Football Player Sues Louisville, Coach after Scholarship Was Revoked
By Ellen Rugeley
Patrick Grant, a former football player at the University of Louisville (U of L), filed a lawsuit in Jefferson Circuit Court on December 21, 2012 against U of L and its Head Football Coach Charlie Strong claiming that the university breached its contract, and failed to act in good faith when it terminated his athletic scholarship.
The suit, which alleges that Grant was asked to cover up an attack perpetrated by two of his teammates and that the university and Coach