker telling the truth becomes the catalyst that crashes his career, then MaMa was right: "Sooner or later, the TRUTH will win out."
 

55wildcat

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if they are doing this for the basketball team, makes me wonder what they do for the football team and so on
 

Stenchymouse

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I had lunch with a Card fan yesterday and all he wanted to talk about was the UNC scandal...

He said that "at least we weren't cheating a minority kid out of his education"!

I told him that I agree and then reminded him that UofL AIN'T UNC and they would not be protected by the NCAA.

The funny thing is that he's never brought up UNC before yesterday.
 

EvilMD

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Dec 29, 2003
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U of L is going to have a new broadcasting team next year...

Cotton McKnight: Cards have a two-on-one break, a menage a trois of pain.
Pepper Brooks: Usually you pay double for that kind of action, Cotton.

Cotton McKnight: It looks like Louisville is going to take the floor without any eligible players.
Pepper Brooks: It's a bold strategy, Cotton. Let's see if it pays off for them.
 

55wildcat

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My buddy came by yesterday for a visit, yea he is a tard fan. I started the conversation about the obvious, me knowing there would be a spin coming and on que there it was....."all schools are doing it"..he is really a good guy even though he fits that fan base to a "t"..It's like they are mass produced from one single chromosome..."Stepford Fans"
 

Stenchymouse

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My buddy came by yesterday for a visit, yea he is a tard fan. I started the conversation about the obvious, me knowing there would be a spin coming and on que there it was....."all schools are doing it"..he is really a good guy even though he fits that fan base to a "t"..It's like they are mass produced from one single chromosome..."Stepford Fans"
Oh yeah, my buddy tried that spin as well...

I said "even UT is smart enough to get girls to do it for free"...

Paying them and leaving a trail of evidence ain't smart!
 

Ben101er

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Apr 21, 2004
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Re: "why do they need hookers? They could get it free, etc."

As a few above pointed out, logic doesn't work in this situation. Most of those guys could get laid whenever they wanted to, most likely. Maybe by some hood rats, but still free booty was there.

I think it was the idea that it was much more gangsta to party with hookers. I'm sure Chane just ate it up. Smoking weed, hookers, etc. Living out this ridiculous image of some kind of gangster.

Chane= D-League Tupac.

Edit: To clarify, I meant the rationale of some of the UofL players, not the recruits. As others have pointed out, for the recruits it was free booty just throwing itself at you on a recruiting visit. Those that were truly L1C4 were the recruits that were down to party with some hookers. It was a good way for Pitino, either directly or through his minions, to get the right fit for the culture he was creating at Louisville.

"Why do they need hookers, when they could get it for free?" I think the answer to that is obvious. As bad as the hookers look, they still are probably much better than UL's students.
 

RacerX.ksr

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Katina Powell says she tried to give the story to the NCAA, but they brushed her off.

http://www.ibj.com/articles/55173-former-louisville-escort-says-she-was-rebuffed-by-ncaa

not surprising, but still unreal.

Take a think fella's, realize how many phone calls the NCAA receives from rival fans trying to sling mud. How many times has a dirty bird fan tried to drop a dime on UK for some imaginary offense?

She talked to an operator at a switchboard, basically. Probably an answering service.
 
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ulismyman

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It is really wishful thinking on anybodys part to think anything will come of this but bad publicity...they had them dead to rights on the Kevin Ware automobile episode and didnt do a damn thing about it
 
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kyblue22

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NCAA will take the heat off of University of North Carolina anyway they can & U of L is right there for the picking.
 

RipThru

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I'm a high school basketball coach. One of the guys on my staff, a UL fan (yea, I know, but he's really good!), said "at least it wasn't grades"! lol They just don't get it.
 

RipThru

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From Soundslave on their board:

"I read the book today. It's pretty apparent that McGee and Powell had some kind of personal relationship. But I didn't read or see anything in the book that was damming to Louisville players or recruits."

Apaprently reading comprehension isn't his strong suit.
 
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qwesley

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Take a think fella's, realize how many phone calls the NCAA receives from rival fans trying to sling mud. How many times has a dirty bird fan tried to drop a dime on UK for some imaginary offense?

She talked to an operator at a switchboard, basically. Probably an answering service.
yup, they told her to come fill out some forms and she replied "_____ please"
 
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Stenchymouse

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It is true that everyone is doing it. That doesn't make it an excuse though and they clearly need to be a little smarter than what they did. But, it happens everywhere.
I don't believe that everyone is paying prostitutes and providing them along with alcohol to underage recruits AND their fathers...

I believe that there are several places do things similar to what UT did...
 

deplion_rivals116063

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It is true that everyone is doing it. That doesn't make it an excuse though and they clearly need to be a little smarter than what they did. But, it happens everywhere.
Good Lord, man.

"Everybody" is providing their recruits with underage prostitutes, drugs and alcohol during their on-campus visits?!?

It clearly happens at UL, and based on your post, I guess maybe at Kansas, but everybody is most assuredly not doing that.
 

Mileslester23

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Good Lord, man.

"Everybody" is providing their recruits with underage prostitutes, drugs and alcohol during their on-campus visits?!?

It clearly happens at UL, and based on your post, I guess maybe at Kansas, but everybody is most assuredly not doing that.
Lol I have no idea what happens at Kansas. And no, its not that bad, but you are delusional if you don't think schools provide women and parties for players.
 
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Mileslester23

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I don't believe that everyone is paying prostitutes and providing them along with alcohol to underage recruits AND their fathers...

I believe that there are several places do things similar to what UT did...
I agree with this, and this statement is more what I was trying to say, but clearly didn't put it as well as I wanted.