I really don't care about what happens to Ollie. I don't care what the court of law does to him. So your post is a total non-sequitir when it comes to this discussion.
If UConn gets dinged because they strung this out, they only have themselves to blame. That much is obvious.
Ok, my bad - I lumped the argument that UConn would/should settle in with Ollie sycophants b/c it is one that has been frequently used on this board to try and sway public opinion.
We simply disagree then on whether or not UConn should stand on principal (I say yes) or view the matter more practically and settle for something as the ongoing detriment from Ollie's PR and litigious nature does 'damage' to UConn and is certainly known as unavoidable at this point.
And I gather you are arguing that shedding additional light on shenanigans other programs know how to hide further damages the UConn brand.
My perception is limited to the college basketball world of games played, coverage of those games etc.. , excludes in-depth recruiting. So in my limited worldview I see UConn as largely unharmed as the major potential impact was in the hiring of a new coach. And I generally support any entity, especially a public one that tries to make the right choice with its ethics and monies versus throwing money at a PR problem. I can see the possibility that this whole thing adds further NCAA scrutiny, but given the past its reasonable to assume the NCAA is especially up into UConn dark areas regardless.
To me at this point UConn wins for doing the right thing and is getting imminently closer to complete vindication. This will likely be a blip on the PR radar versus the negativity of the ongoing story, but personally my respect and loyalty to the program will grow outside of and regardless of that media blip and assuming there are enough others like me then UConn does benefit over the long run.
