Friday, March 17, 2017

THE PERILS OF FISHING OFF THE COMPANY PIER

by Bob Walsh

The University of the Pacific is, I believe, the oldest private university west of the Mississippi. It is a very prestigious school and has, among other things, an outstanding Pharmacy program and a very respectable Theatre Arts program. And, of course, sports.

Ron Verlin used to be the men's basketball coach at UOP. He was sacked almost exactly one year ago, with two years remaining on his five-year contract, at $400,000 per year. He is suing.

Verlin is citing two items as the REAL reason he was sacked. One is that one of his subordinate coaches (who is black) was (allegedly) banging the athletic director's adult daughter, who is white. The second was the alleged desire of UOP to hire former NBA player Damon Stoudamire as the new head basketball coach.

Verlin is suing for the $800,000 plus unspecified punitive damages.

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