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Message: [QUOTE="huskymedic, post: 2759045, member: 549"] Not to be outdone: [URL='https://www.ctpost.com/sports/jeffjacobs/article/Jeff-Jacobs-Arbitrator-s-decision-in-13015125.php']Jeff Jacobs: Arbitrator’s decision in Ollie-UConn case will not be easy[/URL] >>The rest is a steaming pile of stink that for three months has begged for the two sides to find a financial settlement. For the love of what is good and right for the state and the state university, swallow your legal egos, bury your self-righteousness, get in a room and find a number both sides can live with. Less Machiavelli in a Nike warmup suit. Please.<< >>You read Article 10 and by the strictest letter, it’s impossible to see Ollie’s winning. The clause, with no provisions for severity or repeat offenses, was purposely written in broad fashion after UConn’s NCAA problems under Jim Calhoun. Benedict wrote in the letter to Ollie that it was structured by Herbst and former UConn AD Warde Manuel to enforce strict compliance. Zero tolerance. Zero money for Ollie. Yet letter of the law vs. spirit of the law — a broader interpretation of what is right — has been argued for an eternity. Good grief. Shakespeare used it as a major theme.<< >>You get the feeling outside of Connecticut and inside ESPN more folks are pulling for Ollie. But, hey, Ollie signed the contract with that clause and there are more than a few UConn fans, after the disaster of the last two years, who would argue Ollie getting all his money is a crime against basketball humanity.<< [/QUOTE]

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