Rick Pitino Took Home 98 Percent Of Louisville's Current Adidas Contract

Rick Pitino continues to go down in a blaze of fire. Just a week after being suspended indefinitely due to his involvement in a federal bribery scandal, it's been revealed that the suspended Louisville head basketball coach has been receiving 98 percent of the money from Louisville’s current deal with Adidas. Bro...

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According to Andrew Wolfson of the Courier-Journal, "In 2015-16, for example, $1.5 million went to Pitino under his personal services agreement with the apparel company while just $25,000 went to the program, according to a contract obtained by the Courier-Journal under the state public records act. The year before, Pitino also got $1.5 million, while the department banked just $10,000."

The university agreed to a 10-year, $160 million deal with Adidas in August, when athletic director Tom Jurich—currently on paid leave after the FBI's investigation into college basketball—said that the money would go toward the athletic department and Louisville's student-athletes.

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This guy. Ha. The report claims that Pitino raked in $3 million over a two-year span, while the athletic department only received $35,000.

(Bleacher Report/Yardbarker)