The cause stuff absolutely isn't penny ante. Paying for illegal travel and room and board to attend illegal coaching sessions staffed by an illegal coach (illegal = in violation of NCAA rules) is serious stuff. So serious in fact that Ollie is looking a show cause order. That's not a secondary violation.
What the heck is up with you today? You are (in my view at least) a pretty solid poster. It is unusual for you to be so far off on the facts for such a high profile matter.
Compare this stuff to what has gone on at UConn and elsewhere before.
He paid for players to get training.
Compare that to money passing hands (even if it wasn't by a staffer) or what goes on in many different placs.
I think it is myopic that UConn fans are not seeing that coaches who get fired elsewhere under a lot worse circumstances still get paid. It was an absolute coup that they convinced Hurley to come to UConn given the precedent set. It's great that Hurley came.
Now, if this blows up in UConn's face, all I'm saying is that it didn't have to be this way.