SBN’s Addicted To Quack: Mike Bellotti Was Pushed Out

Listening to their university president’s press conference yesterday, SBN’s Oregon blog didn’t have to read too far between the lines to discern that, one way or another, former head football coach Mike Bellotti wasn’t going to see another season as athletic director:

↵Lariviere stated during the press conference that he had made his decision about the Athletic Director position before Bellotti had informed him of ESPN’s official offer. When informed of the ESPN opportunity, Lariviere was quite clear with Bellotti what was going to happen, and “encouraged” him to take that position. And these circumstances led to the 2.3 million dollar negotiated buy-out of Bellotti, which was the amount Lariviere felt that Bellotti was owed on his verbal contract.↵Read the rest at Addicted to Quack.