Ole Miss will probably pay double since they let UNC walk. I hate the inconsistency of the NCAA!
Sorry, been away for a few days. They have their hangers on, just like everyone else in the conference. But their problem children are not program controlled, coaching staff friendly, and systematic like the problems in Oxford. Just opinion and what my local interaction says.I don't want to hijack this thread, but I wanted to ask OBMS a question while we are waiting for the COI to lower the hammer on ole miss. the question is: how clean or dirty is miss state. They were right in the middle of the Cam Newton mess, Leo Lewis signed with miss state even after ole miss paid him thousands of dollars and I remember Jeffrey committed to us the night before NSD a couple of years ago and yet the morning he signed with miss state. Just wondering?
This is what I've been hinting at all along. Bjork doesn't have the authority to settle anything. Vitter has only been there two years and is a computer science guy. A computer nerd in charge of setting straight 60 years of booster control----really? He understands NOTHING about SEC football and the politics of such and has no clue about the PR hit this is going to be. As opposed to other places where the Board of Trustees would quickly convene and solve the PR nightmare, Ole Miss is under the the direct supervision of the IHL (Institution of Higher Learning) who serves as the Trustee for ALL schools in Mississippi---to include Ole Miss, MSU. Southern MS, Jackon St., Alcorn, etc...so they have no interest in proactively protecting Ole Miss from a PR hit. They would only be asked to get involved once the fire has already burned everything down.Just finished reading through the suit. Wolken has link to it on his Twitter time line.
All I can say is how critically stupid this looks to be in terms of Bjork and the Ole Miss PTB NOT settling. Are this people really this arrogant and out of touch? Never mind. I know the answer.
https://twitter.com/abc/status/920033419643576320$$$ solves most ego issues.Wow... Ole Miss and Houston Nutt have agreed to a settlement.
Note that the statement came from the University and that the Foundation and IHL were not mentioned or heard from. IHL is subject to Freedom of Information Act requests; Foundation is not. Where do you think the $$$ came from to settle this? IHL is the adult in the room and was only (finally) drawn into this last week when Mars included them in his filing. They let the school and Foundation both know that they better get this done. And with another non-disclosure clause so no one will ever know how much.Wow... Ole Miss and Houston Nutt have agreed to a settlement.
https://twitter.com/abc/status/920033419643576320