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Message: [QUOTE="CL82, post: 4414776, member: 44"] UConn had more than enough money to pay Ollie. After the decision they were given, like what? Maybe 72 hours to pony up $11 million. The decision not to pay Kevin Ollie was based on the belief that he reached his contract and this was an entitled to be paid. I don’t think anyone for saw that the arbiter would, essentially, tear up the provision in Kevin‘s contract that said you are fired without compensation if you breach NCAA rules. Once that happened, the odds were against the university prevailing. Likewise, I think the school thought that Randy Edsall could bring us back to at least being a competent football school. As it turns out, they were wrong. But for that hire, I’m sure his affordability definitely played a role and then deciding to roll the dice with him. [/QUOTE]