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Message: [QUOTE="DMIL, post: 2773387, member: 8539"] And I guess that is why we have contracts and related processes to enforce them. Simple, you terminate the contract prior to the expiration and short of any gross violations or misconduct and you'll owe me the balance. These kind of contracts have nothing to do with if someone deserves the balance or not. These were offenses however no gross violations or misconduct. The NCAA hasn't even given their determination to solidify their investigation yet. If it were that cut and dry then you wouldn't need lawyers other than to draw up bullet clad contracts in these situations. "Everyone is just so outraged because they love Kevin Ollie so much and he is such a good guy!" Folks are outraged because this stinks and smells like "ISH". That's why. We're not stupid or born yesterday so your contingent should stop insulting our intelligence. UCONN isn't paying the money because they don't have the money. There are plenty examples of schools as well as professional teams paying the balance of these contracts or settling quietly. It's not happening here with Kevin Ollie because we simply don't have the money to make this go away. That's on the Administration. Don't enter a contract you can't afford period and intentionally bring everyone into this "ISH Storm" trying to destroy what's left of the reputation of yes a "Good Man" and the program. The cost of the contract was simply market value and not necessarily a fortune for a National Championship winning coach of a Top 20 program. This is part of the cost of doing business. Kevin Ollie had plenty of other options at the time and I'm sure he was naive enough to think that his Alma Mater would not screw him to this level. Kevin is also a big boy and doing what he feels he needs to do. Terminate my contract early or give me my damn money. He asked for another year and didn't get it so here we are. I really don't care if he gets the money or not but I do care about you guys not appreciating his contribution to UCONN and the piling on. Hurley is here now. Focus on him. This is kind of stuff is feeding bad karma to our program. [/QUOTE]

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