In an unprecedented ruling, the University of Louisville’s men’s basketball program has been ordered to vacate its 2013 national championship title and 122 other victories following a sex scandal involving its players. The NCAA Division 1 Infractions Appeals Committee announced its final decision on Tuesday after an unsuccessful appeal by the school. It’s the first time in the NCAA’s modern history that a Division I men’s basketball national championship has been stripped from a school. Following the June ruling, Rick Pitino, the school’s longtime head basketball coach, was suspended for the team’s first five games of the 2017-18 season. Louisville is one of the schools the FBI is investigating for “pay for play” deals with basketball recruits.

Source: Huffington Post February 20, 2018 22:04 UTC