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DeCourcy: It’s Time to Kill Talk of Louisville Getting the Death Penalty

It came out in federal court this week that the Louisville men’s basketball program (allegedly) committed at least one Level 1 violation just weeks after being hammered by the NCAA for committing other Level 1 violations.

Louisville’s 2013 championship banner had only been taken down weeks before assistant coach Kenny Johnson (allegedly) handed a recruit’s dad $1,300 to help pay for rent at the Galt House.

Does Louisville deserve the NCAA death penalty?

Mike DeCourcy of the Sporting News doesn’t think so. Here’s his take:

For starters, there’s almost no one left at Louisville to “execute.