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[QUOTE="champs99and04, post: 2777560, member: 488"]
I'm with you on some of this, but you lose me with your third paragraph and your last paragraph.  What reason does ESPN have to run an anti-UConn campaign?  If anything, I would fear the opposite.  Considering their peanuts TV deal with the AAC, I'd say they benefit quite handsomely from that property and have every reason to promote the program.  The last thing they want is for Ollie to bring down the program.

Ollie's job is not to win basketball games.  Ollie's job is to perform to the standards laid out in his contract.  The school obviously feels he violated those terms by breaking NCAA rules, which passes the smell test until you consider how fundamentally problematic it is that the NCAA is settling, you know, real world issues.

I get that much of the frustration directed towards Ollie is well-earned, but he's about the least important person in the story.  The story is about protecting workers from systematic fraud.  It's not hyperbole to suggest that stuff like this - where guaranteed contracts can be voided at the discretion of biased third parties - threatens our constitutional rights.  So yes, it would be nice if the media pulled their heads from the sand and stopped this from happening.
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