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(05-19-2021 06:18 AM)BearcatJerry Wrote:  The funny thing about "blackmail" is that, if you don't do stuff that is illegal or embarrassing, then you keep yourself pretty safe from being blackmailed. I know Louisville is going to position themselves as the "victim" and Gaudio as the "bad-guy"...and he's certainly not a "good guy" or noble person by any stretch of the definition...but if they didn't run a dirty program, they could avoid all this.

But then again, let's not forget that this is precisely the stuff the "average" Louisville fan really gets off on. They really do like the "black-hat" image of school that will go the "extra distance" to win, and if that offends ordinary sensibilities then so much the better.

I live in Louisville and would generally disagree with you. Most of them are sick and tired of being in the news for the wrong reasons especially because UK fans like to act high and mighty like Xavier fans. Sure you have some subset of the fanbase that doesn't care, but I don't think its higher than any other fanbase would be. People with actual UofL degrees are not happy this kind of thing keeps happening.