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Message: [QUOTE="BillSU, post: 2222061"] [URL='http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ncaafbvideos/bold-predictions-for-the-2017-college-football-season/vi-BBCGmX4'] [/URL] [LIST][*][URL='http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nflvideos/get-a-close-up-look-of-all-51-super-bowl-rings/vi-BBCGJdR'][/URL] [/LIST] NCAA suspends Rick Pitino 5 games for sex-for-hire scandal The NCAA handed down its punishment to the Louisvile men's basketball program and coach Rick Pitino on Thursday for violations involving players receiving sexual favors arranged by a former staffer. Pitino, cited for a failure to monitor, will be suspended for the first five Atlantic Coast Conference games in the 2017-18 season, and the school will be placed on four years of probation. Louisville must also vacate records vacation in which student-athletes competed while ineligible from December 2010 and July 2014 and will have four scholarships reduced during its probationary period. The ruling from the NCAA Committee on Infractions is the culmination of an investigation that dated back to late August 2015, when Louisville was first informed of a book written by escort Katina Powell that alleged former basketball staffer Andre McGee paid for dances and sex on behalf of players and recruits. McGee received a 10-year, show-cause penalty from the NCAA. [B]TIMELINE: [/B][URL='http://www.courier-journal.com/story/sports/college/louisville/2016/10/18/louisville-basketball-ncaa-investigation-timeline/92230594/'][U]The Louisville basketball NCAA investigation[/U][/URL] The subsequent investigation from the allegations resulted in the school self-imposing penalties that included a postseason ban for the 2015-16 team. No further postseason ban will be imposed. Louisville also already voluntarily reduced two scholarships in 2016-17. In October 2016, the NCAA charged Louisville with four major allegations tied to McGee's misdeeds. They included an allegation that Rick Pitino failed to appropriately monitor McGee to uncover compliance problems. Louisvillee contested the allegation against Pitino (which was met with a reply from the NCAA), and the case went before the NCAA Committee on Infractions during a meeting in April in Cincinnati. [/QUOTE]

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