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He’s been posturing this way since the beginning - as it draws to an end, he (they) don’t like the “rules” they agreed to when executing his Contract.


>>Ollie and his attorneys have been seeking for several months to file a complaint of race discrimination with the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities (CHRO) and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), or in the courts. However, he claims that UConn is preventing him from doing so, based on a provision in the collective bargaining agreement between Ollie’s union and the school that would allow UConn to end its current arbitration proceedings with Ollie if he took that route.<<
 
The whole thing is just sad. It's sad that its come to this, it's sad that he is resorting to this...that's the only word that fits at this time.

The day he finally gets put up in the Huskies of Honor and gets his due recognition is looking more unlikely, if not impossible.
 
Ollie and his attorneys have been seeking for several months to file a complaint of race discrimination with the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities (CHRO) and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), or in the courts. However, he claims that UConn is preventing him from doing so, based on a provision in the collective bargaining agreement between Ollie’s union and the school that would allow UConn to end its current arbitration proceedings with Ollie if he took that route.

With that in mind, and the fact the statute of limitations for filing a discrimination case with the CHRO was on Monday, Ollie is seeking an emergency injunction in U.S. District Court to continue to allow him to take such a measure, according to documents filed by Ollie’s lawyer, Todd Steigman, from the firm of Madsen, Prestley & Parenteau in Hartford.

Document: UConn not allowing Kevin Ollie to pursue racial discrimination claim
 
August_West said:
I'm KO guy, and he was done wrong, no doubt about it.

But Racial Discrimination?

Im not seeing it. At all.

It's a dumb card to play. I can't support it.
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Especially frustrating for those who do think this is a serious issue when it exists. This suit does a disservice to the fight against actual discrimination in college athletics. I don’t want a future case where someone actually was treated unfairly on account of their race to be weakened/trivialized by the frivolousness of this case.
 
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Stainmaster said:
Especially frustrating for those who do think this is a serious issue when it exists. This suit does a disservice to the fight against actual discrimination in college athletics. I don’t want a future case where someone actually was treated unfairly on account of their race to be weakened/trivialized by the frivolousness of this case.
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Exactly. This isn't just a crappy move to pull, it's a means to undermine something that people fought very hard for.
 
August_West said:
Well you were right, and kudos for that.


But that is a dumb thing to speculate about beforehand. It can go 100 ways wrong and only one way right. You happened to hit the one way right in hindsight. Mods not wrong for playing the odds there back then.
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Those odds would be realistic ONLY if u believed he’d win on the merits of wrongful termination. Otherwise, odds were significantly higher; likely approaching near certainty.

He’s like Schwarzenegger walking out of an exploding building. He’s left himself no way back
 
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Yardigan said:
Woulda been way more surprised if he didn't play that card. Haven't been following that closely, but was kinda surprised it hadn't already been played.
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Agreed, I mean it's obviously a desperation move. But from a morality standpoint I had always looked up to KO, I think that type of finger pointing is kind of beneath him. If he had performed on the court he wouldn't have been fired, but he didn't and now he is, simple as that. Essentially it's doing something that will tarnish his UConn ties forever (not that, that was in a super positive light to begin with as of recent). Sigh. Is it what it is I suppose.
 
We all agree UConn should have paid him at least something? He won a national championship. However, racial discrimination brings it to a level where UConn should just say bleep it and not pay him. It’s such a ridiculous claim
 
WingU-Conn said:
Ollie knows he wasn't fired because he's black. But it's the most convenient argument to make. This also isn't surprising in the least. The original complaint was based on race, this suit was virtually inevitable.

Edit: Ollie violated his contract. The fact that UConn treated him differently than Calhoun is easily defended by the way the NCAA treats UConn different from virtually every other program.

Name the other programs that were punished a second time based on new rules/requirements that were applied retroactively? I'll wait.
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Not saying he was fired because he was black. Saying he was treated more harshly than other non black coaches. I predicted this months ago. It looked so obvious to me.
 
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What if he put the racial aspect aside? Which he should have done, but did Calhoun have the same or worse violations that were not acted on by UCONN? Just wondering.
 
FWIW - he was treated differently than Calhoun for violations that pale in comparison.

I doubt it’s because he is black - but he was treated very differently.

Note Diaco was worse and got his money....
 
jibsey said:
What if he put the racial aspect aside? Which he should have done, but did Calhoun have the same or worse violations that were not acted on by UCONN? Just wondering.
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That's where I always thought it was going. And the answer it Yes.
 
jibsey said:
What if he put the racial aspect aside? Which he should have done, but did Calhoun have the same or worse violations that were not acted on by UCONN? Just wondering.
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Whether he did or he didn't that is irrelevant. Calhoun did not have verbiage in his contract to maintain NCAA compliance related to violations. KO did, and he got canned.
 
This is so counter to the persona that Ollie tried sell to everybody. Was it all fake or did the divorce, struggling as a coach, and eventual firing sap him of that innate desire to overcome obstacles and look for the next opportunity to succeed both personally and professionally?

This discrimination card is the ultimate escalator.
 
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Hoophound said:
Gotta remember, very few of us wouldn’t do whatever it took to get those millions. It is a bad situation for KO. It isn’t easy to walk away from all that money. I am sure KO thinks he did a good job, even if we don’t. He also won a national title, that warrants some respect. I’d like them to settle and give him some money, but that’s just one man’s opinion.
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Uconn never even attempted to settle. This is as much on them as him.
 
jibsey said:
What if he put the racial aspect aside? Which he should have done, but did Calhoun have the same or worse violations that were not acted on by UCONN? Just wondering.
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Obviously Calhoun's issues were worse and his penalty was less. Winning matters.
 
huskymedic said:
He’s been posturing this way since the beginning - as it draws to an end, he (they) don’t like the “rules” they agreed to when executing his Contract.


>>Ollie and his attorneys have been seeking for several months to file a complaint of race discrimination with the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities (CHRO) and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), or in the courts. However, he claims that UConn is preventing him from doing so, based on a provision in the collective bargaining agreement between Ollie’s union and the school that would allow UConn to end its current arbitration proceedings with Ollie if he took that route.<<
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The Courant version Kevin Ollie alleges racial discrimination, accuses UConn of deterring him from filing complaint - Hartford Courant
 
The case against Ollie is clearly one of discrimination............................against coaches who lose a s***load of games.
 
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