Originally Posted by CT Flyer
UConn is banking on the NCAA finding against Ollie in the recruiting violations investigation, then they MAY have their cause.
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Originally Posted by OSU Flyer
Ollie may be the last man left who doesn't want to flee the state
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The wording of Ollie's contract strongly favors the University. It says that he can be fired for "just cause" for "any" violation. So if the NCAA finds "any" violation Ollie loses....so it seems.
The sleazy part is that the "violation" mentioned so far is an impermissible summer practice...something like that. Compared to the stuff that went on at Louisville and UNC to name two, an impermissible practice is like jaywalking. Maybe the NCAA will come up with something else. But media hounds have found nothing. Ollie comes off looking like a martyr. And he has the union behind him...a most unusual situation.
The ADs job is find a "name" replacement ASAP. And if the PR gets really bad for UConn even the ADs job may be at risk. Talk of having Calhoun come back for a year or two to right the ship is serious. But all this has to get straightened out fast. UConn isn't very good handling things like this. The reason for that may be that usually there is such stability at UConn that the school has little or no experience at stress management and/or damage control.
Re the second point...leaving the state. True, CT is one of a few...maybe the only...state with a declining population. The reason is economic distress resulting from horrendous long term public employee contracts that remove employee compensation/benefits from democratic control.,,they are fixed by contract. Only three other states have such a system. and they don't provide CT benefits.
It's suicidal. Nonetheless, in spite of this very serious problem, CT still ranks near the very top among states in the overall quality of life category. It's really quite good by all the important measures (except winter!)....but is in a downward spiral for sure. because of the unions....which own the Democratic legislature....(and may save Ollie).
