Attorneys for Adidas have asked a federal judge to dismiss former Louisville basketball player Brian Bowen II's lawsuit, alleging that Bowen's father-and not the shoe company--derailed his college basketball career.
Louisville officials ruled Bowen, a five-star recruit from Saginaw, Michigan, ineligible after an FBI investigation uncovered that an Adidas employee and others conspired to pay his father $100,000 for him to sign with the Cardinals.
After Bowen transferred to South Carolina, the NCAA ruled him ineligible for the 2018-19 season. Bowen, 20, never played a game in college and is playing professionally in Australia.