Rick Pitino rips media for coverage of scandal, says Louisville has been 'wronged'

Source: www.sbnation.com --- Friday, January 01, 2016
The Louisville head coach tore into media coverage of his program and blamed the NCAA and the press for their handling of an ongoing scandal. Louisville head Basketball coach Rick Pitino ripped into the news media on Friday for what he views as slanted, irresponsible reporting on his program's ongoing scandal over  allegations that an assistant coach financed sex with prostitutes for Louisville recruits . At a press conference, Pitino fielded a question about whether he gave his middle finger to Kentucky fans after the Cardinals' loss in Lexington last weekend. Pitino, who's already  denied that point , then teed off on an entirely different subject: the media's coverage of the scandal. Pitino is angry that media outlets have given a wide platform to Louisville escort Katina Powell, who co-authored the book at the center of this entire episode. Via  WDRB : "If there are crimes – now I didn't read the book, you guys read the book, so I only know what people tell me – but if there are crimes being committed, why is the NCAA or ESPN giving a forum to that person? If there are crimes. Now, I don't know if there are crimes being committed." Pitino thinks that, if something criminal or against NCAA rules was going on, the people around him deliberately kept him in the dark because "all hell would break loose" if the head coach found out about it. He also scolded the NCAA for misrepresenting his intentions and blamed the NCAA for his no ...

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